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ejbh3160 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
we've already filled the North Sea with oil rigs so why not have HUGE VORT wind turbines mounted onto rig like platforms? They could even be wave & tidal power at the same time as the 'feet' of oil rigs lend themselves well to being wave power generators too & the central area could make a 'lagoon' for tidal! But if they're sited where there's strong currents, then underwater turbines could be extremely productive as some areas have very strong currents 24/7!
The only limits are our imagination!
ejbh3160 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
christo... so what about taking all that energy that was stored underground as solids (coal) and putting it in the atmosphere in the form of gasses, soot & heat? Don't you think that's MORE dangerous than using the energy like wind & wave that is already there? Nothing is created or destroyed... it just 'changes' form... but to take carbon that has been 'sequestered' by nature & to 'reverse' THAT is really playing with unknowns.
ejbh3160 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The ONLY REASON nuclear power is being talked up again is because all the old cold-war nuclear weapons are coming to the end of their shelf life & the only way to dispose of them is to build new ones & for that you need a nuclear industry! Its all about weapons and it always WAS!
The electricity costs well in excess of renewables! & should they ever use those weapons it would be a total crime against humanity!
Nukes will send us back to the stone age quicker than anything!
ejbh3160 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
WTF is it with you people with this BS about the stone age! WTF do you think COAL is? (or uranium for that matter). There are ways of getting more than we will ever need from renewable sources!
we could cut 1/3rd of ALL USE just by having energy efficient products & good insulation etc! A bit like Americans & their gas guzzlers when you can do it just as well with a smaller engine (in fact better)! Or more to the point... you could do it with an electric engine running on renewable energy!
EvilSylv (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Very good video, thumbs up. :)
TheGadgetReviewer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
WTF, you say no to a clearner coal power station, AND THEN YOU SAY NO TO NUCLEAR. WTF do u want, send us back to stone age!
ejbh3160 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
christo.. you can make plastics from any complex oil.. try HEMP for starters! Ford was going to make his first model T with plastics made from hemp & it was going to run on bio-deisel from hemp too!
The effect of the wind won't be troubled by a few windmills.. honest! Worry about sky-scrapers if you must worry about that.. lol
Yes tidal needs to be planned well not just some monstrous barrage.. lagoons are better!
There are less polluting, more sustainable alternatives.. & there always were!
ejbh3160 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Spoken like a Norweigan! Got a vested interest Mokoma?
What Greenpeace lies? I'm not greenpeace? I just help them when I can!
Ever heard of chernobyl?? I think that qualifies as a toxic wasteland!
How about the twice daily TIDE?
A solar water heater on every roof would negate the need for ANY new power stations! Add a PV & wind turbine (all connected to the LOCAL grid of course) & most homes could be almost 100% energy self-sufficient. Efficiency, low energy products, Insulation etc etc wake up!
christo930 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Not to mention the sediment that the river used to leave on the banks when it flooded every year and gave us good soil. Now all that sediment is behind the dam and the water now REMOVES sediment from the river banks and erodes. Not to mention that none of this is possible without fossil fuels. Try to mine metal ore without diesel fuel, plastics are made from oil, the devices are shipped with FF cement is made from FF burning devices and it's heavy, more FF to move and mix it. We need liquid fuel
christo930 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
One problem I have with "renewables" is that the wind/solar/tide/waves are doing work and moving energy around the planet. Has anyone thought of what stealing all that energy is going to do? That wind is doing something and now that something won't be done. Same thing with tide and waves. Maybe moving that water around is really important to the ocean and climate stability. Look at the damage dams have cost. Entire ecosystems destroyed creating gigantic lakes where plants & animals used to live. |
