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  1. The carbon foot print is rather low, compared to the energy wind turbines produce.
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  2. Cancer is not a scam... And windturbines work fine.
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  3. They produce eletricity cheaper and more enviromental friendly than fossil fuel power plants.
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  4.  @Bro-hl1pq  Feel free to read up on the topic. Do you even know how much waste coal power plants produce and what the effect of their emissions is? Or are you sticking your head into the sand?
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  5. ​ @Bro-hl1pq Then you are not reading up on the science, but just opinions.
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  6. They can be recycled, as shown in the video. In some countries 20 years are mandatory or the windturbines do not get a permit. Some turbines run for over 40 years. Considering the enviromental damage of fossil fuel power plants, windturbines are a better choice.
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  7. And that would be?
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  8. They do not kill whales and fish, to the contrary offshore windfarms are like a marine wildlife preserve, as fishing is prohibited in the area. The birds killed are 1/35th of what fossil power plants kill for each produced MWh. Replacing fossil fuel power plants with windturbines saves birds.
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  9. Do you think it is better to dispose them in landfills and waste all that material?
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  10. These drill holes are extremly expensive. Plane wings and wind turbines have to endure different types of stress and load cycles and are not comparable. And aircraft industry uses composite materials too, because they are superior.
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  11. ​ @nolansacket3457 Windturbines are recyclable. Geothermal is only cheaper in geothermic active areas, but there are not many. In other areas it is vastly more expensive, as one does not get enough energy out of the ground. The big challenge is to find stable ground layers and to secure even deep bore holes, that water does not mix in the ground layers, as this can lead to earthquakes. There are thousands of examples were badly made bore holes resulted in earthquakes and massive property damage.
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  12.  @SunnyAquamarine2  Your brother should have explained the difference to you. One makes software, the other makes machines.
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  13. Nobody ever claimed that... And shame on anyone who believed it.
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  14. A changing nature is expensive.
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  15. It is always compared to the alternatives.
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  16. Everything has waste. The "clean" is in relation to CO2 emissions.
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  17. Millions of people seem to disagree.
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  18. Veloia does not care about your opinion. They recycle the blades and get their money anyway.
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  19. Better than fossil fuels.
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  20.  @krystalstarrett6760  Looks like you are not well informed about China.
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  21. ​ @krystalstarrett6760 I am not the one making outrageous claims about China... You know that China produces most of its electricity with fossil fuels, especially coal? And they plan to increase fossil fuel based electricity production...
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  22. ​ @krystalstarrett6760 The one catching up is you, otherwise you would not have made your outlandish claim in the first place. If windturbines do not work in the US, then it is a problem of the US. They work in other countries.
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  23.  @krystalstarrett6760  You are the one bringing empty arguments. Do not blame others for your attempt to discuss matters you know nothing about. That is your personal problem.
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  24. They work and make profit.
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  25.  @komalley35  The recycling companies make a profit. The owner of the windturbine does not, but he made a profit by selling electricity. As long as recycling is mandated, it gets done. You are not allowed to throw your waste into nature either. You are required by law to recycle it or dispose of it in the proper way, which costs you money.
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  26.  @2023TMc  There is no free energy.
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  27. ​​ @ronsamborski6230 Nuclear power plants also depend on cooling. If not enough cooling is available, they have to power down.
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  28. Windturbines and solar panels can be recycled. Pumped hydro is no source of green energy, it is an energy storage installation, which is useful in times of higher energy supply. Dams can be useful, not just for electricity generation, but also to store water for times when it is in high demand.
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  29. ​ @simonbowman6206 If you are copy&pasting your stuff everywhere, at least make sure you know what you are talking about. There is no glass residue in the cement.
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  30. Very little.
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  31.  @paparoysworkshop  And now calculate the energy they produce and compare that with the same amount produced by fossil fuel power plants. If your numbers are true, a 5 MW turbine would need around 51 days to win back the energy needed for the blades.
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  32.  @paparoysworkshop  It is not magic. It is called engineering. It just reduces the need for fossil fuels.
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  33. How is that foolish?
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  34.  @karmaandkerosene_music  But they cost less carbon. Windurbines produce 17 to 35times more energy over their lifetime than is needed to produce them. The more carbon free to production, the smaller the carbon footprint. On average windturbines produce 3/4 of the carbon footprint of nuclear plants for each produced kwh.
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  35. ​​ @karmaandkerosene_music  Sounds like a classical Nimby problem.. If you do not want to see them in landfills, tell your goverment to make it illegal. Other countries managed that too. If you worry about birds, stop using windows, cars, planes, fossil fuels. They kill A LOT more birds. Windturbines do not cause whale beaching. I suggest to check the past 60 years of nuclear energy, looks like you missed a few huge blemishes.. Apart from the fact that it is more expensive. If you are worried about poor black kids, I hope you do not buy clothes and shoes made in Asia, but maybe poor asian kids do not interest you. If you were better informed, than you would know that experts did not predict that coastlines are under water right now. Climate change is not that fast. The melting of the greenland ice will take 6000 years, 2000 if we have a runaway warming of the planet.
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  36. The blades do not need to replaced, the leading edges can be repaired.
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  37. They do, when they are in working order. There are companies were one can buy used components or even complete second hand windturbines.
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  38. Many windturbines and solar panels pay for themselves, contrary to many fossil fuels who still recieve subsidies after all these years using them. And windturbines are not toxic waste and can get recycled. Solar panels can be, but that is why smart countries regulate their disposal.
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  39. Companies are recycling them for years, but it looks like facts do not interest you. You could have just watched the video to learn something.
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  40. Fiberglass is glass, look at your windows...
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  41. Windturbine blades have a lot more working hours than plane wings, while being lighter and longer. Plane wings have leading edges made of metal, which most windturbine blades lack. But one is considering to change that, since edge errosion is the main reason for blade failure.
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  42. Offshore turbines provide a habitat for sealife, especially all sorts of bivalves.
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  43. Not a lot. The CO2 emissions are around 1/50th of gasturbines and around 1/100th of coal power plants, assuming all the energy was supplied by fossil fuels.
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  44.  @billmalec  One does not need to believe. One can inform oneself. That is usually a good idea BEFORE making up ones mind.
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  45.  @billmalec  This has nothing to do with Biology.... If one does not even know what field of science does apply, maybe reading will not help much.
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  46.  @billmalec  About Biology... That does not help here. You need to read one about Windturbines or Energy Return of Investment in general, preferable one that is younger than ten years.
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  47.  @billmalec  The next ice age will take a couple more tenthousand years, if humanity does not intervene. And yes, the world cooled after WW2, but then we improved emisson standards. Acid rain was destructive to nature and buildings, until we stopped it. The ozone layer depletion was not always there. Read up.
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  48. Do you call that your windows, your car, your food and your comsumer goods from the other side of the ocean too?
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  49. If you think that poluting the enviroment is the better idea, feel free to throw your trash onto the street and pour oil in your drinking water.
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  50. Windturbines use less ressources and destroy less enviroment than fossil power plants.
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