Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper
by Xylakant on Monday September 04, 2017 @03:50PM
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Having lived in viewing distance of two nuclear power plants in germany, I can tell you I vastly prefer wind turbines. Coal power plants are not exactly beautiful either. Germany is a densely populated country, there's practically no space where you can build anything without disturbing someone. I'm afraid we'll have to disturb someone if we want electricity.
Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper
by k__ on Monday September 04, 2017 @04:30PM
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Yes, same here.
I lived in viewing distance to AKW Biblis, the sun basically set behind it in the evening, kinda surreal picture, haha.
I also regularly go on vacation on a farm that has multiple wind turbines in viewing and hearing distance, find them kinda soothing.
Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper
by Xylakant on Monday September 04, 2017 @04:58PM
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The Rhine valley is crazy with nuclear plants. A few kilometers upstream from Biblis is Philippsburg and then there's Fessenheim on the French side and Leibstadt in Switzerland. That makes 4 nuclear plants on 350km of Europes largest river valley.
Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper
by deusex_ on Monday September 04, 2017 @04:29PM
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That's one of the advantages of off shore turbines, no disturbing.
Re:Wind Energy Is One of the Cheapest, and It's Getting Cheaper
by anon_dev_123456 on Monday September 04, 2017 @03:43PM
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They suck! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQksc1-5Zoc - No one I know would enjoy living in this conditions.
A friend of mine works for a company that builds these things in Germany and he says most people hate it.
And even those who like it say, they can't allow them to build on their property, because their neighbours would hate them for it.
People say these things are loud, ugly, kill birds and bats etc. pp.
They could have done so much to decentralise energy production, somehow the most are built and owned by big energy corps so they can tell the world how "green" they are...