Skeletor

Jul 14 2012, 10:01 PM

Setenza

Jul 14 2012, 12:17 PM

Skeletor

Jul 14 2012, 01:05 AM

Setenza

Jul 13 2012, 08:57 AM

Skeletor

Jul 12 2012, 07:39 PM

How many potentially injured or killed?

I'd say the could take out a large family car, or small bus. Putting up to 20 people at risk. Then there's the fact that in the UK alone, there's nearly 4,000 turbines, which could take out 80,000. Add in the international turrets and we're looking at millions...

That's a lot of co-incidence in taking out a minibus each time is it not? Now imagine a prolonged earthquake ruptured the reactor in Torness, what now?
Is the risk and waste associated worth it when compared with clean, free, renewable energy with low maintenance costs?

To move away from the suspect examples, I don't think there's many people who dislike wind power. Or solar power or other forms of renewables. They're all ways of generating power and have pro's and cons. Wind isn't going to be a stable generation of power and won't be able to meet our demands yet. Neither will solar, but efficency improves over time, so that's good. Right now, I'd take the risk and cost of nuclear. The small and reducing risk of nuclear problems is at a level I'm happy with. Talking about nuclear power station like they are atomic bombs or death chambers doesn't really change that much, since it's not quite true.

Also, wind power isn't free, unless they're contstructed and operated by slaves or something.

Describing it as a death chamber was a hyperbole. I don't see nuclear power as a sustainable source of energy, both due to the waste it creates and the massive safety considerations which come with running one.
If the money which was, is and will be invested into nuclear technology was invested into the refinement and construction of multiple renewable energy sources, being solar, wind, hydro and bio energies, we'd have an energy network running from free and perpetual resources, requiring only maintenance to sustain. We'd be independent from the countries which dictate our current supply of fuels, and reduced energy prices would allow consumers to reinvest the money saved back into other areas of the economy. Renewable energies are the future and the sooner we stop wasting time and money with interim technologies, the faster we reach the future and advance our antiquated civilisation.