Thousands of Old Wind Turbine Blades Pile Up in West Texas

[bikenaga]

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/sweetwater-wind-turbine-blades-dump/

[toomuchtodo]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27258438 (2021: Wind giant Vestas says it can now fully recycle turbine blades)

https://electrek.co/2021/05/17/wind-giant-vestas-says-it-can...

[credit_guy]

So what? The said thousands of turbine blades cover 30 acres of land. Texas has an area of about 170 million acres. The blades don't decay, or pollute in any way. They just sit there. Thousands more can be added. What's the problem?

[badcarbine]

You could build cooling hangars for forests

[badcarbine → badcarbine]

Enter the Batcave

[superchroma]

"But the IRS determined that it would restart the clock on [tax] credits if a wind farm “repowered” its turbines—replacing equipment with newer parts. So, despite the expected two-decade lifespan for turbine blades, wind farms began replacing many that remained in good shape years early."

America, where no perverse incentive can be allowed to be left unexploited :(

[pro-kythera → superchroma]

Now searching the Federal Register: Any incentive to create the world's largest tensegrity sculpture?