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hatsune · March 27th, 2011, 11:34 PM

It's not just a question of whether the government wants to put the money into renewable energy infrastructure, it's also whether everyone paying their electric bills wants a 50% increase in their bill just for being green. The switch to renewable is one of those things that's always easier said than done, especially if you want retrofit large regions to get on it rather than just a single new building that's been designed from the ground up to conserve energy and take advantage of renewable energy. 'Saving energy' is another one of those things where it sounds warm and cuddly when you say it and politicians love to throw it around, but on a practical scale, factories are probably already saving as much as they can since the combined savings can run into millions of dollars per year, and your average household just isn't going to give a damn unless rotating outages like in Japan are going on as an immediate incentive.

As of right now, nuclear is still the most practical 'clean' option for island nations without their own natural resources like Taiwan and Japan, they must simply invest more into safety infrastructure at the plants.

Awesome.e · March 28th, 2011, 10:32 PM

I think I read on Taipei times that the minister said that Taiwan's wind farm is already built to capacity and we only have a few hundred. To eliminate nuclear plants entirely will require 12000 wind farms which we will need to build offshore! 12000 and one will cost at around NT$4billion + ... So do the maths.. haha! and this is without decreasing the 70%+ that we are reliant on coal and fossil fuel.. Imagin 1 million windfarms across the Taiwan straight! hahahaha!!!!

kalifese · March 28th, 2011, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Awesome.e

Imagine 1 million windfarms across the Taiwan straight! hahahaha!!!!

i say build them in the strait cuz it will protect taiwan from china's missiles, battleships and submarines!!!

williamchung7 · March 29th, 2011, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by kalifese

i say build them in the strait cuz it will protect taiwan from china's missiles, battleships and submarines!!!

One strong typhoon is enough to destroy all of them.

kalifese · March 29th, 2011, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by williamchung7

One strong typhoon is enough to destroy all of them.

then ya gotta drill and build them deep into the ocean floor!!! DRILL BABY DRILL!!!!

ilovetw · March 31st, 2011, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by kalifese

then ya gotta drill and build them deep into the ocean floor!!! DRILL BABY DRILL!!!!

yeppp and when submarines come close it will turn into explosive devices and stop them (Y)
and if airplanes go over them it willl shoot out missiles
YESHH (Y)

BEAT THIS CHINA D:

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March 27th, 2011, 11:34 PM	#81
hatsune Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 67 Likes (Received): 0	It's not just a question of whether the government wants to put the money into renewable energy infrastructure, it's also whether everyone paying their electric bills wants a 50% increase in their bill just for being green. The switch to renewable is one of those things that's always easier said than done, especially if you want retrofit large regions to get on it rather than just a single new building that's been designed from the ground up to conserve energy and take advantage of renewable energy. 'Saving energy' is another one of those things where it sounds warm and cuddly when you say it and politicians love to throw it around, but on a practical scale, factories are probably already saving as much as they can since the combined savings can run into millions of dollars per year, and your average household just isn't going to give a damn unless rotating outages like in Japan are going on as an immediate incentive. As of right now, nuclear is still the most practical 'clean' option for island nations without their own natural resources like Taiwan and Japan, they must simply invest more into safety infrastructure at the plants.

March 28th, 2011, 10:32 PM	#82
Awesome.e Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Cape Town Posts: 1,415 Likes (Received): 1	I think I read on Taipei times that the minister said that Taiwan's wind farm is already built to capacity and we only have a few hundred. To eliminate nuclear plants entirely will require 12000 wind farms which we will need to build offshore! 12000 and one will cost at around NT$4billion + ... So do the maths.. haha! and this is without decreasing the 70%+ that we are reliant on coal and fossil fuel.. Imagin 1 million windfarms across the Taiwan straight! hahahaha!!!!