US, India, Russia, Japan are building out wind power much too slowly for climate change, report says
https://apnews.com/article/global-wind-power-climate-change-renewable-electricity-7628e7bb888366b2140c4ae972cc8887
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sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · -16 pts · 2y
I talked with a mechanic for the ultra big wind turbines once. He said they use tons of oil and are constantly leaking.
protist@mander.xyz · 20 pts · 2y
Tons of oil compared to what
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · -9 pts · 2y
The whole thing has oil lines running through it. So think of how massive these turbines are and imagine how much oil that can hold
bluGill@kbin.run · 17 pts · 2y
If you burn that oil instead you would run out in about 10 hours assuming you were going for the same energy output. A lot oi oil is in them for sure, but compared to a oil burned for power it is nothing.
protist@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 2y
Why are you "imagining" you know the answer to this question lmao
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 11 pts · 2y
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · -19 pts · 2y
That sounds positive to me. However, we cannot tout these as being such a great source of clean energy, especially one to aid in the challenges of eliminating fossil fuels when they use plenty of those.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 12 pts · 2y
thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
You're assuming "oil" and "crude oil" are the same thing.
Even if they were using crude in one of these it would be a considerable carbon cost saving over the lifetime.