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durhamplumber
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Has anyone ever worked out the carbon footprint for producing a wind turbine?
Not just the different energies used in the manufacturing of one, which should include the energy used to power the factories as well as the machinery but also the original sourcing of the materials, steel, aluminium, copper etc. Once the various parts are made and partly assembled they then have to transport them to the site where more energy is used in the final assembly. But it doesn't end there. You have to use energy to route where the power cables for the collected energy go to, factor in the power used towards maintenance etc.
I know someone is going to come up with the argument that all other forms need to have these calculations thrown in as well, and I agree, however to get a TRUE cost of which is the most efficient way of obtaining energy you have to do what is called a Value Stream Map. This is where a Lean Practitioner comes into the equation. They have the knowledge of how to calculate all the data required and produce a true picture. Problem is governments don't really like them because they can often prove official statistics are incorrect.
Not just the different energies used in the manufacturing of one, which should include the energy used to power the factories as well as the machinery but also the original sourcing of the materials, steel, aluminium, copper etc. Once the various parts are made and partly assembled they then have to transport them to the site where more energy is used in the final assembly. But it doesn't end there. You have to use energy to route where the power cables for the collected energy go to, factor in the power used towards maintenance etc.
I know someone is going to come up with the argument that all other forms need to have these calculations thrown in as well, and I agree, however to get a TRUE cost of which is the most efficient way of obtaining energy you have to do what is called a Value Stream Map. This is where a Lean Practitioner comes into the equation. They have the knowledge of how to calculate all the data required and produce a true picture. Problem is governments don't really like them because they can often prove official statistics are incorrect.
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durhamplumber
More too it than carbon footprint..What about nuclear waste,stuffed in a hole,deadly for the next 50k years.
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Bodd
I might be wrong - no - but I don't think there is any nuclear waste from a wind turbine.
There is from the raw material.
A cradle to grave analysis would lead back to Baotou in China.
2000 tons of radoiactive mud created to make 1 ton of Neodymium.
A wind turbine uses 3 tons or more.
That all might be a reflection of Chinas lack of environmental controls......
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SammyInnit
And water will still be wet but it doesn't address the core issue that clean(er) energy is expensive.
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SammyInnit
There are pleny of people having new biomass boiler installs. There are initiatives to convert people to biomass from electric heating.
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/renewable-energy/heat/biomass
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durhamplumber
No..its all the southern toffs who fancy themselves with wood stoves and an aga
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durhamplumber
Cheaper than going to mars then the Earth is feked
