Anyone live near a windfarm?

[MossRoad]

Just an FYI, as of last year, there were about 94 commercial power reactors, 31 operating research reactors at universities and the department of energy in the U.S. So only about 125 reactors in the U.S.

This doesn't count Navy, which has about 100 nuclear powered ships, and some research reactors.

Just thought I'd mention that for context sake.

 

[azbinder]

Moss Road, have you heard what the status in on the solar farm east of North Liberty? Across from Potato Creek State Park I think.

 

[MossRoad]

Moss Road, have you heard what the status in on the solar farm east of North Liberty? Across from Potato Creek State Park I think.

Nope. I know 'they' (the county) is doing something with the rules regarding solar and wind farms. However, they have to grandfather in companies that already started projects.

To my knowledge, it's supposed to go in to the south of the park. I own property in the township that borders the north of the park. The hills and woods are so thick that it would be hard pressed to see anything like that from more than 1/4 mile away. And treelines and windbreaks would hide it from view within a few years.
- The land ownership is retained by the farmer.
- The farmland gets to rest.
- Crops, pollinators, and sheep can be raised under the solar panels.
- A huge reduction in the amount of chems and fertilizers over the life of the solar installation.
- A huge reduction in soil erosion.
-cA hedge against subdivisions.
- And a bond has to be posted to remove it all at the end of the lease if the lease is not resigned by the property owner.
I'd much rather have a landscaped solar farm next to me VS a wind farm.

Many county residents are currently on tech burnout. There's an $11 BILLION dollar Amazon data center under construction west of town. A LOT of people voted for it. Now that it's going up, they are having buyer's remorse... IT IS HUGE! 800+ acres of buildings. It's gonna suck water, lots of people are going to move here, property taxes will go up, food prices, energy prices, etc...

Directly across the highway from it, a GM battery plant is going up at a cost of $3.5 BILLION.

Then just recently, another proposal for another data center north of that has come up. Another $12 BILLION. People have had enough. That one got an unfavorable recommendation from the area plan commission. Which means diddly doo, because they don't have the final say.

Meanwhile, right in the middle of all of that, there's a huge solar farm passively running away that no one says a peep about because it's surrounded by corn fields. You can't even see it about 6 months out of the year.

 

[KennyG]

Moss, I think you're seeing the result of a state government that is attractive to business, as opposed to Illinois or Michigan. Mixed blessings, like most things.

 

[MossRoad]

Moss, I think you're seeing the result of a state government that is attractive to business, as opposed to Illinois or Michigan. Mixed blessings, like most things.

Ya. It's hard to be unemployed here. You have to work at it.

 

[D&D]

Moss, I think you're seeing the result of a state government that is attractive to business, as opposed to Illinois or Michigan. Mixed blessings, like most things.

Attractive to business.....It think it would be easy to argue that most government officials making these deals dont have the experience or education to make those decisions.
Case in point, DC is so eager to get a new stadium that they have agreed to funding $1.1 billion dollars cash and property + other concessions. They can't afford what they have now. And that makes good business sense?

 

[Jstpssng]

And that makes good business sense?

It makes perfect business sense... for the Commanders.

 

[ning]

I don’t think we’ll be building nuke plants where tsunamis occur.
This is America, not Venezuela.

Did that plant in Nebraska have a melt down?

Nuke power plants are often built near the shore for cooling water purposes. They may not be common everywhere, but every seashore has a potential for tsunamis. They're not likely, and if they happen they're not likely to be huge, but pretty much anywhere... Volcano Watch — The Canary Islands “mega-tsunami” hypothesis, and why it doesn’t carry water <- yes this says "not likely and not huge" but it doesn't say NO.

IMO it's still worth considering more than the "500 year" mark in safety systems.

Best yet would be to use the newer reactor designs that automatically shut down without coolant flow (not the 50s model light-water reactors).

 

[ruffdog]

Federal judge just said halted off shore wind farm can resume construction.

 

[Hay Dude]

Federal judge just said halted off shore wind farm can resume construction.

That judge is a moron.
Windmills are monuments to failure.