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

Efficiency of Nuclear vs. WindMy opponent did not supply a source on his claim that Wind Turbines (not bladeless ones) have an energy capacity of "60% or higher in some cases". This is false, as a study from 2012 (which makes it even newer than one graph my opponent used), shows the difference of energy capacity between Nuclear and Wind being 55% [1]. But even this is not really representative of the efficiency of Wind Turbines, as they are also dependent on the weather, which is highly variable throughout the year. This fact was highlighted by the BBC nicely three years ago when on December 21st 2010, when Wind Turbines made up less than 0.1% of the electricity generated [3], despite renewable sources of energy making up 6% of the total energy consumption in the UK in 2010 [4]. [Round 3] The Problems with Offshore Wind TurbinesCon dropped my four reasons for the impracticalities of Offshore Wind Turbines.The Problems with bladeless Wind TurbinesConventional wind turbines directly harness the wind's mechanical energy to spin a generator. It's adding at least one step to the process: the wind's mechanical energy pressurizes a fluid which then turns a turbine, and Saphon has not proved that said step even exists. This is especially alarming because of the extraordinary claims made about this Wind Turbine's energy capacity compared with that of a regular Wind Turbine.The Safety of Nuclear Power PlantsThe Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has disproved many claims similar to the ones that Con has been making of Nuclear Energy, namely that they emit dangerous amounts of radiation, that their radiation causes cancer and other harmful effects, and that people near Fukishima in Japan died because of the radiation [5]. However, the point about Wind Turbines catching fire still stands because it exists.Wind Turbines contribute to further problems with housingClaim: "the argument that wind turbines are not popular is invalid due to the fact that in the UK about 80% of the people are in favor of wind energy, while only 5% are against it (the remaining 15% are undecided)"Just because they are in favour of Wind energy in principle, does not mean that they would like to have a Wind Turbine in their back garden, as it were. The prevelance of protests against local Wind Turbines/farms can be proven by just doing a simple search on Google images [6]. So, the argument stands and so does this point.This pdf file [7] shows the massive amounts of land that would be needed to accompany Wind Turbines.External Costs: Nuclear Power Plants vs. Wind TurbinesAn academic report in the journal Energy policy conducted just last year concluded that it is significantly cheaper to keep nuclear reactors as opposed to replacing them with Wind Power backed by Natural Gas [8], not only because of external costs from pollution or accident damage, but also from daily operating costs.Effects on employment: Nuclear vs WindFor every job created in Wind Energy and renewable energy in general, 3.7 are destroyed [9] due to driving up energy costs, reducing competitiveness, and deterring investment [10].ConclusionI feel that I have comfortably made seven good points that back up my case: 1. Nuclear Energy is more reliable than Wind Energy due to not being dependent on the weather 2. Offshore Wind Turbines have numerous faults that make them vastly inferior to Nuclear Power Plants 3. Bladeless Wind Turbines have faults that make them inherently inferior to Nuclear Power Plants 4. Onshore Wind Turbines have numerous faults that make them inferior to Nuclear Power Plants 5. Nuclear Power Plants are not a danger 6. Wind Turbines are a danger, even if just a small one 7. Wind Turbines will have a very negative effect on employment, unlike Nuclear Energy I urge you to vote pro.Thank you.Sources[1] http://www.nei.org...[2] ibid[3] http://www.bbc.co.uk...[4] 2010 UK Energy consumption, http://www.economicshelp.org...;[5] http://www.nei.org...[6] https://www.google.co.uk...[7] http://www.nei.org...[8] http://www.journals.elsevier.com...[9] http://www.versoeconomics.com...[10] May 2010, http://docs.wind-watch.org...