http://www.kurzweilai.net/belgium-plans-artificial-island-to-store-wind-power Accelerating Intelligence Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:27:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.kurzweilai.net/belgium-plans-artificial-island-to-store-wind-power/comment-page-1#comment-94784 Thom Westergren Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:20:16 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=177380#comment-94784 Technically, the hole in the middle would make it an atoll, not an island. Technically, the hole in the middle would make it an atoll, not an island.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/belgium-plans-artificial-island-to-store-wind-power/comment-page-1#comment-90664 Bob Vasquez Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:57:24 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=177380#comment-90664 An excellent place to build these would be off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. An excellent place to build these would be off the coast of Santa Barbara, California.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/belgium-plans-artificial-island-to-store-wind-power/comment-page-1#comment-90616 cosmowrench Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:32:10 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=177380#comment-90616 Belgium is a very densly populated country. There are no remote regions. No nuclear plant is 100% failsafe. Imagine an area with a 30 km radius around Antwerp becomming uninhabitable. Belgium is a very densly populated country. There are no remote regions. No nuclear plant is 100% failsafe. Imagine an area with a 30 km radius around Antwerp becomming uninhabitable.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/belgium-plans-artificial-island-to-store-wind-power/comment-page-1#comment-90549 Major Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:09:47 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=177380#comment-90549 Why not rely on modern (gen. III and up) nuclear power plants in a seismic-stable country? Why not rely on modern (gen. III and up) nuclear power plants in a seismic-stable country?

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