The world is falling well short of a promise signed at global climate talks last year to triple the amount of wind power, according to research by an energy think tank released Thursday.
    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Taiwan is an independent country.

      KMT are a bunch of authoritarian loving traitors.

      Oh and free Tibet.

  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I talked with a mechanic for the ultra big wind turbines once. He said they use tons of oil and are constantly leaking.

      • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        3 months ago

        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
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          3 months ago

          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.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I talked with a a mechanic once who said that the tiny amount leaked is minuscule compared to emissions from non-renewables.

      • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        3 months ago

        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.