Not exactly "a plan come together" though is it? GE have 10% of the World wind turbine market and they are only going to recycle blades from
their own Onshore turbines
in the US. Given that means they only have a
possible target of less than around 5% of the blades that will require recycling, it is not really making much of a dent in the vast amount that will go to landfill. Current technology means that it is either prohibitive in terms of energy used/toxic material created or simply cost to recycle most blades. I am comforted in the knowledge that companies are mindful of this however.
Given all that though I actually do care about climate change, I just think we need to look at the bigger picture and we should absolutely not put all our eggs in one basket when it comes to renewable's. This was more than highlighted recently when the big Drax coal fired power stations had to go back into full production following a period of foggy weather in the UK. Fog generally means no wind/no sun and little electricity produced using current renewable technology.
My thoughts then on the immediate reduction of greenhouse gas is to target methane and to explore ways of capturing millions of tons of methane that vents off, naturally, out of the sea every year. If we could put this to good use and burn it in boilers and I.C engines we will be reducing the emission of a gas that has the global warming potential of around 80 times that of carbon dioxide within 20 years.
I'd like to see enterprise and technology be allowed to given as much as a free reign as possible and not scuppered by politicians who, lets face it have mucked up previously on what is good/bad for emissions (diesel was seen as a wonder fuel for reducing emissions 20 odd years ago).
I think such things as vehicle platooning using some sort of agreed international standard for autonomous driving of vehicles is the sort of thing politicians should be working on, instead of banning things with little regard to how much that would impact both the end user and innovation as a whole.