sen-no-sen wrote:It is with this kind of argument that we will continue in the nuclear standoff!
solar potential in France is very large, it is quite possible to build solar islands in the Mediterranean.
As the vortex towers apparently you do not know the device Coustou / Alary:
https://www.econologie.com/forums/tours-aerogeneratrices-a-effet-vortex-synthese-t3801.htmlThis device generates no vortex outside the tower, just a warm air current limited to a few hundred meters.
Also the tower acting as a hub, it will have no more effect on the climate than conventional aero-cooling tower.
It will also be the first industrial device for producing energy, water (condensation) and food (organic farming under devices greenhouses).
As for the visual impact ... it's a tower of 320 m which is the symbol of our country!
You are free to believe that nuclear power is a dead end ... nuclear in its present form probably because too generates hazardous waste to long life, but the future is undoubtedly thermonuclear fusion (may be be finalized by 2050), pending the ZPM
For the vortex tower, that's the one I was talking about ... in an old "science and life" they were talking about towers 1000m high ...
Solar islands in mediterranean, yet such a good idea:
1 °) it would die all life below fault light
2) at the first big storm it would be a disaster ... all calculations of long-term resistance to natural forces are systematically proven to be false, even for things that seem "indestructible" ...
In the same "bag" we can put the space islands with transmission of energy by microwave ... unrealistic all that ...
The solar potential of France is very limited, roughly we can equip the roofs but little more for large installations, there is little room, and there is the energy storage problem small installations, currently very expensive and inefficient, pending superconducting batteries ...
The energy of tomorrow will be based on new technologies currently in the lab, see next ...