{"id":64443,"date":"2026-04-10T18:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64443"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:53:09","slug":"wind-turbine-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64443","title":{"rendered":"Wind Turbine Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ever seen the insane effort it takes to \u201cbuild green\u201d? Just watch how they pour a SINGLE wind turbine foundation: 600\u20131,000 TONS of concrete, massive excavation, endless rebar, and heavy machinery tearing up the land for days. <\/span><\/div>\n
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And that\u2019s only the base. The blades? Made with balsa wood stripped from the Amazon rainforest, straight-up deforestation in the name of \u201csaving the planet\u201d.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Then add: \u2022 Concrete \u2022 Carbon fiber \u2022 Steel \u2022 Cast iron \u2022 Copper \u2022 Aluminum \u2022 Plus boron, chromium, cobalt, manganese, molybdenum, nickel & rare earth elements All mined, refined, and shipped with massive energy & pollution.<\/span><\/div>\n
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These things last 25 years max. By 2050 the world will be drowning in 43 million tons of worn-out blades, that\u2019s the weight of 215,000 locomotives headed for landfills (most can\u2019t even be recycled). Oh, and here\u2019s the rest of the ridiculous list:
\n– They slaughter hundreds of thousands of birds & bats every year
\n– They only spin when the wind feels like it (so we still need gas\/coal plants on standby)
\n– They chew up huge chunks of land and ruin views for miles
\n– They\u2019re noisy, expensive to maintain, and require giant subsidies to even exist <\/span><\/div>\n
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This is \u201cgreen\u201d energy? We\u2019re destroying rainforests, mining toxic rare earths, pouring planet-warming concrete, and creating mountains of non-recyclable waste\u2026 to fight climate change?<\/span><\/div>\n
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It\u2019s completely ridiculous. A multi-trillion-dollar environmental own-goal sold as virtue.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever seen the insane effort it takes to \u201cbuild green\u201d? Just watch how they pour a SINGLE wind turbine foundation: 600\u20131,000 TONS of concrete, massive excavation, endless rebar, and heavy machinery tearing up the land for days. And that\u2019s only the base. The blades? Made with balsa wood stripped from the Amazon rainforest, straight-up deforestation … <\/p>\n

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