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

Rebuttal#1 Nuclear Energy is Cheaper than Wind EnergyCurrently, this statement is true; wind energy is currently a more expensive energy source than nuclear energy is. The reason for this is due to the fact that:a) The technology is newer than nuclear energy.b) There is less wind energy being produced. The price of Nuclear energy has reached a constant now and is not decreasing as much as the price of wind energy due to the fact that there are less advancements in the technology and therefore no reason for the price to fluctuate. In wind energy, however, the price is dropping dramatically because the technology has greatly improved and wind energy can be produced more efficiently. Due to this, it is expected that the price of wind energy will continue to drop until it has reached its technological summit. This scenario is very similar to other renewable energy source. Graph B shows how the price of wind energy has dropped in the past three decades: Graph B: [1]#2 Nuclear Energy is more efficient than wind energy To start off, my opponents source saying that wind energy has a 20%-40% energy capacity is invalid due to the fact that it was published in 2004. Currently the energy capacity for wind energy is at 60% or higher in some cases (not mentioning the bladeless turbines). Also, my argument showed how energy capacity in wind turbines has not yet reached its summit as nuclear energy has and how it shows great potential to possibly reach or exceed the energy capacity of nuclear energy. Graph C displays the rapid increase in wind energy's capacity: Graph C:Also, the argument stating that wind turbines can potentially catch fire is not a valid argument due to the fact that this only occurs in 0.0012% of wind turbines [2]. If the argument here is that wind turbines are not safe then I would like to enlighten my opponent to the fact that only 14 people died in the last year in turbine related accidents [3]. This is compared to nuclear disasters such as Chernobyl which initially killed 56 people and then killed over 6,000 due to cancer developed from the radiation. Another piece of information that displays that nuclear energy is safer than wind turbines is that in 2007 a study called the "KiKK study" in Germany showed that children under the age of five that iived within 60 miles of a nuclear power plant had a 120% higher risk of developing leukemia and almost a 100% higher risk of developing cancer [4]#3 Wind Turbines cause large amounts of noise, which can causes psychological stress. Noise factor is definitely a major problem that is presented with wind energy. However just like all the other aspects of wind energy, it is currently being tweaked and made superior to previous models. Many companies have been working to resolve this issue, and it turns out that by lowering the amount of noise that a turbine creates (apparently not a particularly challenging task) then the turbine itself actually becomes more efficient. According to GE, reducing the amount of sound that a wind turbine produces can actually increase the amount of energy that can be produced by as much as 2% [5]. in conclusion. lowering the amount of sound that a wind turbine produces will lower the amount of cases of stress and also increase energy capacity. #4 Wind turbines contribute to further to problems with housing.The wind turbine itself takes up very little room, and in a wind turbine plant the turbines themselves only take up about 1% of the land. This means that the surrounding 99% of the land can be used for a variety of things such as farming and housing. Also, 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) [6]. Conclusion: My opponent does not seem to understand that my argument is not that wind energy is currently superior to nuclear energy and therefore his rebuttals consist of evidence of modern day turbines vs. modern day nuclear plants. My argument is quite the opposite of this, as I am saying that wind energy has more potential than nuclear energy and therefore requires further funding for it to reach this potential. Sources:[1] http://rameznaam.com... (image)[2] http://www.quora.com...[3] http://www.forbes.com...[4] http://www.beyondnuclear.org...[5] http://sentientscience.com...[6] http://www.windmeasurementinternational.com...