@Deleted User I've driven past them lol

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@galesteppes electric fence pence

have you seen a video of a wind turbine just shattering tho <:GWcorbinMonkaGIGA:384871327292588054>

frick

No?

when it spins so quickly the blades just fly off

Is that a thing?

wait i'll find one

yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUpnPAMDLY8

For these big ones?

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it's not that big a turbine but still

haha

https://youtu.be/wfzgIxMEo8g

One of the ways the big ones get destroyed is through overheating (at least in the desert)

@Deleted User The big ones have a lock where one of the blades is in line with the tower

well

apparently the big ones don't really just break like that one

but they catch fire

Renewable UK says this is a really rare occurrence, and there are officially only around 12 wind turbine fires reported a year worldwide.

I've seen burnt off tops of windmill stands before

either way renewable energy isn't that great most of the time

not for large-scale energy production anyway

One thing people don't talk about when it comes to wind power is the damage it does to local birds/bats too

It works here. 85% of our energy in the PNW is renewable

do birds just fly into the blades constantly? <:think_madpepe:378717098630971395>

yes

And it screws with bats' echolocation sense

oh but don't you know we only have 12 years to cover the planet with solar panels

or we will all dieeeeeeeeeee

@Deleted User Oh that's not bad lol

@Deleted User are you just a general contractor or what

He makes retard signs

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solar panels that we need to dig up toxic rare earth metals to make

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

like what?

And those giant solar plants that use mirrors also kill birds and require lots of water

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