Each to their own...I don't mind windmills
But I'm not against nuclear either... the footprint issue is much less of a problem here, compared with more densely populated countries
For example, if we say consumption is 250TWh, then going by the figures in the linked article this requires:
- 16.73 km2 for nuclear (2 millionths of the land area)
- 5059 km2 for solar (6-7 10,000ths of land area)
- 9728 km2 for wind (1.2 thousandths of land area)
Wanted: 70 x 70 km plot of spare desert, sunny clime preferred