Who woulda thunk it? Windmills really, really, suck!
Waste management experts estimate they’ll take hundreds of years to biodegrade
Hundreds of giant windmill blades are being shipped to a landfill in Wyoming to be buried because they simply can’t be recycled.Local media reports several wind farms in the state are sending over 900 un-reusable blades to the Casper Regional Landfill to be buried.
While nearly 90 percent of old or decommissioned wind turbines, like the motor housing, can be refurbished or at least crushed, fiberglass windmill blades present a problem due to their size and strength.
Landfill begins burying non-recyclable Wind Turbine Blades
Well clearly we should stop using fiberglass for anything we build......
I have nothing against a debate of the pluses and minuses of various forms of electrical generation, but we never have these.
Certainly I would prefer that wind turbines be entirely recyclable. But I would hold them to the same standards as I would hold every other industry.
What percentage of coal fired plants are 'recyclable'? Since basically what wind turbines do is replace coal plants- that is the comparison that would mean something other than you posting you found something else to confirm your bias against wind turbines.
For a energy system to be "green" it has to be less toxic than system it is replacing, and more efficient.
Solar and wind fail on both counts.
And how are wind mills more toxic than coal powered power plants?
Well for one thing, not a single coal burning power plant has been shut down because windmills replaced them.
Not even one.
So, you are basically saying we're going to keep all the pollution from our coal power plants.... AND pollute with windmills.
Since your method of pollution, does not replace any other.... its just another form of additional pollution.
Coal burning power plants have been shutting down because they are losing money.
Windpower is just one of the sources that has contributed to those closures.