danger turbine at work

[billyo]

over the christmas holiday, hear in cumbria we had a wind turbine topple over and another one bend in half nice to know they are 100% safe, unless you are walking past one in the wind but the good news is there is noting to worry about

 

[Steve]

Would you rather have a nuclear disaster? Thought not.

 

[gcol]

Would you rather have a nuclear disaster? Thought not.

Nice well thought out reply Steve. A few more replies like that and you'd be a prime candidate for a moderating job on here. Wait a minute...

 

[JohnD]

Choose a wind turbine near you, or a smoky chimney and huge cooling tower near somebody else.

I reckon it's the "somebody else" bit that appeals.

 

[billyo]

nuke for me ever time, when was the last disaster we had in uk in the 50s me thinks could be wrong

 

[Kes]

We've never had a nuclear 'disaster', unlike the countless mining tradegies, Piper Alpha oil rig explosion, numerous tanker sinkings, etc.

But now that we've shipped most of that stuff abroad we either don't hear or don't care about it.

Not that having a safe nuclear industry so far means that it will continue that way forever, but from what little I know I don't think that the power stations use hydrogen bomb technology. Probably a terrorist nuclear attack is more likely. There are tragedies in uranium mining too, but they're far away and hardly make the news. Go nuclear, I say. At least it produces some electricity unlike those art installations we have in the country.

 

[billyo]

i am with u Kes keep the lights on with our own power and the money we spend to build them, run them, and dismantel them, all stops in the uk economy, and not tin pot countrys with little human rights

 

[JohnD]

We've never had a nuclear 'disaster'...

we had a bad plutonium fire at Sellafield (Windscale) that carried radioactive particles over a wide area. It continued burning for years but luckily filters had been fitted to the tops of the chimneys so escape was not as bad as it could have been.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7030536.stm

radioactive material escapes and accidents are secret so you won't know all the things that happen. You can rely on the information you are given being untrue.

 

[Kes]

I guess it depends on your definition of disaster. I would say that a considerable loss of life, say 50+, in one event is a disaster, and we've had lots of those.

But most of these expressions of degree have been emasculated (that's a good word) over the years by use and misuse. The Titanic was a disaster, not losing one nil at home.

(PS Good decision, Mods)

 

[megawatt]

Fancy sticking such a huge structure like that out in such a strong wind ... Asking for trouble if you ask me.

MW

 

[bernardgreen]

http://rawdenbydale.co.uk/sunderland fire.htm

When they catch fire the fire brigades cannot put them out and the burning of such material as waste would be illegal due to the toxic fumes produced.

 

[Barsteward]

If a wind turbine falls on you, you won't give a b*ll*x to the green or nuclear debate. The end result is the same for you..

 

[JohnD]

"It appears that the colossal confidence trick of "safe", "cheap", "environmentally friendly" wind power is finally being exposed. Plans to erect thousands more of these inefficient and expensive contraptions are arousing informed opposition throughout Britain."

Christopher Booker. Telegraph. 1/1/06

Do I detect a hint of prejudice?

I see the link is on a NIMBYs-R-US website

I bet they wouldn't want a nuclear reactor or a coal-fired station close to them either.

 

[billyo]

John d up hear in Cumbria we have the lot ,nuke ships, nuke and gas power stations, wind turbines, we are the dumping ground for all , we also have three massive gas onshore terminals, being pump 24.7, which i can see as i write as well as a shipping line which carries spent nuke fuel
but i do not feel scared so you can build as many as nuke station's as it takes as far as i am concerned, if the gas site blows we all go, and go now not tomorrow

 

[megawatt]

Excellent Billyo ... In that case, we'll build all the dangerous cr*p in Cumbria