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Originally Posted by Nate the great
The best places to put a windmill is also where birds like to fly (bird+windmill=bad).
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That's why many wind farms in the UK are now being built off-shore - it's windier out at sea, and there's much less environmental impact. One of the benefits of living on an island
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You're right, though; you cannot use wind and solar power for base load power generation (although you can use geothermal power in some part of the world - eg Iceland generates most of its power that way). Nuclear stations really are the only "green" alternative to coal.