Looking to the future, we should fund Nuclear energy rather than Wind energy.

My argument is:A: Wind Energy shows greater potential than Nuclear Energy and has made many technological advances than nuclear energy has over the past decade or so.Let's begin...1: Wind Turbines have increased their energy capacity dramatically.Over the past decade wind turbines have increased their energy capacity (the amount of energy that can be produced and stored) from 25% to over 50%. This is a drastic change due to increased rotor sizes from the original 70 meter rotors to rotors over 100 meters. The greater the size of the rotor, the more energy can be produced, and therefore increases its energy capacity. Also, with greater rotor sizes, wind turbines are able to produce energy even when the wind is not blowing hard, therefore allowing wind turbines to be built in many more places [1].2: Increased usage of offshore turbines.While onshore turbines are still the more efficient and popular form of wind turbines, offshore wind turbines have improved dramatically over the past ten years. Offshore turbines are so promising due to the fact that, if successful, we could install wind turbines throughout the entire ocean, which makes up 70% of the Earth. This would increase energy productions and help replace usage of fossil fuels. Some examples of advancements of offshore turbines can be found in GE's Halidade 150. The Halidade 150 has an enormous 150 meter rotor size yet is also being improved on to become lighter and more efficient. Another type of offshore turbine is called a "floating turbine". Floating turbines are a relatively new idea and are currently in the testing stage, however they have great potential because it allows countries or companies to install turbines without securing them underwater, and as a result would be able to install turbines in deep sea, which consists of over 65% of the earth [2]. Floating Turbines:3: Bladeless turbine shows great promise and could replace the current form of wind turbines.One very young, yet very promising idea in the advance in wind energy technology comes from a Tunisian scientist named Anis Aouini. Aouini proposed a prototype for a wind turbine that does not have any blades, and rather has a circular shape, called the Saphonian. What makes the Saphonian so innovative is that it has over an 80% energy capacity rate (almost 30% greater than current turbines and approximately equal to what nuclear energy produces). Also, according to Aouini it costs almost "...half as much to make" than current wind turbines [3].4: Limited advances in Nuclear EnergyNuclear Energy currently has shown that it produces more energy at a better rate than wind energy. However, there has not been many advances in nuclear energy over the past decade. For example, Graph A shows that nuclear energy made great strides in the first twenty years of its developments by increasing its energy capacity. However, in the past decade the energy capacity has remained constant at about 80%, inferring that advancements in nuclear technology have stalled. Graph A: Conclusion:Wind energy has made great advances in the past decade and should further benefit from increased funding. Nuclear energy, on the other hand, is currently productive, however has not made significant advances in the past decade to deserve increased funding.