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Which one do we need more, Nuclear or Windmills. email this discussion to a friend?

myLot reputation of 62/100. gewcew23 (3204)   ranked 40 out of 4,513 in debating3 months ago

Both are clean, both create electricity without producing any co2. This is were they differ one is cheaper, reliable, and no one is talking about. Which of the two am I talking about, nuclear. Everyone and their mother is talking about building windmills, but our current infrastructure does not support windmills. Where windmills would have to be built no one live anywhere close to them, and still cannot be guaranteed how much electricity they will produce. If the wind is blowing fast more electricity will be made, but if the wind is blowing slower less will be made. There is a huge problem with fast gust of wind, it creates power surges.
Nuclear first of all does not need new infrastucture, they can be built alone existing power lines. All nuclear needs is to be built along a river for the water. With nuclear you always know what you will be producing, no need to worry about power surges, or the lack there of.
Let us understand that currently France, since we need to model ourselves after that country, gets 80% of all of its electricity from nuclear. If the French can why not us?

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 94/100. lisaradgirl (305)   ranked 592 out of 4,513 in debating   3 months ago

I think windmills is the best choice. The last thing we need is anymore nuclear waste.


myLot reputation of 62/100. gewcew23 (3204)   ranked 40 out of 4,513 in debating  3 months ago

You do realize that a modern nuclear planet creates, after 20 years of use, waste the size of a trash can.


myLot reputation of 95/100. ShepherdSpy (1309)  3 months ago

The amount of HLW (High Level Waste) produced (including spent fuel when this is considered a waste) is in fact small in relation to other industry sectors. HLW is currently increasing by about 12,000 tonnes worldwide every year, which is the equivalent of a two-storey structure built on a basketball court or about 100 double-decker buses and is modest compared with other industrial wastes.
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Today nearly 440 nuclear reactors produce electricity around the world. More than 15 countries rely on nuclear power for 25% or more of their electricity. In Europe and Japan, the nuclear share of electricity is over 30%. In the U.S., nuclear power creates 20% of electricity.

Around the world, scientists in more than 50 countries use nearly 300 research reactors to investigate nuclear technologies and to produce radioisotopes for medical diagnosis and cancer therapy. Meanwhile, on the world's oceans, nuclear reactors have powered over 400 ships without harm to crews or the environment.
[This is Civil Usage only (AFAIK) the site doesn't specify if the Ocean going reactors are in Military vessels or not.Military Nuclear applications are not included or considered]

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2. myLot reputation of 92/100. baileycows (1864)   ranked 3,315 out of 4,513 in debating   3 months ago

You can get residential windmills and assemble them yourselves. I understand this would not work for people living in cities are apartments, but those in rural area could take advantage of this.

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3. myLot reputation of 87/100. KUSHANK55 (643)   ranked 3,348 out of 4,513 in debating   3 months ago

india is a big country.
we have been using windmills for the last many years and also the nuclear fuel for useful purposes. we can not restrict ourselves to one kind of fuel since the availability of the fuel is restricted. and so the wind power is not suitably available throughout.
we have to have the right mix.

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4. myLot reputation of 91/100. pradysgirl (217)   ranked 3,347 out of 4,513 in debating   3 months ago

I would go for wind mill eventhough its production is limited, since I don't want any hazardous nuclear wastes to be dumped in Third world countries like India.we have all sorts wastes shipped to my country from developed countries. this is the last thing I want in my country.I would prefer anything clean and green .


myLot reputation of 62/100. gewcew23 (3204)   ranked 40 out of 4,513 in debating  3 months ago

I do not understand what people are thinking about. The waste of a modern nuclear plant produces after 20 years can be fit into a trash can. Why are so many people thinking that there is all of this waste being produced?

 
5. myLot reputation of 90/100. melissaruth1 (2840)   ranked 1,876 out of 4,513 in debating   3 months ago

For me I would prefer windmills and solar power. They are always in abundance, and the safest and cleanest in my opinion. I would buy a solar powered car, if someone invented one. Nuclear is clean, but very dangerous and risky in my opinion. I would rather not have nuclear power near me.


myLot reputation of 62/100. gewcew23 (3204)   ranked 40 out of 4,513 in debating  3 months ago

Theire is a nuclear plant just down the road in a neighboring city it is the safest thing in the world. This is not the Soviet Union folks.


myLot reputation of 90/100. melissaruth1 (2840)   ranked 1,876 out of 4,513 in debating  3 months ago

You asked my opinion, I gave it. I dont agree that nuclear is as safe as other options. It may be safer than some, but not the safest.

 
6. myLot reputation of 71/100. suspenseful (12697)   ranked 117 out of 4,513 in debating   3 months ago

I would go with nuclear. We cannot use the land on which windmills stand, so that would be taking land out of production and I am sure that if we built them on waste land, the environmentalists wlll get mad that some of the animals and birds will lose their homes and the natural order of things would be destroyed.
With nuclear plants, we have the plants already built so it is a simple matter to set up safe guards ids, finger print, and retina recognition, etc. for the employees so the bad guys do not get in. There are ways to get rid of the waste.
We need to keep more land in production now that those ethanol people have taken so much of corn production out of food production.


myLot reputation of 62/100. gewcew23 (3204)   ranked 40 out of 4,513 in debating  3 months ago

Here in the State we have people talking about building windmills from Mexico to Canada. Nuclear is safe, I am not sure why so many think it is not.

 
7. myLot reputation of 86/100. melo_828 (316)   3 months ago

i think windmills is still the best choice for a solar energy because it is nature friendly and do not cause pollution. unlike the the nuclear power energy, the windmills is not dangerous to the people surrounding it...

 
8. myLot reputation of 84/100. Yestheypayme2dothis (2078)   ranked 485 out of 4,513 in debating   3 months ago

I have lost confidence in many of the people who make decision for this country. There are a lot of way in which we should be fashioning ourselves in the likes of France...including their health care system.

 
9. myLot reputation of 25/100. redyellowblackdog (3077)   ranked 468 out of 4,513 in debating   3 months ago

I have heard there have been advances in nuclear energy production that make it cheaper and safer. However, none of these better plants have been built in the USA. I'm for building nuclear now.

 
10. myLot reputation of 98/100. paid2write (3509)   ranked 2,459 out of 4,513 in debating   3 months ago

I think a combination of wind, solar and water power is the answer, depending on local conditions. Sunny places can have many solar panels, windy places have wind turbines and in other regions waves and running water can be harnessed to make power. All these are sustainable sources of energy.

I know people object to wind farms in their locality but would they rather have a nuclear plant nearby. How many parents would want their children growing up near a radio-active power plant?

The British government has decided that nuclear fuel is the answer but I would propose that the first new power station to be built is in the locality of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's family home, and see if he still thinks it such a good idea.

 
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