Wind Power more dangerous than Nuclear Energy!? How can that be? You have to take this all with a grain of salt, but let’s line up the facts about Wind vs Nuclear:
Summary of Wind Turbine Incidents (December 2008):
• 41 Worker Fatalities, 16 Public- Includes falling from turbine towers and transporting turbines on the highway.
• 39 Incidents of Blade Failure- Failed blades have been known to travel over a quarter mile, killing any unfortunate bystanders within its path of destruction.
• 110 Incidents of Fire- When a wind turbine fire occurs, local fire departments can do little but watch due to the 30-story height of these turbine units. The falling debris are then carried across the distance and cause new fires.
• 60 Incidents of Structural Failure- As turbines become more prevalent, these breakages will become more common in public areas, thereby causing more deaths and dismemberment’s from falling debris.
• 24 incidents of “hurling ice”- Ice forms on these giant blades and is reportedly hurled at deathly speeds in all directions. Author reports that some 880 ice incidents of this nature have occurred over Germany’s 13-years of harnessing wind power.
Summary of Nuclear Power:
• There has not been one single injury to a nuclear plant worker in all its 104 power plants and 40 years of service in the United States.
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That is a lot of damage from something that resembles a modern day wind mill. Were the old ones as dangerous? Maybe we should stick with inanimate solar panels…
plz do not forget the Chernobyl disaster. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
This doesn’t take into account the disposal of the nuclear waste nor the long-term effects of radiation exposure.
We can certainly account for many of the injuries above in the design and placement, along with other alternative energy sources in more built-up areas.
*takes grain of salt* ;)
Can you really compare incidents of one type world wide to incidents of another within one country and call it a fair comparison? I don’t think so.
The last time I was staring out the window of a plane, I saw a wind farm. I sure didn’t think about blocks of ice flying at fatal speeds, I will next time though; thanks.
We are still feeling the after-effects of the Chernobyl incident.
Oh and btw, if that sarcophagus does not get replaced soon, the whole of Europe is going to feel some newly acquired after-effects.
Enjoy!