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ManInKilt t1_j9ygles wrote

Reply to comment by DarwinZDF42 in Those idiot in NJ will surely fall for our lies if we make claims with no evidence and pretend to care about the whales like they do! by New_Stats

Nah fuck the wind build tidal generators instead they're less maintenance intensive and more efficient

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Jerry_Callow t1_j9ypcnj wrote

Not ready to scale yet as far as I've seen. But all for it in theory.

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ManInKilt t1_j9ypnxy wrote

It's supplemental at best, much like turbines. But if we're going to beat around the nuclear bush we can at least go for the more efficient

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jarrettbrown t1_j9yhf5w wrote

I've been in favor of this for years. The only thing that can think of is that fixing them is gonna be a mother if then break.

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ManInKilt t1_j9ymnvy wrote

Still a hell of a lot easier than a turbine

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jarrettbrown t1_j9ynrm9 wrote

Yep. I brought this book years ago called The Works, which talks about infrastructure of cites, mostly New York in this case, and one idea suggested this. The only issue that would be the same is running the cable to the land.

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KashEsq t1_j9yn1b2 wrote

¿Por que no los dos?

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ManInKilt t1_j9yp8rz wrote

Because turbines are actually kind of terrible. Maintenance intensive, takes a lot to produce, can't recycle the blades when they wear out so they just get buried, expensive.... All around not worth the squeeze. But they look good and green so people do it anyway

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heartshapedpox t1_j9z22sn wrote

Recycling alternatives are actively being developed, for what it's worth:

"The good news is that some efforts at developing alternatives are underway. Two large utilities in the US, PacificCorp and MidAmerican Energy, for example, have recently announced plans to partner with the Tennessee company Carbon Rivers to recycle some of the utilities spent turbine blades instead of landfilling them. The technology used by Carbon Rivers is being supported through grant funding by the US Department of Energy and will be used to break down and reuse fiberglass from used turbine blades."

Source: https://blog.ucsusa.org/james-gignac/wind-turbine-blades-recycling/

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