Bias and Reports: What is particularly noteworthy is that both political and economic forces tried to stop the as-yet-unpublished study by exerting pressure so that funding for the study was withdrawn
The dangers of microplastics are greatly exaggerated, if they exist at all. Microplastics are chemically inert. Their supposed dangers lie in blocking organs like capillaries and kidney tubules. However, vertebrate species have existed for a few hundred million years with silicon in granule form, aka sand, in their bodies. This is just another of the panics that the environmentalists have invented.
Turbine blades' outer shells are usually made from fiberglass bonded with epoxy. Epoxy is used because polyester resin is quickly destroyed by sunlight. Bisphenol-a is a major component of epoxy, up to 40% in some formulations. Academic studies have shown that the average turbine sheds 65 kilograms of microplastic particles per year. If 40% of that is Bisphenol-A, that's 26 kilograms of Bisphenol-A per turbine per year. Bisphenol-A is banned in food packaging in most countries because it's carcinogenic. But it's OK if it's being used to save the planet.
I wonder how many contaminants ended up in the soil and water after that solar farm in Texas was recently destroyed by hail? And who was the idiot that decided to put a solar farm in an area known for such devastating hail storms? 🤔🧐
Greetings from the People's Republic of Massachusetts. I live near New Bedford, which has set a large part of its waterfront as a stepping off center for the massive wind turbines being placed in Nantucket sound. ( Out of sight of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and other areas of Cape Cod where the elites live.) Effects of micro plastics, effects on the fishing industry, effects on sea mammals, effects of gross inefficiencies and all the energy used to build and dispose of these things, it is all ignored. The de-growth Marxist agenda must go on. Sky high utility rates, killing whales and the fishing industry, polluting the land and sea with these monstrosities......these all will be accepted...the ends justify the means...hopefully there will be a new administration ( depending on how much cheating goes on ) and maybe they will stop the subsidies.
Stephen, I appreciate what you are talking about. I do recommend putting links into your articles. I looked for ten minutes trying to find the article you cited:
"Last week I drew attention to the health risks of microplastics..."
I think wind is winding down, but it won’t go away. Hopefully, the subsidies will.
I am a chipper off of the old environmental block.
Yes - this was an interesting report, thanks for sharing it.
So one more black eye for wind! Think anyone will pay attention?
Probably not, like all other reports that do not tow the line - it will be buried!
Glad wind is maxing out in Texas - only 98 or so new projects on the books.... maybe they won't get built!
Sure have been a few moved to the inactive list, 6 in the last month, but that doesn't mean they won't get built!
1 wind project went online in March another synchronized, getting ready for commercial operation in Wharton County.
Great niche find. Makes sense - ya keep chipping away, stuff is going to flake off.
The dangers of microplastics are greatly exaggerated, if they exist at all. Microplastics are chemically inert. Their supposed dangers lie in blocking organs like capillaries and kidney tubules. However, vertebrate species have existed for a few hundred million years with silicon in granule form, aka sand, in their bodies. This is just another of the panics that the environmentalists have invented.
Turbine blades' outer shells are usually made from fiberglass bonded with epoxy. Epoxy is used because polyester resin is quickly destroyed by sunlight. Bisphenol-a is a major component of epoxy, up to 40% in some formulations. Academic studies have shown that the average turbine sheds 65 kilograms of microplastic particles per year. If 40% of that is Bisphenol-A, that's 26 kilograms of Bisphenol-A per turbine per year. Bisphenol-A is banned in food packaging in most countries because it's carcinogenic. But it's OK if it's being used to save the planet.
Mass. has been hard to watch. The state seems clueless to outside world.
I wonder how many contaminants ended up in the soil and water after that solar farm in Texas was recently destroyed by hail? And who was the idiot that decided to put a solar farm in an area known for such devastating hail storms? 🤔🧐
Greetings from the People's Republic of Massachusetts. I live near New Bedford, which has set a large part of its waterfront as a stepping off center for the massive wind turbines being placed in Nantucket sound. ( Out of sight of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and other areas of Cape Cod where the elites live.) Effects of micro plastics, effects on the fishing industry, effects on sea mammals, effects of gross inefficiencies and all the energy used to build and dispose of these things, it is all ignored. The de-growth Marxist agenda must go on. Sky high utility rates, killing whales and the fishing industry, polluting the land and sea with these monstrosities......these all will be accepted...the ends justify the means...hopefully there will be a new administration ( depending on how much cheating goes on ) and maybe they will stop the subsidies.
Stephen, I appreciate what you are talking about. I do recommend putting links into your articles. I looked for ten minutes trying to find the article you cited:
"Last week I drew attention to the health risks of microplastics..."
and was not able to find it. Thanks
Any idea as to when the report will be published?