Wind farms - debate

[Ardemax]

Wind farms - great things in my honest opinion. Produce no CO2 and if you take them down they leave nothing behind unlike nuclear.

There's one problem, most CONSERVATIVE run councils aren't going to put up wind farms.

I want your opinions on the matter - are wind farms good? Or are they just a 10 year olds imagination gone too far?

Happy to hear from ya'll

[FlyingJesus]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=216336

Ancient thread but I knew it had happened somewhere and had to find it lovin' how bad Oli and Dan abused the shift key back then too

Basically I think it's an expensive and temporary measure that won't be able to keep up with increasing energy demands and requires more space than would ever possibly be needed for nuclear power (which as it goes is not nearly as dangerous as people seem to think)

[Immenseman]

Where I live and I think the South West in general seems to have quite a lot of Wind Farms. I'm not opposed to them as such but it's just a shame where they have to be situated. To get the best out of them they have to be high up and in areas which aren't overly populated for obvious reasons.

They're quite often placed on beauty spots and are merely an eye sore. However, I don't mind that if they were efficient and made good financial sense. They meet neither of those criteria.

[Ardemax]

ive seen them on mountain and they look quite nice :3

[LuketheDuke]

as it goes i think their quite pretty but i think someone said about them only being a temporary solution which they are in the scheme of things.

until technology develops Im fine to use them so long as they dont cause other environmental harms; dead birds and the likes.

read something quite interesting about alternatives to green technology like creating artificial clouds or deflecting sunlight out of our atmosphere, maybe we should have a bash at that.

[Immenseman]

they're ugly. both wrong. soz.

[RandomManJay]

I don't really mind them, although they many not contribute as much to energy as some other sources, at least they're producing some and causing no long term damage to the earth.

[Ardemax]

ye them funny reflector things look kinda funny

even though it won't provide us with power

[UKIP]

They have been proven not to work, they are barely on due to wind not being there/being too strong, they cost a lot of money, the maintaining of them is incredibly costly, they provide little power, are unreliable and have a short life of around 15 years along with the fact they take up too much room and are an eyesore.

We're heading for an energy crisis in the United Kingdom, the population is growing too fast, old nuclear power plants are coming to the end of their lives, gas & oil usage means we are relying on the Russian Federation and the Middle East which means we're playing into the hands of backward countries such as Libya.

The most obvious, and simple solution is to convert entirely to nuclear power & hydro power, both of which mean we are energy independant and both are very reliable.

[Ardemax]

ye because nuclear is green! no.

nuclear altough provides a lot of power, wrecks the landscape, you can't clean up after a nuclear plant has been there, it leaves gases behind.

very nasty