[in the hills]

DITW - no not radioactive as far as I know and no technology is going to come without a cost but just saying that wind power as it is at the moment also has drawbacks and not sure that the cost is worth it at present ..... they still need conventional power stations as back up, are unreliable and need heavy subsidies. Would it be better to spend that money working on new technologies. The companies even have to be compensated when they have to turn off the turbines because it is too windy and it is big money.

[northfifeduckling]

I've seen Uranium mines - and the effect the s**t that gets blown about has on the people who live there (only a few natives, never mind those). 

[northfifeduckling]

sorry, meant to say poison dust 

[Lesley Silvester]

I may be in the minority, but I like the look of wind turbines, especially when they're going round.

[doganjo]

Maybe none of this will matter if the Mayan Calendar is right 

[in the hills]

I think there are concerns about the health risks associated with the necessary pylons and high voltage cables and not just the turbines themselves or the appearance of them. We wouldn't have been directly affected but many around us would and were very concerned.

[bangbang]

Maybe none of this will matter if the Mayan Calendar is right 

Not long now it seems!

[RUSTYME]

Yes , the end is nigh !

[RUSTYME]

Yes , the end is nigh !

[deepinthewoods]

is it heckas like. thats half the problem, believing theres no point, there is a point! lets do it right for once.

[tizaala]

Amazing. We allow the bloody Japs the job. Perhaps because they made such a good job of their own , sited them on geological faults , that turned out ok!... Glouscester is only a floodplane, well, what could possibly go wrong?
We have plent of running water in this country going to waste , Rivers dont stop running here. hydro electric power could be the long term answer , why don't we use it . The wind does not blow constantly , our water flows all the time , even small rivers could be put to use and we have plenty of them. short sighted or what?

[deepinthewoods]

ah but you cant use water to put poisonous tips on your standard bullets.

[tizaala]

Just dip e'm in the Manchester ship cannal 

[deepinthewoods]

 

[deepinthewoods]

I think there are concerns about the health risks associated with the necessary pylons and high voltage cables and not just the turbines themselves or the appearance of them. We wouldn't have been directly affected but many around us would and were very concerned.

there are indeed these concerns. however japan has in place a plan to evacuate 40 million people away from fukushima cause if it goes up they will all die. now thats a real health concern.