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[4570Man]

Try Google. The most widely accepted definition of how an electric vehicle is zero emissions is:

“A zero-emissions vehicle, or ZEV, is a vehicle that does not emit exhaust gas or other pollutants from the onboard source of power.”

It’s a stupid concept regardless of whatever vehicle they’re using. An electric vehicle isn’t even close to zero emissions.

 

[bcp]

Blads on winding roads in China.

This is how huge wind turbine blades are transported through mountains

The trucks carrying the 80-tonne wind turbine blades can pivot as they move to navigate the sharp corners on the mountain roads.

www.businessinsider.com

Bruce

 

[goeduck]

^^ Amazing !!

 

[dstig1]

Makes you wonder if it wouldn't just be easier and cheaper to get a Chinook helicopter in there and lift that bugger right to the windmill site! Really cool rig though!

 

[4570Man]

Makes you wonder if it wouldn't just be easier and cheaper to get a Chinook helicopter in there and lift that bugger right to the windmill site! Really cool rig though!

They claimed that blade was 80 tons. Even if it’s 80 tons for the 3 a helicopter is way short on capacity to lift it.

 

[ning]

They claimed that blade was 80 tons. Even if it’s 80 tons for the 3 a helicopter is way short on capacity to lift it.

80 tons is laughable.

Imagine how you'd connect an 80 ton blade to the turbine up on top of the tower...
Also look at the truck suddenly get up and boogie - that blade weighs next to nothing.

75m blades weigh 25 tons.

 

[dodge man]

The turbine blades are actually fairly delicate and easily damaged, they have to be careful with them. They also come in sets of three and them being the same weight is important for balance. I pic of me at the base of the blade, my wing span is about 6 feet.

 

[BigBlue1]

80 tons is laughable.

Imagine how you'd connect an 80 ton blade to the turbine up on top of the tower...
Also look at the truck suddenly get up and boogie - that blade weighs next to nothing.
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75m blades weigh 25 tons.

Exactly. There is no way 80 tonnes is right. That's 176,000 lbs. Can you imagine the wind turbine base that would be required to support 528,000 lbs (3 blades) spinning around?? That's the weight of a fully loaded mine truck. And the size of the brake it would take to slow it down? Ha!

80 tonnes might have been the weight of all the trucks and their loads combined in that video. Or they may just be full of crap.

 

[blacktruck]

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Nahh, I can't see anything wrong with that.. send it. No chance of it being ejected by the wind or anything. He's got that one inch Walmart ratchet cinched down tight. Everyone knows they will hold anything they are attached to.

 

[Jstpssng]

Nahh, I can't see anything wrong with that.. send it. No chance of it being ejected by the wind or anything. He's got that one inch Walmart ratchet cinched down tight. Everyone knows they will hold anything they are attached to.

That's why we see them scattered in pieces along the side of the road. The load they were meant to hold wasn't strong enough against those titanium Walmart tie-downs.

(I think that we both need that sarcasm font.)