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		carapace on June 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wooden towers to help cut cost of wind turbines I agree with all of that, but it's still the case that carbon in glue isn't in the sky, eh? I don't think we should rule out a role for fossil hydrocarbons as part of the transition to a totally renewable/regenerative (aka "circular") economy.

ZeroGravitas on June 6, 2022 [–]

I think we should. They're expensive when you account for all the costs. That's why we're phasing them out, even for things they're pretty good for.

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