Posted on 03/17/2011 12:43:09 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Very interesting, thanks. Rather than use this to pit wind vs. nuclear it should illustrate that everything has risk, and that Japan catastrophe should be used as a learning opportunity, not for political purposes.
Furthermore, do you know why so many of the modern windmills are still? Repairs must be accomplished by a man climbing a narrow, circular staircase up the shaft from inside and carrying all his tools up with him and down again. Generally the windmills are constructed through the use of a helicoptor.
Who wants to do that kind of work?
A”As nighttime darkness falls... killer windmills stalk the countryside...”
It really doesn’t matter if wind energy is ineffective, inefficient, unreliable, kills more than nuclear, and drives anyone living within 10 miles insane from the “woosh woosh woosh” low frequencies of the blades (when they are actually working) ... it is more “enlightened and progressive” than the icky “fossil fuels” and the horrible nuclear nightmare.
There was no ‘meltdown’ at Three Mile Island — in 1979 or any other year.
Lest we overlook the piles of dead birds under these blenders as well...
I'm very much in favor of increasing the supply of nuclear power, but if the pro-nuke side distorts the facts, it makes selling the idea to the public much more difficults.
...oh wait...
Using a starting point of 1970 skews the fact there have been no fatalities in the US due to nuclear power. If you go back to its inception, it’s not true. However, when all are tallied, wind power would still have the dubious lead.
Interesting but irrelevant and misleading. I’m all for safe nuclear energy, but there’s a big difference between the potential for disaster if a windmill fails vs. a nuclear plant failure.
AAs nighttime darkness falls... killer windmills stalk the countryside...
We live in eastern New Mexico. We love it for the wide open space, escape from the city, everything one could love about country living. Nothing like seeing a ranch house that’s been out there for decades, robbed of the quiet, and starlit nights by the bright red lights of the windmills on yonder ridge.
Who wants to do that kind of work?
millions of out of work Americans thats who
You’re overlooking a large benefit of wind turbines.
The shredded poultry downstream can be fed to the starving victims of the Baraqqi Depression.
Maybe they can find some Mexicans? /s
In this Baraqqi Depression, I'd speculate that if you offered $15 / hour, there would be a long line up of people applying for the job.
Maybe so, but it’s very unpleasant work. My husband used to work for a company that made and installed windmills. It’s claustrophobia cubed.
If you go back to the days of research reactors (military) there were fatalities.
So is living in a car or cardboard box
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