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Manchester based original indie band Random White:
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Both factors. It's encouraging though.
Manchester based original indie band Random White:
https://www.facebook.com/RandomWhite
https://twitter.com/randomwhite1
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Having read that by the time a wind turbine has been constructed, moved into place, and fixed in postion, it will never repay its carbon footprint in its working lifetime, I'm unconvinced. That said, I don't know how other power generation sources compare. To my eyes, they're a blight when they're installed on open countryside, and they're a pain in the arse for shipping round here. But of course I must be careful that I'm not in danger of sounding like a posh Green Party activist complaining vociferously about power station emissions whilst driving a Range Rover Sport on the way to the airport for a flight to the Cannes film festival. They'll be the first to shout when all the lights go out!
>:D<
Solar is more sensible. After the initial installation costs (which are getting lower all the time) the ongoing costs are close to zero. There are plenty of places where it can be installed without using any new land. How many buildings do we have in our cities with empty rooftops like this?
The other option that needs to be looked at is some of the alternative nuclear technology - molten salt / thorium type stuff.
Here's the devils advocate bit. If nobody built them, there would be no ongoing development. What we're doing now is known not to be the final energy solution or even part of it, but we need to do something in order to enable the next generation. So it's part of a long term plan. IMO the main problem is the proliferation of subsidised sites, we need a few test sites to develop the technology, but we don't need every turbine that's being erected right now.
tbh I see a lot of wind turbines when I travel through Suffolk. I don't really like them, but as @joeyowen says, they're better than smoking towers and concrete structures
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/cash-committed-for-pioneering-clean-coal-power-station-1-6305919
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Edit: found a link
http://metro.co.uk/2014/07/21/china-and-india-in-race-to-harness-the-full-nuclear-power-of-thorium-4802929/
Manchester based original indie band Random White:
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https://twitter.com/randomwhite1
Lots of information from David MacKay on Energy, here:
http://www.withouthotair.com/
Chernobyl?