alt Hacker NewsThat's my point, there is some sort of anti-wind religious crusade going on, and it's bullshit.
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The argument I've seen a lot recently that seems the most disingenuous is that the blades aren't recyclable. Completely inert fiberglass blades that are useful in generating GWH of energy over their multi-decade lifespan and people are pretending to be mad we're going to bury them in the same landfills that we bury millions of tons of other trash?
A close second is some dramatic image of a turbine with a gearbox issue that leaked gearbox oil all down the side about how much oil they use, "100 liters per turbine" or some such bullshit that ignores that all of that is fully recycled so you might 'consume' 100 liters in a development in a year but even that's not turned into CO2, it's just leaked into the environment.
There are people who spend money to make more pollution in their local neighbourhoods
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal
It’s unsurprising that nimbys don’t want wind in their back yard despite acknowledging the benefits.