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hunter

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11. Presumably, more than 45 years later, we could build something more durable.

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #8)

Sat May 5, 2018, 09:55 PM

May 2018

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Average Lifetime of Danish Wind Turbines, as of February 2018. [View all] NNadir May 2018 OP

The increased use of wind and solar energy will drive innovation. procon May 2018 #1

It will drive waste. The remark that this industry is in "infancy" is delusional. NNadir May 2018 #2

To do nothing is better? procon May 2018 #3

Infancy stage??? Really? hunter May 2018 #6

Chronology is probably not the best comparison to offer. procon May 2018 #7

Even if wind turbines were perfect machines lasting 100 years without service... hunter May 2018 #9

I mentioned innovation above because there is need procon May 2018 #10

"wind turbines will match the lifetime of the Surry Nuclear Station in 104 years" Nitram May 2018 #4

Not a complet and fair and complete comparison between Wind Turbines and Nuclear Plant. mackdaddy May 2018 #5

Nuclear power plants have had consistently the highest capacity utilization of energy systems... NNadir May 2018 #12

I wonder why you cherry-picked one nuclear plant ... GeorgeGist May 2018 #8

Presumably, more than 45 years later, we could build something more durable. hunter May 2018 #11

I'm not sure this is true, since the infrastructure has been destroyed by ignorance and greed. NNadir May 2018 #16

This post originated with a comment on Dominion's decision to build gas plants to go "renewable." NNadir May 2018 #13

Should you not include the time and cost of safely decommissioning Ghost Dog May 2018 #14

The climate scientist Jim Hansen has done this... NNadir May 2018 #15

Incapable of seeing the forest for the trees... Finishline42 May 2018 #17

If wind turbines could be bought as seeds that you could plant like trees... hunter May 2018 #18

The use of wind and solar increases the cost of coal and nat gas Finishline42 May 2018 #19

For grid applications battery capacity is measured in minutes. hunter May 2018 #20

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