#Alternate fuel

[iknowicanbutwhy]

"You could recite their lines perfectly for them" yeah? Well they can, too

Continuation of this.

[decaydancescans]

The Academy Is… interview in Alternative Press Issue no.256

[wachinyeya]

A company making wooden wind turbine blades has successfully tested a 50-meter-long prototype that’s set to debut soon in the Indian and European markets.

Last year, the German firm Voodin successfully demonstrated that their laminated-veneer timber blades could be fabricated, adapted, and installed at a lower cost than existing blades, while maintaining performance.

Now, Voodin has announced a partnership with the Indian wind company Senvion to supply its 4.2-megawatt turbines with these wooden blades for another trial run.

Wind power has accumulated more than a few demerit points for several shortfalls in the overall industry of this fossil-fuel alternative.

Some of these, such as the impact on bird life, are justified, but none more so than the fact that the turbine blades are impossible or nearly impossible to recycle, and that they need to be changed every 25 years.

Wind turbine blades are made from a mixture of glass and carbon fiber heated together with sticky epoxy resin, and these materials can’t be separated once combined, which means they go into landfills or are incinerated when they become too battered to safely operate.

GNN has reported that folks will occasionally find second-life value in these giant panels, for example in Denmark where they are turned into bike shelters. In another instance, they’re being used as pedestrian bridges.

But there are way more wind turbine blades being made every year than pedestrian bridges and bike shelters, making the overall environmental impact of wind power not all green.

“At the end of their lifecycle, most blades are buried in the ground or incinerated. This means that—at this pace—we will end up with 50 million tonnes of blade material waste by 2050,” Voodin Blade Technology’s CEO. Mr. Siekmann said recently. “With our solution, we want to help green energy truly become as green as possible.”

The last 15 years have seen rapid growth in another industry called mass timber. This state-of-the-art manufacturing technique sees panels of lumber heat-pressed, cross-laminated, and glued into a finished product that’s being used to make skyscrapers, airports, and more.

At the end of the day though, mass timber products are still wood, and can be recycled in a variety of ways.

“The blades are not only an innovative technological advancement but a significant leap toward sustainable wind production,” said Siekmann, adding that this isn’t a case of pay more to waste less; the blades cost around 20% less than carbon fiber.

Additionally, the added flexibility of wooden blades should allow for taller towers and longer blades, potentially boosting the output of turbine by accessing higher wind speeds.

Now partnered with Voodin, Senvion will begin feasibility analysis in the next few months, before official testing begins around 2027.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[timeausterrors]

LINE UP LET'S GO!

[shyalia]

This is a WIP featuring The Day the World Broke by @saladmix! I have had this idea in mind for a LONG time (since chapter 12 was posted) and have finally gotten around to starting it. I am very excited to work on this project!

Saladmix and I are working together to bring April's handy dandy apocalypse notebook to life! It will be filled to the brim with various notes, interviews, and the ever-growing monster compendium. To kick things off, here are two monsters first introduced earlier in the story: The Crier and the Walker.

[mettywiththenotes]

Thinking about visual symbolism where Tomura gets OFA and the embers/fire visual that is usually shown with the users, which is usually something comforting or warm, instead with Tomura it's shown as a sort of wildfire. It's the culmination of the vestiges powers and strong will's becoming one with a 10th user added to it, but Tomura's strong will too. A villain holding this powerful quirk would be expected to use it for evil but he stands opposing his mentor, the man who manipulated his entire life, and it blazes in his soul with his rising hatred against him

A strong fire that is neither comforting or warm like a typical hero reassuring the masses, but an almost violent wildfire directed at evil

[aso-designer]

Happy 28th anniversary Crash Bandicoot !

A lot of people came for the celebration! Not every characters are here, but some still did send letters to our beloved bandicoot! (Like Pasadena,Rilla Roo, Chick and Stew..)

Have a wonderful day, mutants and scientists!

[rottinriver]

love gnomes :3333

[daz4i]

sometimes i fear i am filled with too much rage but then i go online and see. people so dedicated to their anger it is practically their entire existence. are you not tired? do you not feel consumed by it? it's okay to let go. your passion can still be expressed through other feelings as well. flames of emotion do not always have to burn you to ashes. please rest a bit and let them just pleasantly warm you

[jacksmusesdrv3]

Idea: after having done FTEs with Kokichi, Shuichi decides to co-operate with him in the Chapter 4 case after all, with the opportunity to learn more about the situation (even the motive itself!). This route is locked to you however if you didn't do the FTEs- as he doesn't have the means to question unknowns (such as why he's presenting a clue about the killing game in a cryptic series of games) and thus develop enough willingness to press on what he's trying to accomplish

Then Kokichi drops a bombshell that only Shuichi is supposed to know. Cue a decidedly unnerving partnership-borderline-blackmail

[decaydancescans]

Musician of the month featuring Brendon Urie in Alternative Press Issue no.243.1

[demonpopstar]

hey guys wanna see my cyborg chimera fuel au???? well here you fucking go anyways

I had SO much fun coloring this, colors my fucking beloved. Fuel is one of my favorite characters so I wanted to make this. This AU came to me randomly, I made it a few weeks ago with some simple scribbles of his design. Dreamt about it last night so I got motivated to draw this! More about it below.

There's not much to the AU, it's just Fuel turned into a chimera like the Masked Man. LOL. Masked Man still exists here it's just that Fuel is ALSO there now..... 🥲 He's eeuuuhh...? Colonel, I don't know. The Masked Man's right hand man... and a Cyborg Dragon Chimera that breathes fire. (get it, because, his name is. Fuel. get it. do you ge)

more images here:

this doodle is like, OLDER. not as accurate, but hey it's fullbody! a miracle! The metal on his face is like, a mask that he wears to not... breathe fire... idk... they were just added cuz "uhhh cool looking" -me???

I might post more about it in the future. Uhh. Idfk. Feel free to ask me more about this. I'm just a boy.

[stickers95]

GUYS 💔

I’m trying to figure out a human design for Miles but now I like both of them and idk which one to go with😭

[shyalia]

Here are the next two entries to my WIP of April's Notebook from The Day the World Broke by @saladmix!

Trypophobia warning! ⚠️

Introducing the Ringer and the Slugget!

See previous entries:

The Crier and the Walker

The Long Legs and the Swallow