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  • 10-12-2001 4:52pm
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    bonkey
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    Here is a pretty good article on a proposed power generating station for Oz.

    The neat thing is that other than its manufacturing cost, it is entirely, 100% non-polluting, and is far less environmentally intrusive than a large-scale hydro station would be.

    So where's the catch?

    Simple - people are already complaining about the 1km height proposed. (no, its not a typo).

    While I think its a fascinating project, and I hope it succeeds, it is bound to be hugely controversial. People will complain about the pollution of the "visual environment", or whatever.

    I see it as a simple choice.

    We need alternatives to fossil fuels.

    Nuclear fission is considered to have too large a potential for massive pollution to be a good option for many nations.

    Nuclear fusion is some way away as yet.

    Humanity is going to have to wake up. People cry "save the planet", and yet when a solution is offered we get "its not pretty enough". Well tough. Its clean, its cheap, and its a hell of a lot better than any other suggestion out there.

    Call it the lesser of many evils, but I like this project. I hope it succeeds.

    Then again, I wish the Irish and Scots would get off their arses and "exploit" some of that lovely wave- and wind- power sitting all around us. There has to be a "clean" way of doing this too...

    jc


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