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20% of the annual budget in Belarus still goes to Chernobyl

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(This post was last modified: 01-02-2017, 11:59 PM by MalabarJag.)

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Wind power, photovoltaic solar power, hydroelectricity, etc.. would never have the mess that comes with meltdowns, fracking, oil drilling.  
 

Wind power kills eagles and other endangered and threatened bird species. It also kills bats from the sound. The neodymium used to make the generator magnets left an ecological disaster far worse that 3MI. But that's in China, so I guess that's OK with you. Wind also takes a lot more land area than either nuclear or fossil fuels, destroys scenic vistas, and creates noise pollution. All this, and it's not even a dependable source of energy so it has to be backed up by either fossil fuel generators, nuclear, or hydro.


Hydro is a good source, but there aren't very many places left to build one, at least in the Western nations. It does submerge a lot of land when it's built, so you have to weigh the trade off between the nice new fishing lake vs. the wildlife that was wiped out.



 

Solar has the same intermittentcy issues as wind, although it is more predictable, as well as the large footprint. It has it's uses, but large-scale power generation is not one of them. It's a lot more expensive than fossil fuel or nuclear, but the Left apparently doesn't care that the poorest among us would be hit the hardest by higher electric prices.


Oil is a strawman, since we (the US and other Western nations) don't use oil to generate electricity any more. Places with solar (e.g. Spain) do generate a lot of their electricity with diesel generators when the sun doesn't shine.







                                                                          

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