The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #160751   Message #3814216
Posted By: Steve Shaw
12-Oct-16 - 01:29 PM
Thread Name: BS: Whither Humanity?
Subject: RE: BS: Whither Humanity?
Well I don't want to get into squabbles about comparative anatomy, but a modern giant wind turbine on land requires over a thousand tons of concrete for its base and over 300 tons of high-grade metal for its tower and mechanism. That's just one turbine. You need over two and a half thousand turbines to equal one nuclear power station. Or 5000 acres of solar panels. And a nuclear plant can keep working all the time. As I said, no such thing as a free lunch.