Your stance on nuclear power

[Wezil]

This province went full ahead with "green" techs the last few years (solar, wind) and has now accepted they just can't run an industrial economy on windmills.

We're building more nukes.

[Kitschum]

Wind Uglies up pretty landscapes like nothing else

[Wezil]

No sh!t.

A cost always overlooked by supporters.

[MikeH]

Wrong.

I think they look great. Much prettier than a coal or nuclear power plant.

[Wezil]

You and I have different definitions of "pretty".

An isolated plant may be a local eyesore but windmill farms stretch for miles and are horrendous.

[Kitschum]

There'd be literally thousands of wind power plants to each coal plant! Like weeds sprung from a compost they'll be everywhere.

At least with coal you can imagine they're like big cloud-making machines. Perfectly natural. And nukes seriously? They're just big harmless boxes.

[MikeH]

My point is, it's not an issue overlooked by supporters, but a combination of either a different aesthetic preference or a decision that the cost in terms of eyesores is worth it for the benefits of clean power.

Plus they can be offshore.

[Wezil]

Windmills also have difficulty in cold and icy climates as we are finding out....

[MikeH]

There'd be literally thousands of wind power plants to each coal plant! Like weeds sprung from a compost they'll be everywhere.

At least with coal you can imagine they're like big cloud-making machines. Perfectly natural. And nukes seriously? They're just big harmless boxes.

Problems with nuclear :

1. Waste
2. Sourcing fuel

[MikeH]

BTW I didn't ever say wind was the solution to anything.

[Wezil]

My point is, it's not an issue overlooked by supporters, but a combination of either a different aesthetic preference...

I can't argue with that. Modern art tells us there is no accounting for taste.

... or a decision that the cost in terms of eyesores is worth it for the benefits of clean power.

That's a different argument isn't it? "They're ugly but worth it"

Plus they can be offshore.

We just canceled a large off-shore project (in Lake Ontario south of Picton).

[germanos]

Wrong.

I think they look great. Much prettier than a coal or nuclear power plant.

Millions of tourist flock to them after a while.

[Wezil]

If only they looked like that.

[germanos]

Well, I like the modern ones as well.

[Wezil]

If they were like a power plant I would have little disagreement with the "look" of them. Tightly packed into a small area is a whole lot better than scattered for miles. They remind me of the old power poles for lines that we have been trying to bury for the last 30 years. A huge step backward.