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12-14-2023, 10:47 AM
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You missed pictures of moving a 200ft plus blade moving through the Scottish country side . I wonder about side loads on that in a wind.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-scotland-67696665
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01-02-2024, 01:19 PM
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Styrofoam, fiberglass and epoxy resin roasting over an open hydraulic fluid fuelled fire...
Picture from the Nolan, Texas volunteer fire department.
This happened just days after a lightning storm, probably related.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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01-03-2024, 11:14 AM
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Only one blade,hmmm. Guessing it was a lightning strike. Wife has stories of turbines saying "Hit ME" during the periodic thunderstorms we had in Tehachapi
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01-08-2024, 12:55 PM
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for the true connoisseur
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01-09-2024, 11:13 AM
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Everyone expects drilling for oil to be dangerous. People expect wind turbines to just a be boring blight on the landscape.
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1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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01-17-2024, 03:31 PM
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Can't hide this one.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/turbines...y-maintenance/
6 year old wind turbines all being shutdown for "heavy maintenance" sounds like repair of a catastrophic design flaw. If they "just needed maintenance" they wouldn't turn them all off.
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1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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01-17-2024, 05:46 PM
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The main reason Buckminster Fuller advanced for indoor windmills was the ease of maintenance.
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01-17-2024, 07:35 PM
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We should drill baby drill in Yellowstone and tap all that geothermal energy. It was the most disappointing national park I'd ever been to. Don't know what those animals are eating besides rocks, twigs, and scraggly dry brush.
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01-17-2024, 07:59 PM
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_updraft_tower
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The solar updraft tower (SUT) is a design concept for a renewable-energy power plant for generating electricity from low temperature solar heat. Sunshine heats the air beneath a very wide greenhouse-like roofed collector structure surrounding the central base of a very tall chimney tower. The resulting convection causes a hot air updraft in the tower by the chimney effect. This airflow drives wind turbines, placed in the chimney updraft or around the chimney base, to produce electricity.
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Fuller's Fly's Eye dome:
Repetitive fiberglass elements with ETFE inflated pillows inflill. Built and maintained by drones.
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