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Covering millions of acres of land with windmills isn't green to me. At worst windfarms kill wildlife, destroy property values, create noise pollution, create s
by TheFuture 15y ago
Covering millions of acres of land with windmills isn't green to me. At worst windfarms kill wildlife, destroy property values, create noise pollution, create shadow flicker. At best they turn a natural landscape into an industrial zone for the sake of unreliable power that has no immediate future chance of being practical. Ditto for solar. The future is not centralized power generation that eats up vast amounts of land, and then transmitting the power thousands of miles on wires where the majority of it is lost.
Nuclear isn't getting attention because of irrational fear that liberals and the government promote. Gates would have a tough job, but he's someone with the resources to lobby govt, and get trusted and respected people to start taking nuclear seriously.
Perhaps after Gates starts building these reactors in other countries, the green zealots will finally get discredited. Seriously, why is someone with billions of dollars, huge influence and power, and a strong advocate of reducing carbon emissions, why is he NOT building a solar and wind power company? And why is it that the people who are making money off solar and wind seem to get all their profits through government subsidies?
http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Bill-Gates-to-Build-Nuclear-Reactors-in-China.html http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Bill-Ga...