Comments on: Bucket-Wheel Excavators: The Most Destructive Machines on the Planet? http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sat, 26 May 2012 00:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Shahab Khan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-5568 Shahab Khan Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:05:45 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-5568 Well it seems that a seperate dedicated power plant is needed for this giant. BTW i must say this is a amazing structure. Well it seems that a seperate dedicated power plant is needed for this giant. BTW i must say this is a amazing structure.

]]> By: Shahab Khan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-17344 Shahab Khan Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:05:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-17344 Well it seems that a seperate dedicated power plant is needed for this giant. BTW i must say this is a amazing structure. Well it seems that a seperate dedicated power plant is needed for this giant. BTW i must say this is a amazing structure.

]]> By: Timothy B. Hurst http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-5567 Timothy B. Hurst Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:27:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-5567 Thanks for your insight, Andi. Thanks for your insight, Andi.

]]> By: Timothy B. Hurst http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-17343 Timothy B. Hurst Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:27:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-17343 Thanks for your insight, Andi. Thanks for your insight, Andi.

]]> By: Tim Hurst http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-5565 Tim Hurst Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:38:41 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-5565 chrisp - thanks, I'll be watching that later! Yeah, that second pic is totally from when they moved from one town to another. I also know that the biggest BWE is actually in use in Australia, but wasn't able to find any pics (yet). chrisp – thanks, I’ll be watching that later!

Yeah, that second pic is totally from when they moved from one town to another. I also know that the biggest BWE is actually in use in Australia, but wasn’t able to find any pics (yet).

]]> By: Tim Hurst http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-17339 Tim Hurst Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:38:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-17339 chrisp - thanks, I'll be watching that later! Yeah, that second pic is totally from when they moved from one town to another. I also know that the biggest BWE is actually in use in Australia, but wasn't able to find any pics (yet). chrisp – thanks, I’ll be watching that later!

Yeah, that second pic is totally from when they moved from one town to another. I also know that the biggest BWE is actually in use in Australia, but wasn’t able to find any pics (yet).

]]> By: Tim Hurst http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-17340 Tim Hurst Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:38:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-17340 chrisp - thanks, I'll be watching that later! Yeah, that second pic is totally from when they moved from one town to another. I also know that the biggest BWE is actually in use in Australia, but wasn't able to find any pics (yet). chrisp – thanks, I’ll be watching that later!

Yeah, that second pic is totally from when they moved from one town to another. I also know that the biggest BWE is actually in use in Australia, but wasn’t able to find any pics (yet).

]]> By: Andi http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-5566 Andi Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:03:50 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-5566 I'm living in just that region of western Germany, where we are surrounded of open-pit mining sites (is that the right term?). For us, the view of big holes, inhabited by those big excavators, and with the steam of cooling towers of the cole power stations around is just like normal. Kind of sad… The latest and most controversial project in cole mining business is at the site of Hambach. It's the biggest open-pit mining site of Germany. You can even see it by satellite (without needing to zoom too much). The »crazy« thing: They are currently planning, what they do with the hole after it's been completely mined. Most probably (I think it's already finally said, but I'm not that sure) they will fill the whole thing with water. It will be the second biggest German lake (right after the Bodensee) with 3.6 Mrd m^3 water. The filling of the hole will take several decades. The (German) article in the wikipedia translated into English is <a href="http://74.125.39.132/translate_c?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagebau_Hambach&prev=_t&usg=ALkJrhisu6GbeqSFT7sWItytQolnyMEMHw#Auff.C3.BCllung_des_Restlochs" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I’m living in just that region of western Germany, where we are surrounded of open-pit mining sites (is that the right term?).

For us, the view of big holes, inhabited by those big excavators, and with the steam of cooling towers of the cole power stations around is just like normal. Kind of sad…

The latest and most controversial project in cole mining business is at the site of Hambach. It’s the biggest open-pit mining site of Germany. You can even see it by satellite (without needing to zoom too much). The »crazy« thing: They are currently planning, what they do with the hole after it’s been completely mined. Most probably (I think it’s already finally said, but I’m not that sure) they will fill the whole thing with water. It will be the second biggest German lake (right after the Bodensee) with 3.6 Mrd m^3 water. The filling of the hole will take several decades.

