The Trouble with Wind Turbines – winds of plastic from blades “shedding” microplastics - is the government paying social media to censor scientific papers on harms?
“Never Again” symbolised the dreams of the world following the defeat of Nazis who believed in racial superiority – now we have the modern version of that sick racial superiority psychosis – the manifestation of a false mental superiority, by sociopaths – with no accountability.
We know that the lockdowns and testing measures of 2020 and the roll-out of C19 injections were POLITICAL measures with no basis I science, medicine, law or ethics,
We know that censorship was part of the “nudge” tactics employed by governments around the world to suppress scientific and medical solutions in 2020 and to suppress reports of deaths and injuries from “vaccines” in the following three years (and counting).
I have a theory – a conspiracy theory – that the harms from wind turbines (and probably solar panels) is being actively censored. No debate allowed.
A fair “market” would quickly expose the lunacy of these sociopaths – but this is being blocked by the suborning of governments around the world to believe that q solution to a fake climate crisis can be overcome by an equally false premise that wind and solar power can be harnessed to deliver (expensive) electricity rather than (cheap) hydrocarbons.
Far be it from me to suggest a conspiracy hypothesis that giant wind turbines are having an impact on the earths rate of rotation (a million giant turbines – many – 250 million???) – but let’s take a look at another aspect.
Here’s a few more articles on micro-plastics highlighting their risks to out species.
Plastic Found Inside More Than 50% of Plaques From Clogged Arteries : ScienceAlert
Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds | Environment News | Al Jazeera
As for offshore wind farms? Imagine how you would feel as these were being built over two to three years – then having to deal with the constant humming, grinding, shadow flickering and vibrations – especially if you use sonar to communicate. You would be pissed off, right?
Regular readers will know that it is my belief that micro-, and nano-plastics pose the greatest threat to all life on the planet.
Let’s leave aside the millions of acres already sequestered by the forests of wind turbines and plantations of solar panels – removing this are from entire eco-systems of flora and fauna. Let’s face side the mountains of earth that have been dug up to get access to the metal and rare earth raw materials. Let’s leave aside the millions of miles of roads and transmission lines already built and the need to multiply what has been done by 100 to meet the demand to fully transition from hydrocarbon (ludicrously described as fossils) fuels. Let’s leave aside the huge demand for diesel powered trucks to transport all the materiel needed to build wind farms, electric cars solar panels.
Let’s leave all that aside and just look at wind turbines.
From here:
What Are Wind Turbine Blades Made of? Materials, Alternatives, & FAQ | House Grail
“A wind turbine blade includes several materials to improve stability, reduce weight, and add protection. The shell and spar cap, the blade’s support layer, consist of a fiberglass mesh bonded with resin. Older blades utilized a polyester resin, but most of the industry switched to epoxies as turbines got larger.”
Fiberglass with a binding polymer.
“Unfortunately, the wind turbine blade materials aren’t as green as the energy they produce. End-of-life disposal has created unique issues for eco-conscious industry leaders in recent years. Recycling opportunities and novel designs are the current focus of a push to manage a growing sustainability problem.”
“Because they consist of fiberglass composites, blades are nowhere near as easy to repurpose as the rest of the wind turbine. The majority end up in storage or buried. A large machine cuts the blades into pieces on-site to make them easier to transport to their final resting place in a landfill.”
Not recyclable or biodegradable.
Okay, that’s some information on the blades – what’s the issue?
From here (h/t Emily)
From here in October 2021:
Microplastics from wind turbines | Shetland News (shetnews.co.uk)
“A turbine with 120M diameter, such as those intended for erection by Viking Energy will shed around 62kg of microplastics per year in the form of epoxy resin. Epoxy resin contains bisphenol A (BPA).
The World Health Organisation states that drinking water should have a maximum of 0.1 micrograms of BPA per litre to be safe. One kg of BPA is sufficient to render 10 billion litres of water unsafe to drink.”
This October article was a follow-up to an earlier June 2021 article which in turn referenced a Norwegian article here:
Wind Turbine Blades Shedding Toxic Plastics During Operation – STT – Scotland Against Spin
“There’s a landfill legacy being created by wind turbine blades, with the First World cynically using the Third World as its dumping ground: ‘Green’ Energy’s Poisonous Legacy: Millions of Toxic Turbine Blades Destined for African Landfills”.
What doesn’t make it to the local landfill, gets dumped in Africa, sound familiar? Africa gets its minerals gouged from the land and gets toxic wind turbine blades back as a thank you. Aren’t those “greens” such wonderful people? Maybe they will g throw some paint on the cultural treasures of African nations to show their “wokeness”.
Maybe stricter laws have already been passed in the EU – what abut the US, Canada and the UK? We can forget about China and India – I doubt they give such master even half a first thought.
The industry, f course, is in full denial of any such issue as shedding or dumping of blades In landfills.
ACP_MicroplasticsFactSheet_March-2023.pdf (cleanpower.org)
“Wind turbine blade coating is not toxic and does not account for large – or any – emissions of BPA or microplastics.”
Well, there are billions of profits sourced directly from taxpayers at stake. Right? Ad just how likely is it that politicians admit they have made a colossal mistake and squandered hundreds f billions of bucks on childish fantasies.
So – go measure the quarter quality near your nearest windfarm and landfill! Maybe actual evidence will save lives in future – Lord knows the politicians ad “greens” have no interest in either lives or money.
Onwards!
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I hope there comes a day when people spray paint all the cameras and shoot down all the wind turbines, enough is enough.
:o) Satellites can't see them. Google Earth can't see them. Orbiting space stations can't see them. But Wikipedia knows they're there. There's also the Sargasso Sea. It does contain floating debris but not much. Mainly seaweed and small, aquatic life hiding from predators.