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Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they're being built::The clock is ticking toward a deadline to meet renewable-energy standards. But USA TODAY's analysis finds local governments banning wind turbines, solar plants.

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[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The currently existing design of wind turbines is incredibly stupid anyway, I have no idea how we landed on that design. It's one of the least effective designs possible for it's use case. We should be using spiral turbines.

[-] Labrad0r@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago

The current three blade design of utility-scale turbines achieves about 80% of the Betz limit, are relatively efficient in materials for their output, and the blades' pitch can be adjusted to control their speed in varying conditions (eg. during storms). I wouldn't call their design "incredibly stupid".

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

That looks like it would be hard to manufacture and transport at the size requirements that traditional blades are made. It's already a massive pita to transport the traditional blades. I'm sure we'll figure it out eventually, but that's probably the current reasoning.

[-] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 months ago

Yooo that looks sick as hell! Why aren't we using that?

[-] PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Can you imagine how heavy one of those would be at full scale?

[-] variants@possumpat.io 5 points 10 months ago

That's too futuristic and only belongs on other planets like mars

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