stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 10:37 PM |
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the ones I have seen in cornwall dont exactly add to the beauty of the countryside.......
atb
steve
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Originally posted by Mark Allanson
We have several wind farms in Cornwall, but I have often thought how much power a dam from Minehead to south wales would produce, you could generate
on both sides of the tides, and with a bit of thought and enclosed large lagoons, you could generate continuously.
Think how much nuclear waste you could hide in the construction too!
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gerr80
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 11:08 PM |
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Thought Provoker
Most UK reactor sites have two reactors with each generating 660MW. If a good wind turbine makes 2MW then 660 are needed to replace each station and
there are 8 stations supplying the grid which makes.......loads of them.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 11:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally by Gerr80
Most UK reactor sites have two reactors with each generating 660MW. If a good wind turbine makes 2MW then 660 are needed to replace each station and
there are 8 stations supplying the grid which makes.......loads of them.
Very interesting reading, but it is only just "most"  Average MW/station is 820MW... granted lots of windmills! But most people; given
the choice; would prefer a Windmill to a NPS I feel sure.
Strange how Windscale/Sellafied or whatever it is now - doesn't appear. Whatever happened to that one - or has it been renamed again or shut
down?
Have a look @ information regarding ourNuclear Power Stations
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Simon
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 11:30 PM |
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We're supposed to be getting a load of wind turbines placed about 5 miles off the north Kent coast. Think it's a great idea (not that I
have any quibbles with nuke power (every large city should have one!!), just the muppets that run them!)
Your average tall building in London should be covered with solar panels, and have a windmill on top - sufficient to provide a lot of that
building's leccy requirements.
Motorways could have solar panel all along them to provide electricity to cars (a la scalextrics) for those that want it. Likewise the railways could
run off a similar method (but you could also cover the carriages with s/panels!).
Just a thought, once the oil does run out, will we still give a hoot about the middle east, or leave them to it, so to speak?
ATB
Simon
[Edited on 5/4/04 by Simon]
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 6/4/04 at 10:12 AM |
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i went to kiev, and it didn't occur to me that I have been more exposed than usual. Really interesting story though!!
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James
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| posted on 6/4/04 at 11:08 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
Just a thought, once the oil does run out, will we still give a hoot about the middle east, or leave them to it, so to speak?
[Edited on 5/4/04 by Simon]
I truly hope someone comes up with a sensible alternative to oil soon- then we can leave that bunch of rag headed idiots to it. I somewhat suspect the
middle east would be a different place if the west hadn't pumped in a few trillion dollars in return for pumping out the oil!
That and a dirty bomb or two in the middle of jerusalem- ideally meaning no-one actually wanted to live within 200 miles of the place for about the
next 50millenia and we'd all be a lot safer!
James
Simple solutions for a complex world! 
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JoelP
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| posted on 6/4/04 at 02:25 PM |
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the man has a way with words...
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