Wind power in Malaysia – the missing map
March 28th, 2011 | by Sean |
TNB's wind power in Malaysia map
Just a quick note to myself really – many, many times online I’d replied to people saying “why doesn’t Malaysia use wind power?” with my belief that it doesn’t have any. I couldn’t find a good source for that before today, relying on maps of global wind patterns and the argument that “this isn’t called the Doldrums for nothing”. I found the link on a nuclear -versus – solar page at TNB which bizarrely concludes that renewable energy is ‘unpalatable’. As if somebody has to eat it.
The whole “Think nuclear, think green” section at TNB appears to me to have been written by a 12-year-old set a ‘justify nuclear at all costs’ exercise. Why include graphs with illegible legends? In what way is ‘refuel every 18-24 months’ a guarantee of energy security forever? The material is so devoid of facts that it’s impossible to conclude that it’s anything other than marketing gloss.
http://www.tnb.com.my/think-nuclear-think-green/nuclear-vs.-renewable-energy.html