Wind farms & tidal barrages

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Watching Dylan Winters video's of some of the naturally wonderful places that we can visit I was struck by his nonchalant exceptance of wind farms & tidal barrages that it seems to me will spoil these places & wondered what other people think.
It seems to me that nuclear power would be much better than spoiling these wonderful places that so many of us enjoy,what do you reckon?
 
There are also the odd disadvantage to nuclear power.

A great deal of CO2 is generated in making a nuclear power station.

The creek will not be be as attractive if one 'goes up'.

Nuclear power stations are quite noisy if you are moored near one. Apart from the plant itself there are also a load of unattractive power lines etc.

Nuclear is not yet an unlimited power source - it will run out just like oil and coal.
 
Basingstoke might be prettier without the buildings, but hey ho. People will insist on living somewhere, and using power.

I think wind turbines are beautiful in their way. Some might argue that boats in these places spoil the scenery just as much. If they put the wind turbines on the many sand banks along the East Coast, they'll be an aid to navigation.

Another issue is that nuclear energy takes about 25% of its energy output to be built and dismantled. Wind is something like 5%. The cost of decomissioning a nuclear power plant is huge too, and it is possible that our deeply indebted nation won't be able to pay for this when the time comes. What then?

If a wind turbine goes wrong, provided it happens offshore, it's not such a big deal. With a large nuclear reactor, it's a huge issue. YOu can have faith in the wonks' assurances that nothing will go wrong, but as Dylan points out, the decision to build Dungeoness where the sea will one day claim it, doesn't inspire confidence.

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/nuclear
 
There are also the odd disadvantage to nuclear power.

A great deal of CO2 is generated in making a nuclear power station.

The creek will not be be as attractive if one 'goes up'.

Nuclear power stations are quite noisy if you are moored near one. Apart from the plant itself there are also a load of unattractive power lines etc.

Nuclear is not yet an unlimited power source - it will run out just like oil and coal.
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In the making of one but is'nt that the same for wind farms & certainly tidal barrages where when once established they will alter the natural balance of algi & other growth that helps fight global warming & of course nuclear power need not be built on estuary's the folly of which was adequately highlighted in Dylans film.
 
Basingstoke might be prettier without the buildings, but hey ho. People will insist on living somewhere, and using power.

I think wind turbines are beautiful in their way. Some might argue that boats in these places spoil the scenery just as much. If they put the wind turbines on the many sand banks along the East Coast, they'll be an aid to navigation.

Another issue is that nuclear energy takes about 25% of its energy output to be built and dismantled. Wind is something like 5%. The cost of decomissioning a nuclear power plant is huge too, and it is possible that our deeply indebted nation won't be able to pay for this when the time comes. What then?

If a wind turbine goes wrong, provided it happens offshore, it's not such a big deal. With a large nuclear reactor, it's a huge issue. YOu can have faith in the wonks' assurances that nothing will go wrong, but as Dylan points out, the decision to build Dungeoness where the sea will one day claim it, doesn't inspire confidence.

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/nuclear
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OK so wind farms & those tidal machines could be put somewhere innocuously but why bugger up the environment so completely with something like the barrier proposed for the Bristol channel?
It's those barriers that seem the craziest to me.
 
Wind and tidal will never produce the amount of energy we require at the moment, there are two ways, nuclear or stop using as much energy, seemples, but are we going to do it? No we arent, we've been given enough chances already.
There is something else which would make a huge difference, room temperature super conductors, but they are as far away as fusion!
 
To revive a Ladbroke Grove graffito of the 1970s:

Nuclear Waste Fades Your Genes
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lol but what does cutting off the tidal flow & interrupting the ecology of nature do for global warming?Not to mention the environment.Dylans film highlights the stupidity of our attempts to prevent sea erosion.It seems to me that every time we interfere with it we bugger up nature.how about the building on flood plains it all come into it & I would have thought that with better insulation we could control nuclear fallout.
Global warming looks likely to be catastrophic in as little as fifty years.
 
there are two ways, nuclear or stop using as much energy,
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I suspect that the UK has left things a tad too late and WILL be enjoying (???!!) the benefits of a low energy future.

No doubt we will be told that this presents the UK with an opportunity to lead the world...........in Candle Technology.
 
Wind and tidal will never produce the amount of energy we require at the moment, there are two ways, nuclear or stop using as much energy, seemples, but are we going to do it? No we arent, we've been given enough chances already.
There is something else which would make a huge difference, room temperature super conductors, but they are as far away as fusion!
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Like you say I think we have been given our chances & frankly between you & I.I think we are all doomed anyway because there are just to many people & nobody has the guts to tackle the real problem.
I am really thankful that I have experienced the real wonder of Nature & would'nt change places with future generations for all the tea in China.Sorry to be so gloomy :(
 
You are right to be gloomy, OK for now, for us, but not for our children or their children.
We had the chance to change things, we didnt, now we have to live with it, or not as the case may be.
 
You are right to be gloomy, OK for now, for us, but not for our children or their children.
We had the chance to change things, we didnt, now we have to live with it, or not as the case may be.
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I guess for the masses living in tower blocks & cities it has never been alright & I dare say that in the future for those with money there will still be ways to escape but it is a terrible legacy of mismanagement it seems to me.Thank God the weather looks on the up & I can go sailing!
Sorry if I have depressed anyone.
 
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