pensiveIn an ideal world, wind turbines would be shiny and wonderful and provide vast amounts of power. But in practice, they are noisy, and a large number of them are needed to produce a small amount of electricity. Many of the most suitable sites for them in the UK are areas of outstanding natural beauty, such as hill and mountain tops, and/or interfere with wildlife, such as offshore locations. Also, they are subject to the weather. Yes, it is often windy, but not always.
I don't know what the answer is. Ideally we'd use a large range of different non-polluting renewable sources. But replacing the entire country's fossil fuel stations with wind turbines isn't going to work. Nuclear power could be a short to medium-term solution to ease the transition between fossil fuels and renewable power.
What do you think?
So, nuclear power?
Good thing
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Bad thing
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I'm undecided
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Better than fossil fuels
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Better than nuclear weapons
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Still non-renewable
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The only way we're going to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels over the next 50 years
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More reliable than wind or solar power
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People are stupidly prejudiced against it.
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People's prejudices are justified
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What do we do with the waste?
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BAN THAT NUCULER!
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I'm not very impressed with Greenpeace for saying that nuclear power stations are a terrorist target. I can't really explain why this bothers me, except that I think that Fear of terrorism is the way the terrorists win. Let's take people's current Fear of Terrorism and combine it with their existing Fear of Radiation and use those emotions to win the argument, rather than science, logic and rational debate. *sigh*
