Comment by zvrba
5 hours ago
Nuclear has the highest energy density (kWh produced per km2). "Renewables" need much larger areas to produce equivalent power. This means that habitats for many species are negatively affected or destroyed.
This is an ongoing debate in Norway where local people are strongly against wind turbines because they want to preserve the nature as it is.
EDIT: Relevant poster in the picture. I once was approached by Greenpeace activist on the street who was collecting money. While I would gladly donate to WWF, I said sharp "NO" to him and explained that it was because Greenpeace opposes nuclear.
> This is an ongoing debate in Norway where local people are strongly against wind turbines because they want to preserve the nature as it is.
Really ? They don't mind being one of the top oil exporter in the world though
I obviously don't know about Norway, but in most developed countries, the number one reason for habitat destruction or disruption is going to be animal agriculture, or highspeed road infrastructure. While I can't prove it, it seems too convenient that people suddenly care about "nature" right after they've fucked it up for so many other reasons.
> the number one reason for habitat destruction or disruption is going to be animal agriculture, or highspeed road infrastructure
The surface of both of these things hasn't changed much in the last 30 years.
> The surface of both of these things hasn't changed much in the last 30 years.
Source?
It was also my understanding that large amounts of habitat (e.g. Amazon rainforest) are lost for agriculture in general, and that cows are a particularly large part of that
Road surfaces I don't specifically know in terms of habitat area loss, but they split up habitat areas, and surely we'll have gotten more road surface as we went from ~6 to ~8 billion people on the planet in the last 30 years? How could that have stayed roughly the same?!
I wish more people would think along these lines: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/may/10/windpowe...
There’s a wind farm being built in your backyard? Demand one of them for free to power your village.
While that's strictly true, there are a lot of people who wouldnt mind living across the fence from a solar farm. Not so many want to live next to a nuclear power plant. Irrationaly perhaps but still.