Wind measuring mast at Ahrax Point

lgalea

Mar 1st 2009, 10:30

Why are l-Aħrax and other places not being considered?
Why go for spending more money and more difficulties with sea-based wind farms?
Illogical to everyone except those who are squandering the peoples taxes to scratch the back of friends and friends of friends.

Jesmond Micallef

Feb 28th 2009, 16:09

I have visited many places in Germany where the countryside is literally littered with wind turbines, countless units one next to the other. Actually the landscape of Northern Germany is literally full of them !!!

Yes, I think that this project is fully justified, and feel that the statistical data gathered with the measuring mast will prove conclusive of this. I also expect that such enterprise be given prominence within the Maltese scientific circles, educational institutions and research. Nuclear power has its environmental advantages as far as by-products of combustion and fossil fuel dependency are concerned, no doubt, but Malta is simply too small for such an undertaking.

I would further propose the harnessing of the sea current potential, for example the sea currents between Malta and Gozo, considering how water flows between two land masses !!!

If I was the Government, I would also have a very deep look at personal transportation in Malta. Consider the number of cars on the island, traffic problems, noise and exhaust pollution. This would add more value to Malta as a future tourist destination, the present is allready stressfull !!! Let alone the future. Just imagine Malta being much less noisy !!!!

Martin Galea De Giovanni

Feb 28th 2009, 16:00

... Comino (and Filfa) is a protected area. One cannot build a nuclear power plant in a protected area. It's almost fascinating to see all the different suggestions I've heard being floated around on this forum on what to build/do on Comino. Illegal immigrants, nuclear plant, golf courses... and a host of other things that some are proposing but do not want to have in in their backyard.
Well, for starters Comino is still your backyard; that is unless you live in an imaginary world where 30 Km is the edge of your little Lilliputian world.

Now, for those who believe that nuclear is the magic bullet....
Nuclear energy can not survive in a liberalised energy market, especially if the astronomical costs of decommissioning and long-term waste storage for thousands of years are taken into account. Above all, 20 years after the Chernobyl disaster, nuclear power remains the most dangerous mechanism of generating electricity. And, globalised terrorism makes nuclear power stations and the uncontrolled proliferation of nuclear material a serious security hazard.

Let's also bear in mind that the costs of a serious accident will be borne by society (present and future ones)

A Cardona

Feb 28th 2009, 15:16

@ MS G HOARE

Germany, Spain, France and Italy are all increasing their investments in nuclear power stations this year, just to mention a few.

Just be happy with the commissions you'll be getting from the proposed Maltese windfarm and get lost.

MS G HOARE

Feb 28th 2009, 12:17

@D VELLA i dont know if you are for real , where did you do your studies , to be honest i am lost for words i dont beleive what you wrote ,so all these countries in Europe and America JUST PUT THEM UP JUST FOR SHOW . I think you need to read about wind farms a bit more .

rene joseph

Feb 28th 2009, 11:08

Indeed, Vella. We should turn comino into a nuclear station.

Seriously, I think this wind farm project is pretty much a useless waste of time.

D Vella

Feb 28th 2009, 10:39

Offshore wind farms are a joke.They don't work. The only way is nuclear.