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(Sweden) Christmas tree wood used to build world's tallest wooden wind turbine (www.envirolink.org)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by activistPnk to c/zerowaste

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This is probably the best use of Christmas trees (though it’s up for debate whether it’s a good idea to cut down spruce trees to begin with).

Side note: it was hard to find this story on a website that’s not exclusive access or enshitified. Even the company who built the turbine (#Modvion) has a tor-hostile website themselves.

According to the BBC Newsroom they use glue instead of bolts to hold it together.

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[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Are the windblades also made of wood? That would take away one another argument from big oil used against wind turbines, and only would leave them the "but it kills birds".

[–] activistPnk 7 points 10 months ago

I think they said the blades were wood when I heard it on BBC.

W.r.t killing birds, I thought that was solved a long time ago just by increasing the resistance so the blades turn slowly enough to be seen. If wood blades would have to move faster, then perhaps the birds would be threatened again.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Have they finally stopped spreading that misinformation claiming it’s killing large ocean life? Those Hannity segments in particular made my blood boil.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Iirc wind turbine blades are the largest user of balsa wood in the world. Of course they cover it in fiberglass and resin to make it stronger...

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

This article is claiming that the blades are still fiber glass: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/worlds-tallest-wooden-wind-turbine