I’m all about wind power.
No, you are not.
And you dear sir, are coming to really strange conclusions. You have made me the ultimate straw man, I tell people some things they don't wasn't hear sometimes. And you have the biggest plane ever created flying already in your febrile mind.
I also deal in real life logistics at times. Why is that? Because fools like you are the ultimate yes men. You have this plane flying and landing and bringing the world to a new age of perfection, already. This is a done deal for you, when the whole thing reeks of yet another venture capital project. VC people love people like you.
And there are some serious questions about your judgement, considering that you take my questions about an airplane, and from there manage to claim I am against wind power. That is what we call a non-sequitur, "it doesn't follow". and you have made a whopper, one of the biggest I've ever seen. This plane has some almost magical claims being made about it. Against wind power? Dood, wind and solar are wonderful additions to our power generating options. And as battery technology is improving, and storage is being added to present installs, this adds leveling to the list of things they provide. They can add another level of protection for standard steam turbines, which don't like power spikes, especially losses.
There are so many options for power storage by battery - I'm partial to Nickel - Iron myself. Tough as nails and long service life, plus cheap materials. Nickel-Iron's deficiencies are not as relevant to their use Although Sodium-Ion batteries are looking interesting too. I'm not super partial to Lithium-Ion for power storage. Doesn't matter too much because there is an embarrassment of options. Pick a lane, energy storage is well known chemistry, and develop it.
Here in my area, we have enough wind and solar that building a new nuclear generating facility isn't likely at all.
For all the positives nuclear has, S&W has a reliable cost estimate to finished product.
Sorry homie, I'm severely skeptical of the claims being made about the biggest airplane ever built, not the wind technology. That you seem to extrapolate what I've written into being anti-wind raises serious questions about your judgement.
Now go away and let the adults talk. Or at least read up on your plane and how your plane is supposed to work, before your next fever dream.
Or at least, entertain me some more. Maybe that is the purpose of your life. So amp it up if you see fit.
Indeed. As you can see from the photos in the articles you linked, they did not clear "vast swaths" of forest to build the wind farms. They cleared just enough to build the roads, leaving 99% of the trees intact. This new airplane doesn't change that.
Perhaps I am wrong, so let's compare. The Antonov An-225 required around 3.5 kilometers minimum
to take off and land. It has a wingspan of 84 m (275 ft 7 in) and a length of 88.4 m (290 ft 0 in)
This Windrunner plane has a length of 108 meters, or 354.3 feet.and a wingspan of 80 m (265 feet)
It is claimed that it can land on as it says https://www.graphicnews.com/en.... on semi-prepared airstrips of 1800 m (5905.5 feet) Which will be pretty impressive, a minimum landing distance for a Boeing 747 is only 1524 meters - and this plane dwarfs the Antonov. So tyhr largest plane ever built, carrying the heaviest load ever can land at a lot of airports if the wingspan will fit. I'll believe that when I see it. And just so everyone knows, they will need many more wheels that shown on the 3d images https://www.odotonline.org/wp-.... You will not land the larges plane ever built carrying the heaviest load while sporting only 12 wheels, although they might have jet assisted reverse thrusters 8^) Would you guys like to visit the Allegheny Escarpment wind farms in Pennsylvania? We've had a shortage of rain this summer, but not a desert yet. The largest wind farm in Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....
We do have a lot of wind power here, and no deserts,https://www.horstexcavating.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Gallery_AlleghenyRidgeWindFarm_AerialView_HorstExcavating-480x428.jpg https://www.centraliapa.org/wp... https://m.psecn.photoshelter.c....
So if we intend to use this incredible airplane to bring the huge blades to working wind farms in a state that already builds out a lot of wind farms, and yes, in mountainous and forested areas, semi improved airstrips will need to be built, and do you have a way that no forests will be cut?
While you guys seem to have some deep seated need to prove me wrong - let me know - the wind farm tours are pretty interesting, I live in this area, and we have a lot of windfarms and hella lot of forests. Not all wind farms are in the desert or prairie. So ya gotta understand, I'm happy to show you in person.
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And we all know Venture Capitalists have never back projects that fail. Here's there question, would you borrow a million dollars and add your retirement savings to this?
Good thing you're here. You need to be on these planning teams. Why the engineers didn't consult with Slashdot readers in the planning stage is anyone's guess, but good for you for pointing out they are completely on the wrong track. This could have been a disaster.
Me no smart! Anyhoo, glad you set me straight. I now support this. because this is the most genius idea evah. 8^)
As one guy in here noted, this thing reeks of venture capital bait.
You got one thing wrong ddimm - it's a good thing you are here!
