alt Hacker NewsWe should also note that wind turbines require huge amounts of petroleum derivatives to operate.
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triceratops • last Wednesday at 11:47 PM
As opposed to gas or coal turbines which are naturally lubed somehow?
We should also note that wind turbines require huge amounts of petroleum derivatives to operate.
As opposed to gas or coal turbines which are naturally lubed somehow?
Yeah but at least the byproducts produce a solid that can last for years vs treating it as a consumable.
I'm fulling expecting someone will reply to me and say that making plastic wastes 75% of the oil or something during production, and that it's just as wasteful amortized across the lifespan of a wind turbine. I'm tired, man.