In A Battle Of Energy Super-Villains Who Would Win?

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1. OOPS.

   I hope no one was hurt.

   So, how much of that wreckage is recyclable?

   1. Wind turbine – fantasy
      Train – reality

      Recyclable, yes – if you bring it into sarcan yourself in bottle size lumps

   2. It really felt good seeing a green-deal propeller get whacked. I’d like to see them all torn down and build some nuclear power plants … for reliable clean energy.

      Apparently the material in those giant propellers are not recyclable. They are extremely polluting, but that will never be mentioned by the compliant useful idiots of the media.

2. none of it
   they become landfill

3. More info.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CegPGUsYOLA

4. Hope the train has a two stroke diesel.

5. Hope the driver was wearing a mask and was vaccinated.

   1. now that was good!!!

6. Sorry, I didn’t catch what he was saying?

7. Train is a bird lover.

8. And how was your day?

9. Those are three Union Pacific Freight Engines so someplace in the West or Southwest.

   Flat terrain, so Texas?

   1. Texas…

      “The crash happened just after 2:30 p.m. in downtown Luling, a city located about 50 miles south of Austin.”

      https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/texas-freight-train-collision-truck-wind-turbine

10. Neat, I bet that took some planning.

11. More “Oh my God!”s than a porn video.

12. .

    That train was moving pretty fast … most towns and cities have speed restrictions for rail traffic …. plus it didn’t help matters that the truck had come to a stop instead of clearing the crossing as quickly as possible .

    .

    1. that train was moving at track speed, which unless they are carrying dangerous goods is up to 60 mph, and can take up to 2 miles to stop in emergency.

       the driver of the vehicle (and his insurance) is going to be paying big money for taking out a crossing, damaging a train, and causing a train delay… hopefully the train didn’t derail.

       Based on another video, it was probably going about 30 mph when it struck…

       https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/train-smashes-into-18-wheeler-carrying-wind-turbine-blade-in-luling/ar-AANSCJT

13. Luling, Texas.

14. Saint Greta sheds a tear. Oh wait, she’s an atheist. Greta laughs it up with Satan.

15. Hahahahahahahahahaha, and hahahahahahahaha.

    Now that was funny.

    1. +++J, it was perfect.

16. Hmmm, perhaps next time they might want to check the train schedules, or maybe coordinate with the rail company. Anyone have an idea what one of those blades cost? I realize there are damage costs here, but was just wondering what such a blade might cost to manufacture. I would bet they are not cheap, so surely a little more transportation planning might have been the order of the day. That blade is fairly light, if it had been a big steel or concrete structure, there would have been huge damage and a major derailment. So it could have been worse I guess. Not that this was nothing to sneeze at.

    1. I would guess the insurer for the trucking company involved will be on the hook.

       I found a site that indicated the blades (3) are 20% of the cost. 6-1/3% each. Complete turbines between 2 and 4.5 million each.
       So say it was the high end turbine; the blade was about $285,000. The specialised trailer was likely a write-off but it was probably worth between $50,000 to $100,000. Damage to the train about another $20,000. Then damage to the crossing plus the labour to clean up the mess.
       They probably got away cheap at about $500,000 in total.

17. Even the crossing arms touching the blade is a disaster. At that point all 3 blades have to go back to the factory for inspection and rebalancing.

    But then the train….

    1. “But then the train.”

       A little buffing ought to do it.

18. All of the coverage makes it sound like “train hits blade”. Nowhere does the simple truth get mentioned: “blade fails to clear railroad crossing, gets destroyed because of driver’s negligence”.

19. Truck drivers are idiots.