"96% of wind turbines are recyclable, but the blades are made of fiberglass, which is not normally recyclable (but it has been done)." If it's not economically viable, then it probably won't get done. And governments it seems would rather bury the old blades in massive landfill, than take the hit of paying companies to make second-rate surfboards out of all that waste. Well that's what they are doing in Australia where land is still relatively abundant - they bury the fibreglass, at the same time as spruiking how recyclable they are in theory. It disgusts me really.
I'm hoping to see the first recycled reactor core!
They will need to scale up though. SANY has been installing 131m blades for over a year now, and the next generation will be even bigger.
SANY has also developed a system for setting up a new blade factory very quickly and reliably, so they can simply build one near to where the blades are needed.
A much better option than a special purpose plane. I'm sure the monster would have other uses, but not only the biggest plane ever built, but designed to land on unimproved strips. They's probably need to use the same type of temporary metal landing strips used on Pacific islands during WW2, only with clearing out stumps instead of sand.
I live in an area with a lot of wind farms. Clearing and leveling forest land to make an airstrip is a challenge.
I'm all about wind power.
But we're looking at clearing huge tracts of forest so the plane can land and take off? and more forest to move the blades to their destination?
Sounds like a half thought out plan. Our present turbine fields have surprisingly little impact. Mostly looking like back roads going through the woods, a clearing for the towers, and a line to get the power to the mains.
I know this sounds radical, but is it not possible to make the blades in smaller pieces, to be assembled on-site? At the same time, make them recyclable.
An aircraft like this will likely be a lot further up the logistics chain, using existing airports to transport blades from near the factories to other places where they're loaded onto local logistics (road, river, sea). I suspect a lot of the larger wind turbines are being used offshore. This is similar to most other outsized cargo aircraft (I.E. Airbus' Beluga).
Although the article notes: "Radia's plane will be able to hold two 95-meter blades or one 105-meter blade, and land on makeshift dirt runways adjacent to wind farms"
Also I suspect this plane may never see the light of day. The whole thing sounds like a pitch for VC funding.
On that, I agree completely.
I always get a bit skeptical when I see statements like "You could have a safe one-way trip to Mars in six months, for example, as opposed to doing the same mission in a year,"
Yikes! I'm a dumbass. I corrected what I wrote to:
Mars and Earth have wildly different distances from each other depending on where they are in their respective orbits.
Mars and Earth have wildly different distances from each other. If an actual scientist were to speak of time, they'd probably note "as little as" and "depending on opposition"
"As little as" would require the least amount of extra explanation.
Universal healthcare is also a significant reason why the US loses out to every other rich country in the world in objective metrics of healthcare.
(e.g., cost, longevity, infant mortality, maternal mortality, etc.)
That's why almost every 'murrican has left for civilized countries, where the women are strong, the men are beautiful, and all the children are above average. The rest of 'murricans are going to be dead soon, because health care is nonexistent. Planning on celebrating that the cause of all problems on earth will be extinct? The world will finally be at peace, an humanity will finally achieve it's potential.
When a Japanese doctor says "cut down" on smoking, the patient will take it as a pretty serious warning to try to stop. It's just a cultural thing, using less definitive language but the listener knows what it really means. It's baked into the language. For example it would sound a bit weird if you said "my boss was angry", rather you would say "my boss seemed angry" or "I think my boss is angry", even though you are 100% sure and the listener will be in no doubt either.
Japanese food is very filling for Westerners. You get used to it, but it takes a while. I think it's the amount of protein.
There is some truth in the adage about getting full quickly, but hungry again an hour later.
This I think more than anything. I recall on one trip being offered a traditional breakfast. It was basically a salad. Contrast that with the western breakfast of fat & sugar. Dessert's are typically not even that sweet. Prices for food are quite high, which means less calories, so even less obesity. Less obesity, less strain on joints, easier to stay active later in life.
I'd expect most of the centurions are women though. Their work culture I expect cut the number of men via stress.
Might as well do the old joke.
Q. Why do husbands die before their wives?
A. Because they want to.
A great way to piss off the wife, by the way.
Why ask? To what end? They surrendered 80 years ago.
The question was in response to Japan not needing to lock things because of low crime. You just don't want the question asked. Japan might be crime free internally, but do you believe their beliefs about other cultures just disappeared?
I hate to ask difficult questions, but how many of them were involved with Japan's belligerence in WW2?
Yes, ask the Chinese about what happened in Nanking. Ask the Comfort women of Korea. I have to laugh when I hear how civilized and crime free Japan is. Wasn't always so. There was a strong racist component that allowed them to do as they wished with people they considered the other.
FWIW, there was a strong similarity in the way Europeans felt about the Slavs and other groups around the same time.
Any program which runs right is obsolete.
