Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "Business Insider" channel.

  1. Anything can be recycled. One reason that things sometimes aren't is economics. If the product to be recycled costs more to transport to a facility to do the processing their is no incentive. How yo solve this problem. One way would be have local regional facilities that recycle the materials. A also happen to believe that plastics used in packaging, bottles etc should be limited to a few certain types to make recycling easier. Engineering plastics (1) are a different matter. Also IMO styrofoam should be banned.
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  2. ​ @desertstar223  Enough energy and they can be reduced to their component elements. Just don't count on renewables to do the job.
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  3. Every few years it seems there is report about a huge maple syrup heist in Canada.
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  4. ​ @eugene9000pro  Do you know why plastics were developed in the first place? Or why the chemical industry started. The chemical industry started because of coal tar. First major products dyes. Once we stated using kerosene for lighting the petrochemical industry was born. And once we have a 100% renewable energy sector or cheap fusion the petrochemical industry is not going to disappear. Let's just admit what the real core problem is. Too damn many people. How do you solve that?
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  5. 1) Reduce the number of blades being replaced annually per unit in the future by developing, designing and manufacturing new blade designs that simply last longer. Hopefully as long as the generator set in the individual turbine. 2) Develop, design and manufacture blades that use more easily recycled materials. Aluminum/Aluminium would work although I suspect the weight penalty would be huge. 3) Education. Everyone needs to have an understanding that no matter how "green" the technology every technology has an environmental cost. Both at the front end in manufacturing, resource extraction for raw materials and transportation to the installation site. And decommissioning costs involved in removal, transportation to recycling facilities. Add in the costs incurred in maintenance of the equipment over its life. Even rooftop Solar has maintenance costs. Even if you do it yourself how much is your time worth?
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