Disposing of Wind Turbine Blades as an Environmental Problem

Once virtue has been signaled and crony capitalists have acquired their subsidies and tax breaks, wind turbines have served their purpose, and it is time to take them to the landfill, so that we can get on with generating electricity by more efficient means. But unfortunately, getting rid of them is not easy.

Even before the turbines die, companies like MidAmerican Energy in Iowa have to replace turbine blades on a large scale. Getting rid of the old ones is a challenge. From AP:

MidAmerican’s retired blades … are among hundreds that will land in dumps across Iowa and the nation. Critics of wind energy say the blades’ march to a landfill weakens the industry’s claim it’s an environmentally friendly source of energy.

The gigantic blades, which are difficult to crush and compact, cause major headaches for landfills. Only one facility in north Iowa is willing to take them.

“This clean, green energy is not so clean and not so green,” says Julie Kuntz, who opposes a Worth County wind project.

On the contrary, it is plenty green for those who are subsidized with taxpayer money to put them up and take them down again so that we can all see how much our rulers care about the planet.

MidAmerican has said the utility will receive about $10 billion in federal production tax credits for the investment, covering the capital costs needed to build the wind farms.

Sounds green enough for MidAmerican.

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