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Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene... by techpression on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:28AM (#28364891)
That is the typical “two wrongs make a right” argument, fossil fuels being bad makes it ok for wind turbines to generate land fill too.l And I answered a statement about recycling of turbines, nothing more.
Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene... by adrianN on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @04:18AM (#28365156)
No it's a typical "this alternative is better even though it is not a panacea" argument. Nobody argues that it's good that wind turbines produce waste. It's just that the problems caused by wind turbine waste are absolutely trivial compared to climate change.
Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene... by stephen_g on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:52AM (#28376550)
My point is that the people who suddenly seem very worried that wind turbines and other renewables produce a small amount of waste don't seem to care about the fact that fossil fuels produce a huge amount of waste (in addition to the GHG emissions). Same issue as being very worried about renewables using resources (some steel, etc.) when not caring about the huge amounts of resources (especially including the fuel itself!) consumed by fossil fuels.