Wind study blows nuke and coal out of the water

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: K3N
using green technology to power the modern word is like sticking an inline 4 engine in a v12 super car. its illogical and will simply be disastrous in the long run..

You're posting on one cylinder, friend.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: K3N
using green technology to power the modern word is like sticking an inline 4 engine in a v12 super car. its illogical and will simply be disastrous in the long run..

What do you propose?

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: smashp
Wind Farms supplemented by localized Solar panels should be the the direction we go. Just look at what Germany has done with solar and it all points back to the decision back in 2000 to allow people to feed the grid.

As an engineer at a solar company, I totally agree. Well just in general solar panels make sense. What doesn't make sense is the cost, but that'll change with the proliferation of thin film panels. Installing solar panels on everyone's roof is the easiest way, without changing much, to power the grid.

 

[Saga]

I propose massive wind turbines covered in solar panels.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Cape Wind was proposed over seven years ago, and they still don't even have authorization to build it, let alone the actual building process. Wind is no faster to establish than nuclear.

Exactly, The issues aren't about finding alternative power sources, the issues are we as a nation have let idiots lead the way. They say coal and nuclear is bad, but when alternatives are offered up like wind, solar, or tidal, we can't do those either. Stupid birds will be killed by wind turbines. Desert Kangaroo rats will loose habitat if we build solar farms. Fish will not be able to reach their spawing grounds if we build tidal systems.
There comes a time when you just have to tell someone to fuck off, otherwise you will never be able to do anything because someone will be upset at something you do.
I personally think we should be using more nuclear power than anything. It leaves the smallest foot print of waste for the amount of energy we get out of it. There has been 1 accident that was major and that was because the entire design was flawed (Chrenobly) and a minor accident (3 Mile Island). Sure there is danger in it, but there's danger in any plan. We've seen what happens when windmills fail. Solar is by far the least poluting and least prone to drastic failure, but solar panels are very inefficient.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: K3N
using green technology to power the modern word is like sticking an inline 4 engine in a v12 super car. its illogical and will simply be disastrous in the long run..

Uh, sooner or later we won't have any choice. No idea how soon or late, but there's only so much oil and coal we've got here. Probably better if we do it before there's no alternative.