tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186994568674485114.post6542725465291603231..comments2024-03-14T04:30:38.524-07:00Comments on What I learnt in Geography this week.....: Are wind turbines really as green as we think they are?Vicki The Geography Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891258937298993412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186994568674485114.post-62495618439736595262011-01-31T13:53:00.486-08:002011-01-31T13:53:00.486-08:00I agree with your questioning of the reliability o...I agree with your questioning of the reliability of this source as I when I first read the article it seemed to take a rather negative approach to wind turbines from the start and also I am ensure of the scale of this issue and whether or not other countries are experiencing the same problems as China. In terms of how green wind turbines are, if this is an isolated case, then steps to manage the production of these rare earth metals could be implemented to ensure that the methods used do not have such a negative impact on the environment. I mentioned in my original post that I believe that some sacrifices are going to have to be made to ensure we have a greener future and this may well have to include, temporarily, increasing the use of finite resources to do so and like you said ‘nothing in a clean green world is ever simple’. Personally I don’t think that we, as a country, could rely on wind turbines to generate enough electricity to power the nation but then again I don’t really think we will able to find one renewable energy source that can do this. At present my, rather uneducated, opinion is that instead of focusing on just one renewable energy source we should develop multiple ones to try and fully utilise the green energy that is accessible to us – hopefully by the end of the week I will be able to give a more developed and educated opinion on what I believe the future for our energy production should be!Vicki The Geography Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891258937298993412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186994568674485114.post-1137688656437262382011-01-31T12:17:48.872-08:002011-01-31T12:17:48.872-08:00Wow, this was interesting, though I would be caref...Wow, this was interesting, though I would be careful of the source without further investigation, this aspect of wind turbines is new to me. Nothing in a clean green world is ever simple! <br />I think that wind is important, it is as you said the msot developed of the renewables, but for us I think it holds nothing more than a contributor to the energy mix in the right areas. If he environmental implications are this significant, we need to carefully consider our other options and possible look elsewhere, except for those isolated communities in the windy regions.<br />The problem is that nothing is going to be truly "green", certainly there are many things that produce less CO2 than fossil fuels, but i think we have to pick the lesser of many evils when planning future energy mix. <br />A very interesting blog postAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243338071659226030noreply@blogger.com