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World’s First All-Timber Wind Turbine Blades are Cheaper, Recyclable, Fire-Resistant and Stronger than Carbon Fiber (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (10 children)

i mean i could certainly see timber used in some capacity, it works in regular buildings after all, but i don't see how it would make sense in the blades..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They have been using wood for windmill blades for hundreds of years

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

you do realize windmills and wind turbines are slightly different, right?
you're basically using a 2 story wood house to justify building a skyscraper out of wood, that's obviously not how it works, did you even think about this for 5 seconds lol?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

This isn't reddit. You don't need to be so mean.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The larger old windmills could definitely be used as a comparison to modern wind turbines.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The arrogance.

Also, search for "Plyscraper".

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