The most bizarre headline I've seen for some time

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Turns out it's not the current turbine blades (don't think I'd fancy eating fibre-glass confectionery), but a possible future material.

Researchers at Michigan State University have made a composite resin for the blades by combining glass fibres with a plant-derived polymer and a synthetic one. Once the blades have reached the end of their lifespan the materials can be broken down and recycled to make new products including turbine blades – and chewy sweets.
 

Lezunto

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I was a complete devotee of Weird News or News of the Weird columns all over the Internet.

The header does make one stop and chuckle.
 
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I have a mental image of someone biting onto a windmill blade and spinning around with it.
 
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Turns out it's not the current turbine blades (don't think I'd fancy eating fibre-glass confectionery), but a possible future material.

combining glass fibres with a plant-derived polymer and a synthetic one

Not sure that'd be edible either....
 
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I fucking hate how the media understands science which fuels the idiocy of common man at understanding science. This might not fully fit what I'm meaning as they actually let the scientist pretty succinctly explain this. But, you know and I know that morons will just read the article heading and then spout off like dumbshits.

Case in point:

combining glass fibres with a plant-derived polymer and a synthetic one

Not sure that'd be edible either....

If only one could be bothered to read...

To combat the waste, researchers designed a new form of resin. Digesting the resin in an alkaline solution produced potassium lactate, which can be purified and made into sweets and sports drinks.

“We recovered food-grade potassium lactate and used it to make gummy bear candies, which I ate,” said John Dorgan, one of the authors of the paper.