(August 19, 2012 at 5:36 pm)5thHorseman Wrote: Is this a case of you can't have it all your own way? The way I see it is that we get renewable energy, but at the cost of some wildlife.
I think this is fare, but i'm basing that on my own ignorance on science. I reckon we do more damage to the environment in the long term by not using renewables. Am I right?
Quote:Supporters say the barrage, from the Vale of Glamorgan to Somerset, would provide 5% of the UK's electricity and create thousands of jobs.
But environmentalists object, and say it would harm local wildlife
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south...s-19311254
Almost every human advance has harmed wildlife. We probably should seek to limit that so I see it as the lesser of 2 evils; fossil fuel use is far more damaging.
Fuck fewer birds than otherwise.
Sum ergo sum