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Post by hughespieds on Feb 5, 2020 14:17:08 GMT -6
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Post by tcranch on Feb 5, 2020 18:25:53 GMT -6
Wow. Used to see them hauled all the time from Texas to Kansas when we were building the house and they are massive. Never occurred to me they would sometime/somehow have to be disposed.
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Post by highgrit on Feb 5, 2020 18:28:16 GMT -6
They'd make one heck of an artificial reef.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2020 20:22:14 GMT -6
All the eco crazies get so excited about alternative energy, but no one ever seems to ask the important questions before they take off on a tangent.
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Post by greybeard on Feb 5, 2020 21:55:48 GMT -6
From a discussion on another board about the same subject...someone suggested making roofs for school bus stops and other bus stops out of them.
They are HEAVY.
Not to mention, that for the smaller turbines (1.5MW) they average 110' ft long, meaning they weigh an average of 104.5lbs per linear foot.
The 3.0MW turbine blades average 155' long and weigh 174lbs per linear foot.
The 3.0 MW turbine blades average width is 9 ft.
just the blade itself, on an 8' wide x 9' long roof would weigh nearly 1400 lbs.
Lot of weigh for a school bus stop roof.
What they would do about the 'twist' and the taper I do not know, but not a big issue if only one blade section is needed for the complete roof.
The taper from hub end to tip is significant.
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