Comment on Biodegradable wind turbine blades, a promising improvement for lowering waste with wind energy | Just Have a Think

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  In comparison to waste from all traditional energy sources, decommissioned blades are indeed an insignificant problem, but hey, improvement is improvement! :)

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  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    improvement is improvement

    Yeah I don’t agree with that. It’s a complete distraction and irrelevant, it adds confusion to a ley audience by implying this was something that needed addressing.

    We’ve got some real problems; a preponderance of windmill blades sounds like a made up rw talking point: responding to or producing articles like this offers a validation that the counterfactual doesn’t warrant.

    It is actually problematic to spend time, effort, and other people’s attention and understanding making weird defensive claims to non issues.

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    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I think you’re right that the blade problem is mostly used in the context of right-wingers trying to tarnish and muddy Wind’s image, but I don’t see it as particularly negative for media to be made that highlights the fact that they could eventually become biodegradable. IMO it puts a cap on any right-wing jab by having an easily linkable response that effectively says “Well, that claim will soon be moot anyway.” And it can again be emphasized that in proportion, it’s not a problem to begin with.

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      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The problem is that it validates the claim to offer a “solution” (it isn’t) to the “problem” (it isn’t). It’s counter productive to validate the claim by offering this retort.

        I’d be more than happy with seeing these things repurposed into something useful. If we’re in a position where windmill blades are littering the landscape because we have a preponderance of cheap/ free/ non polluting energy, that’s a good thing.

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• Mihies@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Exactly what we probably said for plastics. And here we are now. The logic of, it’s just a “small” amount, why bother is so wrong. What good is to piling trash?

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