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Menimola

PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:36 am


Hi, whats everyones opinions on nuclear power as opposed to renewable energy sources. Please state your arguments. biggrin ): question
PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:09 pm


yeah i'm only going to state my stance right now i'm going to edit this later with more indept opinions and sources...

Its 12am. and i just got off work an hour ago... my head hurts... cry and my aspirin is in the car..... and its coldddd......

but currently i perefer nuclear energy....

the problem today is that we are emitting to much CO2 (g) in the atmosphere.
that gas (symbolised by the (g)) is created from our combustion of our carbon based fuels. and even though our Bi-diesel fuels are cleaner and sometimes emitt less gases it still emitts thoes gases.

now there are other forms of renewable energy that does not emitt CO2 at all, they may emitt some CH4 (methane) which is 30 times worse than CO2 but has a methane cycle of only 10 years.
that one in particular is a type of alge generating battery thingy....


i'm gonna get back to this....

torasenshie
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Menimola

PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:04 pm


Emmission Free renewable energy sources are by far cheaper than Nuclear power plants. It takes over 10 years to build nuclear power plants, how long to build a wind turbine or solar power plant? A few months to a couple of years topps, we need an answer now to our greedy power consumption, by 2017 or later it will be too late.
PostPosted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:04 pm


Menimola
Emmission Free renewable energy sources are by far cheaper than Nuclear power plants. It takes over 10 years to build nuclear power plants, how long to build a wind turbine or solar power plant? A few months to a couple of years topps, we need an answer now to our greedy power consumption, by 2017 or later it will be too late.


wind turbines are the most popular for non emitting energy sources but these forms of energy sources currently do not produce the massave amounts of energy needed....

to generate enought energy they need massave amounts of acres, and when there is a flock of birds near by the results are devistating.. thousands of birds can be killed each year in migration patterns... and if they were to consider the migratory patterns of some birds they can't determine what the same migration patterns would be in 10 years.... Global warming will change migration patterns of birds...

Also these turbines are very noisy... they destroy the natural landscape...



it would be far better if private homes in rural areas were to have small home wind turbines... it would produce enough energy for their house plus some... and the turbines would be spaced far enough apart to not cause to much harm to the environment...

alos a solar plant uses space as well... it would be better if home owners would use a special solar shengle on their roofs... that wouldn't waist any space...


i belive a combination of small amounts of rural wind turbines... solar cells on roofs.... methane gas powered generators at the sewage plant, and a few other new decies will be best in the end..... Nuclear whould not be a long term fix rather a short cruch so we can get off this oil...

torasenshie
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Mouseheart_the_warrior

PostPosted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:22 pm


Well, speaking of rural wind turbines, how about rural water wheels? I don't know the proper name for them, but they use the same concept as wind trubines in a wheel moved by water, and the generator could be nearby in like a mini-house! and the wheel would not cause a water backup, but it would help with the energy problem!
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