• Swedneck
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    16 hours ago

    i mean i could certainly see timber used in some capacity, it works in regular buildings after all, but i don’t see how it would make sense in the blades…

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        15 hours ago

        you do realize windmills and wind turbines are slightly different, right?
        you’re basically using a 2 story wood house to justify building a skyscraper out of wood, that’s obviously not how it works, did you even think about this for 5 seconds lol?

      • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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        15 hours ago

        Treated lumber is a thing, and in my experience it’s harder to light than carbon fiber and resin.

        My garage almost burned down once because I didn’t notice sparks from my angle grinder were pooling on a CF/R panel, and it set off a couple other things (paper towel bar, shop towel, solvent residue close to the towel) while I ran to the extinguisher.

        This “article” is just an ad, and shouldn’t exist without actual journalism going on, but let’s not pretend wood can’t be fire resistant.

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        16 hours ago

        did you reply to the wrong comment? i specifically said that i don’t think wood in the blades really makes sense