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"By 2050, it's predicted that the world will need to dispose of two million tons of wind turbine blade waste every year. In the UK, the volume already exceeds 100,000 tons per year." "by 2050, up to 78 million tons of solar panels will have reached the end of their life and the world will create another six million tons of photovoltaic waste every year." Oh wow, so green!!?!?!

"By 2050, it's predicted that the world will need to dispose of two million tons of wind turbine blade waste every year. In the UK, the volume already exceeds 100,000 tons per year." "by 2050, up to 78 million tons of solar panels will have reached the end of their life and the world will create another six million tons of photovoltaic waste every year." Oh wow, so green!!?!?!

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[–] • 2 pts

I've been warning about this for years.

First, the blades spin extremely fast in relation to the flight of birds, making collisions very common. Aside from the ecological damage of harming both local and migrating bird populations, this damages the blades. There have been cases of blades shearing off and flying hundreds of yards away, striking human structures and vehicles at times. I wouldn't be surprised if a human has been harmed by one of these projectiles.

Then there is the threat of frost and ice being flung off the blades and doing similar damage.

And you can't control the weather - you can't demand that wind blow. What happens during peak and on demand energy times when there is insufficient wind?

[–] • 0 pt

And you can't control the weather - you can't demand that wind blow.

Coming home from work today, I passed near an area where there is about a dozen wind turbines. Also, there was no wind. Guess how much current they were producing...