The (German) article in the wikipedia translated into English is here.

]]> By: Andi http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-17341 Andi Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:03:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-17341 I'm living in just that region of western Germany, where we are surrounded of open-pit mining sites (is that the right term?). For us, the view of big holes, inhabited by those big excavators, and with the steam of cooling towers of the cole power stations around is just like normal. Kind of sad… The latest and most controversial project in cole mining business is at the site of Hambach. It's the biggest open-pit mining site of Germany. You can even see it by satellite (without needing to zoom too much). The »crazy« thing: They are currently planning, what they do with the hole after it's been completely mined. Most probably (I think it's already finally said, but I'm not that sure) they will fill the whole thing with water. It will be the second biggest German lake (right after the Bodensee) with 3.6 Mrd m^3 water. The filling of the hole will take several decades. The (German) article in the wikipedia translated into English is <a href="http://74.125.39.132/translate_c?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagebau_Hambach&prev=_t&usg=ALkJrhisu6GbeqSFT7sWItytQolnyMEMHw#Auff.C3.BCllung_des_Restlochs" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I’m living in just that region of western Germany, where we are surrounded of open-pit mining sites (is that the right term?).

For us, the view of big holes, inhabited by those big excavators, and with the steam of cooling towers of the cole power stations around is just like normal. Kind of sad…

The latest and most controversial project in cole mining business is at the site of Hambach. It’s the biggest open-pit mining site of Germany. You can even see it by satellite (without needing to zoom too much). The »crazy« thing: They are currently planning, what they do with the hole after it’s been completely mined. Most probably (I think it’s already finally said, but I’m not that sure) they will fill the whole thing with water. It will be the second biggest German lake (right after the Bodensee) with 3.6 Mrd m^3 water. The filling of the hole will take several decades.

The (German) article in the wikipedia translated into English is here.

]]> By: Andi http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-17342 Andi Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:03:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-17342 I'm living in just that region of western Germany, where we are surrounded of open-pit mining sites (is that the right term?). For us, the view of big holes, inhabited by those big excavators, and with the steam of cooling towers of the cole power stations around is just like normal. Kind of sad… The latest and most controversial project in cole mining business is at the site of Hambach. It's the biggest open-pit mining site of Germany. You can even see it by satellite (without needing to zoom too much). The »crazy« thing: They are currently planning, what they do with the hole after it's been completely mined. Most probably (I think it's already finally said, but I'm not that sure) they will fill the whole thing with water. It will be the second biggest German lake (right after the Bodensee) with 3.6 Mrd m^3 water. The filling of the hole will take several decades. The (German) article in the wikipedia translated into English is <a href="http://74.125.39.132/translate_c?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagebau_Hambach&prev=_t&usg=ALkJrhisu6GbeqSFT7sWItytQolnyMEMHw#Auff.C3.BCllung_des_Restlochs" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I’m living in just that region of western Germany, where we are surrounded of open-pit mining sites (is that the right term?).

For us, the view of big holes, inhabited by those big excavators, and with the steam of cooling towers of the cole power stations around is just like normal. Kind of sad…

The latest and most controversial project in cole mining business is at the site of Hambach. It’s the biggest open-pit mining site of Germany. You can even see it by satellite (without needing to zoom too much). The »crazy« thing: They are currently planning, what they do with the hole after it’s been completely mined. Most probably (I think it’s already finally said, but I’m not that sure) they will fill the whole thing with water. It will be the second biggest German lake (right after the Bodensee) with 3.6 Mrd m^3 water. The filling of the hole will take several decades.

The (German) article in the wikipedia translated into English is here.

