[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by MisterCamaro69

Wind farms are generating a good amount of power already... Not micro scale at all.
I think I heard somewhere that the entire global wind power output is equal to the electrical consumption of the United Kingdom, which isn't all that much when you figure the UK represents less than 1% of the world's population

3 mile island and Chernobyl made quite an impact on the baby boom generation. Thousands of people can die in auto accidents and it barely makes a blip on the screen... One plane goes down and kills 100 people and it's a tragedy.

yep

Someone needs to do a cost per watt calculation of the various power generation methods, I imagine nuclear will come out on top... Anyone know the numbers?

Coal is almost always the cheapest. Nuclear plants have a tendency to have delays and cost over-runs that end up driving the real cost above that of coal. But, I wonder what would happen if you added in the health cost associated with coal ... hmm ...


There's still a scale problem with that argument, how much space do 7 billion D-cell batteries take up?

If a D-cell is 3 cu. in. A rough estimate is 1 square mile, 50 inches high... per generation. Can we afford to store that till something better comes along? Shouldn't be too tough.
Don't forget the size of the container for the waste. Round up to 4 cubic inches maybe? lol

Oh, and that amount of earth (1 mi x 1 mi x 50") can be removed in about 2 weeks by one of these machines:

they're commonly used for removing overburded for open pit coal mining ...

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