Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agoClean and cheap energy ... but at what cost?!?hexbear.netimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1126
arrow-up1126imageClean and cheap energy ... but at what cost?!?hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoI didn’t realize the blades were that big, damn!
minus-squareUmmmCheckPlease [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoIf you haven’t seen them, I recommend checking out videos/pictures of them being transported! There are some pretty wild tractor-trailer combos and maneuvering
minus-squareUmmmCheckPlease [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day ago“Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide right turn”
minus-squareCrucible [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoThe offshore ones are absolutely massive, China’s biggest one (last I checked) has a 200m (600ish? ft) long blade
minus-squareEvilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoYup, last time I saw a blade that big, a tall English guy was using it to slay eclipse demons in the middle ages
minus-squareAre_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoI think that’s gotta be the tower (split in half), not the blades. I could be extremely wrong, but that’s what it looks like to me!
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoIt looks tapered and bent like a blade to me. Note how flat and wide it is at the far end. Here’s a blade from a different factory for comparison.
I didn’t realize the blades were that big, damn!
If you haven’t seen them, I recommend checking out videos/pictures of them being transported! There are some pretty wild tractor-trailer combos and maneuvering
“Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide right turn”
The offshore ones are absolutely massive, China’s biggest one (last I checked) has a 200m (600ish? ft) long blade
Yup, last time I saw a blade that big, a tall English guy was using it to slay eclipse demons in the middle ages
I think that’s gotta be the tower (split in half), not the blades. I could be extremely wrong, but that’s what it looks like to me!
It looks tapered and bent like a blade to me. Note how flat and wide it is at the far end.
Here’s a blade from a different factory for comparison.