Is nuclear energy more expensive than offshore wind? | 121 comments (121 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: French Senate report (none / 1)

It depends where you are, also. In places like Texas and Colorado, huge wind farms are possible because nobody lives anywhere nearby. In Indiana, they're more visible but still in a rural area. If you start putting them in suburbs, it's going to get ugly fast.

by asdf on Thu Jul 19th, 2012 at 12:31:23 PM EST
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Re: French Senate report (4.00 / 4)

Well. I don't think that anyone is planning on putting them in the suburbs. Nonetheless the largest windfarm in Indiana is in Benton County (2 projects, ~1000 MW), which is technically in the Lafayette Metro area. You can actually see the towers from most places in Fowler, which is the county seat. It doesn't really seem to have stirred up that much protest.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Thu Jul 19th, 2012 at 06:56:52 PM EST
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Is nuclear energy more expensive than offshore wind? | 121 comments (121 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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