]]> By: chrisp http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-5564 chrisp Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:19:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-5564 @ Machine Fan: Such a small world view you have. So they can fill in a big hole with dirt and plant trees on top. That makes everyone feel good, but what about the product of all the energy waste? Unfortunately the nature you are going to rebuild will be subject to huge increases of CO2 levels and other untold catastrophes. Nuclear is no better... just shifting the problems somewhere else. @ Machine Fan: Such a small world view you have. So they can fill in a big hole with dirt and plant trees on top. That makes everyone feel good, but what about the product of all the energy waste? Unfortunately the nature you are going to rebuild will be subject to huge increases of CO2 levels and other untold catastrophes.

Nuclear is no better… just shifting the problems somewhere else.

]]> By: chrisp http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-17337 chrisp Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:19:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-17337 @ Machine Fan: Such a small world view you have. So they can fill in a big hole with dirt and plant trees on top. That makes everyone feel good, but what about the product of all the energy waste? Unfortunately the nature you are going to rebuild will be subject to huge increases of CO2 levels and other untold catastrophes. Nuclear is no better... just shifting the problems somewhere else. @ Machine Fan: Such a small world view you have. So they can fill in a big hole with dirt and plant trees on top. That makes everyone feel good, but what about the product of all the energy waste? Unfortunately the nature you are going to rebuild will be subject to huge increases of CO2 levels and other untold catastrophes.

Nuclear is no better… just shifting the problems somewhere else.

]]> By: chrisp http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-17338 chrisp Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:19:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-17338 @ Machine Fan: Such a small world view you have. So they can fill in a big hole with dirt and plant trees on top. That makes everyone feel good, but what about the product of all the energy waste? Unfortunately the nature you are going to rebuild will be subject to huge increases of CO2 levels and other untold catastrophes. Nuclear is no better... just shifting the problems somewhere else. @ Machine Fan: Such a small world view you have. So they can fill in a big hole with dirt and plant trees on top. That makes everyone feel good, but what about the product of all the energy waste? Unfortunately the nature you are going to rebuild will be subject to huge increases of CO2 levels and other untold catastrophes.

Nuclear is no better… just shifting the problems somewhere else.

]]> By: Machine-Fan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-5563 Machine-Fan Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:33:14 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-5563 Hello there, first of all I agree with Jo;) Of course a bucket wheel excavator is destructive, and of course coal mining is not the cleanest way of getting energy.. But sorry to say Edouard: Nuclear waste is a little more destructive than this excavator!!! I have been in the Rhineland and inspected a bulldozer which was regenerating the destroyed ground to build a bio-parc.. Nature will be rebuilt within few years and even nicer than before. Hello there,

first of all I agree with Jo;) Of course a bucket wheel excavator is destructive, and of course coal mining is not the cleanest way of getting energy.. But sorry to say Edouard: Nuclear waste is a little more destructive than this excavator!!! I have been in the Rhineland and inspected a bulldozer which was regenerating the destroyed ground to build a bio-parc.. Nature will be rebuilt within few years and even nicer than before.

]]> By: Machine-Fan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/04/dirtytechnica-the-most-destructive-machine-on-the-planet/#comment-17334 Machine-Fan Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:33:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=332#comment-17334 Hello there, first of all I agree with Jo;) Of course a bucket wheel excavator is destructive, and of course coal mining is not the cleanest way of getting energy.. But sorry to say Edouard: Nuclear waste is a little more destructive than this excavator!!! I have been in the Rhineland and inspected a bulldozer which was regenerating the destroyed ground to build a bio-parc.. Nature will be rebuilt within few years and even nicer than before. Hello there,

first of all I agree with Jo;) Of course a bucket wheel excavator is destructive, and of course coal mining is not the cleanest way of getting energy.. But sorry to say Edouard: Nuclear waste is a little more destructive than this excavator!!! I have been in the Rhineland and inspected a bulldozer which was regenerating the destroyed ground to build a bio-parc.. Nature will be rebuilt within few years and even nicer than before.

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