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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 07:07 PM Original message |
I just tried to find studies on the environmental impact of wind turbine manufacturing. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. I found some figures about a month ago |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. While not exactly what you're looking for... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I was more focusing on manufacturing waste than EROI... |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ya gotta use the jargon... |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Thanks! |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Thanks, good search for embodied energy. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. I did a back-of-the-envelope CO2 analysis of wind turbine manufacturing back in December |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Of course one problem is that the technology is rapidly advancing (in multiple directions) |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That's interesting when talking about cost |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. There are a variety of tower styles, and construction techniques |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Concrete is negligible |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. For sufficiently large values of "negligible", perhaps... |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Like boats |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. What do you want to know? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I guess what I'm trying to figure out is... |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Search for data on alternators |
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