Over on the trapperman forum, various alternative energy sources get brought from time to time and there are certainly a number of guys on there that are naysayers; they hate ethanol, they hate wind power, they hate solar, etc. Anyway, some guy from MS (although I think he has lived all over the U.S.) had some news article about how German companies are trying to "dump" their old wind turbines on 3rd world countries because the Germans don't want to pay to get rid of them--seems like an odd argument to make because if you have to dissemble the turbines to ship them overseas, why not just scrap them out then..? Other "news" examples are given that there are "dead wind turbines" for years (in Cali, Hawaii) that no one will take down "because it takes more money that could be gotten out of them".
Ok, maybe, but guys on here are pretty ingenious and if all liability issues were waved and someone said there is X tons of steel standing over there and if you can drop it, cut it up, and haul it away, its yours, would anyone be up for the challenge? Would scrapping out old wind turbines really be a loser in all or even most cases? Would love to hear your thoughts...
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