The wind carries dust and particles that impact the blades and slowly chips off the paint and eventually the fiberglass, which includes some kind of resin
It's not a particularly fast process though so i don't think it's a big concern, probably miniscule compared to the crazy amount of microplastics produced by vehicle tyres
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gnufuu@infosec.pub · 42 pts · 79d
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 3 pts · 79d
Morbo doesn't agree.
DisasterTransport@startrek.website · 16 pts · 78d
kn33@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 79d
People get so pedantic about shitposts here. Jesus christ, people, chill.
Signtist@bookwyr.me · 17 pts · 79d
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 76d
NineMileTower@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 79d
I'm glad it's pride month, because this post is gay.
ArfArfWoof@europe.pub · 14 pts · 79d
Also fake, pretty sure the blades are made of fiberglass or some such.
jlow@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 79d
Yeah, aren't they more of a big (micro) plastic (producing) fan?
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 78d
Do they really produce microplastics? Like more than a Doritos bag factory or something?
ignotum@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 77d
The wind carries dust and particles that impact the blades and slowly chips off the paint and eventually the fiberglass, which includes some kind of resin
It's not a particularly fast process though so i don't think it's a big concern, probably miniscule compared to the crazy amount of microplastics produced by vehicle tyres
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 78d
I’m a huge flaming fan.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 79d
Aren't those mostly fiberglass composites?
nexguy@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 79d
"I'm a fiberglass wind turbine" is a better punchline
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 79d
the tower is reinferced concrete. Only the blades have that issue
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 79d
The tower is usually metal.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 79d
And how about unusually?
DisasterTransport@startrek.website · 6 pts · 78d
Well unusually it could be made of anything else, couldn't it? Think about a windmill made of cocaine. That would be highly unusual.
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 79d
!dadjokes@lemmy.world would like this.