tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post637248873606862983..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Thinking Greens Hate WindmillsBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-38899436013747092382007-05-25T21:27:00.000+00:002007-05-25T21:27:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Oroboroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710250012500728430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-25797151646649907162007-05-25T16:22:00.000+00:002007-05-25T16:22:00.000+00:00Saved!New Scientist report this week - we'll run o...Saved!<BR/><BR/>New Scientist report this week - we'll run out of raw materials before global warming goes much further! back to the stone age ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-64328021336484821452007-05-24T03:45:00.000+00:002007-05-24T03:45:00.000+00:00I've heard that these wave power machines will scr...I've heard that these wave power machines will screw up the eco systems around them- that's including the surrounding land. And it could take thousands if not millions of years for it to return to that level again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-75454592831635021662007-05-23T20:36:00.000+00:002007-05-23T20:36:00.000+00:00Unfortunately, nuclear power is such an anathema t...Unfortunately, nuclear power is such an anathema to the "environmentalists" (aka greens I suppose), that I can't believe it could ever take off for political reasons. But it is the only way to move forward energy-wise without depleting natural resources completely. A paradox.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, the greens are discovering that these wind farms are killing loads of birds, bats et al.-- bit Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-11644462159834038252007-05-23T16:12:00.000+00:002007-05-23T16:12:00.000+00:00I find windfarms quite alarming, brit. I suppose t...I find windfarms quite alarming, brit. I suppose they have a certain beauty in form.<BR/><BR/>they're just so fucking big! best admired from a distance, probably.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-74051602963307438652007-05-23T16:08:00.000+00:002007-05-23T16:08:00.000+00:00Greens?! Look, I'm still trying to get worked up e...Greens?! Look, I'm still trying to get worked up enough by the apparent sinister threat of Scientologists - there's only so many insignificant minorities a guy can face at any one time.<BR/><BR/>They are like the goldfinch, you stop and listen before you get on the train to work - any reason, and there is reason, will filter through to your subconscious and colour your worldview.<BR/><BR/>Anyway,Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-4813962834752609982007-05-23T15:06:00.000+00:002007-05-23T15:06:00.000+00:00Well done, Bryan. That should set the cat among t...Well done, Bryan. That should set the cat among the pigeons. Although David's comment above is, of course, bollocks.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-78011286305878516302007-05-23T13:51:00.000+00:002007-05-23T13:51:00.000+00:00It's always darkest before the dawn and the Greens...It's always darkest before the dawn and the Greens are only a couple of years from total collapse, brought on by the implosion of global warming theory.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902329503560660425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-64516314604138873852007-05-23T10:48:00.000+00:002007-05-23T10:48:00.000+00:00So, apart from consigning millions to their deaths...So, apart from consigning millions to their deaths, the Greens are basically on the right track? A bit like our old friends the Communists then?Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-49806408990634820382007-05-23T09:44:00.000+00:002007-05-23T09:44:00.000+00:00i don't see why we can't replace power stations wi...i don't see why we can't replace power stations with chavs on bicycles. Research has shown that chavs can (somehow) survive & indeed thrive in the total absence of nutrition. If we hook a few million chavs up to bike-driven dynamos, that should sort things out.<BR/><BR/>Though the end is indeed nigh, but i won't go into that.<BR/><BR/>By the way, Mr Appleyard, you have a video of a strange fat Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-41455123215144801412007-05-23T08:24:00.000+00:002007-05-23T08:24:00.000+00:00Windmills and solar are fine technologies that wil...Windmills and solar are fine technologies that will be far more useful than you seem to think.<BR/><BR/>They generate only a small percentage of power used today simply because they're more expensive than oil, nat. gas, or coal.<BR/><BR/>However, if there does come a day when oil is very scarce, then we'll just erect a couple million acres worth of windmills and solar panels.<BR/><BR/>Or at leastOroboroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710250012500728430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-75056930243834504882007-05-23T08:10:00.000+00:002007-05-23T08:10:00.000+00:00Agree with everything you say about greens (except...Agree with everything you say about greens (except the nonsense about the forthcoming end of civilisation and the hedge fund warlords) but have to shamefully admit that I find windfarms quite pretty. In moderation.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-720936335233742172007-05-23T08:04:00.000+00:002007-05-23T08:04:00.000+00:00In the Scottish election the Greens polled 82,584 ...In the Scottish election the Greens polled 82,584 in the list vote, down from 132,138 - a drop of 38%. This gives them 4% of the popular vote that translated into two seats. Why if the environment is so important? It's because the other parties have jumped on the green debate and squeezed the GP out to a large extent. Of course it's not to the extent of squeezing them out of power because they Richard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-52753606250955975892007-05-23T07:37:00.000+00:002007-05-23T07:37:00.000+00:00The oilco' are fine and will be so, Oil has much m...The oilco' are fine and will be so, Oil has much more important uses other than shifting some git from A to B, or heating him for that matter. But the use of your average green (regardless of how off the wall or downright insane) is his ability to shove into the side, the sharp spur of reality. In this he is likely to be hampered, was he/she/it over-burdened with logic.<BR/>For many years people Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.com