cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/39052186
I talked with a mechanic for the ultra big wind turbines once. He said they use tons of oil and are constantly leaking.
I talked with a a mechanic once who said that the tiny amount leaked is minuscule compared to emissions from non-renewables.
That sounds positive to me. However, we cannot tout these as being such a great source of clean energy, especially one to aid in the challenges of eliminating fossil fuels when they use plenty of those.
You’re assuming “oil” and “crude oil” are the same thing.
Even if they were using crude in one of these it would be a considerable carbon cost saving over the lifetime.
Tons of oil compared to what
The whole thing has oil lines running through it. So think of how massive these turbines are and imagine how much oil that can hold
Why are you “imagining” you know the answer to this question lmao
If you burn that oil instead you would run out in about 10 hours assuming you were going for the same energy output. A lot oi oil is in them for sure, but compared to a oil burned for power it is nothing.
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