European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize

[Antrema]

Nobel must be speeding up the Earth from rolling in his grave by now, knowing what his prizes have become. Apparently, the EU got it for six years worth the peacemaking, unifying, spreading of democracy and prosperity throughout the region. How much of what's on paper and what's actually been done is arguable. It seems though as the EU has forgotten what it actually formed for in the first place.

Speeding up the earth from his grave? That's because Nobel's coffin is used as a treadmill by Chuck Norris

[Quintium]

Perhaps the European Union could get a lease on Nobel's grave. Imagine that - unlimited energy as long as they exist.
Better than planting the North Sea full of ugly white windmills and turning Germany - of all places - into a solar power plant.

[Tubbsalot]

Better than planting the North Sea full of ugly white windmills

Jesus christ, you would have thought the one place you'd be safe from NIMBY idiocy was in the middle of the ocean, but I guess that was too much to ask for.

[Ifreann]

Better than planting the North Sea full of ugly white windmills

Jesus christ, you would have thought the one place you'd be safe from NIMBY idiocy was in the middle of the ocean, but I guess that was too much to ask for.

Not in my back ocean!

[Eireann Fae]

Better than planting the North Sea full of ugly white windmills

Jesus christ, you would have thought the one place you'd be safe from NIMBY idiocy was in the middle of the ocean, but I guess that was too much to ask for.

Won't somebody please think of the flying fish?!

[Quintium]

Jesus christ, you would have thought the one place you'd be safe from NIMBY idiocy was in the middle of the ocean, but I guess that was too much to ask for.

It's not really an ocean. And if you take a ferry between mainland Europe and the north of the England, you'll usually come across them.
Just hope you're on a night ferry and get to sleep for most of the time, because the sight of several of those ghastly white things at day is not pretty.

As for turning Germany into a solar power plant, and I've seen some of the fields, it's a bit daft. I mean, of all places to place solar panels, they pick Germany?

[Ifreann]

Jesus christ, you would have thought the one place you'd be safe from NIMBY idiocy was in the middle of the ocean, but I guess that was too much to ask for.

It's not really an ocean. And if you take a ferry between mainland Europe and the north of the England, you'll usually come across them.
Just hope you're on a night ferry and get to sleep for most of the time, because the sight of several of those ghastly white things at day is not pretty.

Oh please, who actually cares about the view from a ferry?

[Quintium]

Oh please, who actually cares about the view from a ferry?

People who like to take a breath on a deck, only to be disturbed by these white windmilly bastards.
Or people who are sitting in a restaurant eating, and suddenly see these white windmilly bastards.

[Ifreann]

Oh please, who actually cares about the view from a ferry?

People who like to take a breath on a deck, only to be disturbed by these white windmilly bastards.
Or people who are sitting in a restaurant eating, and suddenly see these white windmilly bastards.

I just don't see what disturbing about windmills in the ocean. Do they sound some kind of alarm when they turn? Do they have "KILL ALL JEWS" or something painted on them? Does the power they generate go to puppy kicking machines?

[Tubbsalot]

Tilting at windmills is meant to be a figurative thing, y'know.

[Ifreann]

Tilting at windmills is meant to be a figurative thing, y'know.

Hahaha, well played.

[Martean]

Wake up one day and then think...

I'm a novel prize!

500 million europeans had this sensation, including me

[Ifreann]

Wake up one day and then think...

I'm a novel prize!

500 million europeans had this sensation, including me

I can't say I noticed any such feeling. But maybe I'm not European enough.

[Eireann Fae]

It's not really an ocean. And if you take a ferry between mainland Europe and the north of the England, you'll usually come across them.
Just hope you're on a night ferry and get to sleep for most of the time, because the sight of several of those ghastly white things at day is not pretty.

Oh please, who actually cares about the view from a ferry?

I liked watching dolphins on the ferry from Galveston to Crystal Island, but that's just me :3

Srsly though, I wouldn't have a problem with windmills on the journey, even if they did scare away the local dolphins. That's what the aquarium at Moody Gardens is for :)

[EnragedMaldivians]

Tilting at windmills is meant to be a figurative thing, y'know.

....

You deserve some kind of accolade for that one.

[Quintium]

I just don't see what disturbing about windmills in the ocean. Do they have "KILL ALL JEWS" or something painted on them?

Only if they were built by an Arab company.

Does the power they generate go to puppy kicking machines?

No, but certainly to fur farms, nuclear power plants and everything else the left gets extremely butthurt about at times.

[Ifreann]

I just don't see what disturbing about windmills in the ocean. Do they have "KILL ALL JEWS" or something painted on them?

Only if they were built by an Arab company.

Does the power they generate go to puppy kicking machines?

No, but certainly to fur farms, nuclear power plants and everything else the left gets extremely butthurt about at times.

So is that your objection, that wind farms in the ocean are power fur farms or nuclear power plants?

[L Ron Cupboard]

Oh please, who actually cares about the view from a ferry?

People who like to take a breath on a deck, only to be disturbed by these white windmilly bastards.
Or people who are sitting in a restaurant eating, and suddenly see these white windmilly bastards.

I find them rather elegant and beautiful.

[Ifreann]

People who like to take a breath on a deck, only to be disturbed by these white windmilly bastards.
Or people who are sitting in a restaurant eating, and suddenly see these white windmilly bastards.

I find them rather elegant and beautiful.

And they spin. Things that spin are inherently better than things that don't.

[Eireann Fae]

I find them rather elegant and beautiful.

And they spin. Things that spin are inherently better than things that don't.

That goes double for office chairs. Maybe even triple!

[Salandriagado]

Jesus christ, you would have thought the one place you'd be safe from NIMBY idiocy was in the middle of the ocean, but I guess that was too much to ask for.

It's not really an ocean. And if you take a ferry between mainland Europe and the north of the England, you'll usually come across them.
Just hope you're on a night ferry and get to sleep for most of the time, because the sight of several of those ghastly white things at day is not pretty.

Then take a ferry route that doesn't go past them. Seriously, there's hundreds of them (all of them publishing their routes well in advance), and 360 million square kilometres of ocean. It's not difficult.

As for turning Germany into a solar power plant, and I've seen some of the fields, it's a bit daft. I mean, of all places to place solar panels, they pick Germany?

Why not Germany? They've (stupidly) moved away from nuclear, so they need the extra power generation.

[Ifreann]

Why not Germany? They've (stupidly) moved away from nuclear, so they need the extra power generation.

"Tsunami in Japan? Better stop using nuclear power in Germany"
Pretty legit reasoning.

[Oppressorion]

People who like to take a breath on a deck, only to be disturbed by these white windmilly bastards.
Or people who are sitting in a restaurant eating, and suddenly see these white windmilly bastards.

I find them rather elegant and beautiful.

I agree with you - they certainly fit into the countryside much better than another Windscale Sellafield.

EDIT: Oh, and Quintium? Someone beat you to it.

[Eireann Fae]

Why not Germany? They've (stupidly) moved away from nuclear, so they need the extra power generation.

"Tsunami in Japan? Better stop using nuclear power in Germany"
Pretty legit reasoning.

I don't even think Japan shoulda stopped, tbh. It took a freakishly powerful natural occurrence to fuck up Fukushima - as I recall, the most powerful quake on record there. I wouldn't blame the world for thinking twice about their safety measures, but to stop using nuclear power entirely as a result? Pshaw.

[Ifreann]

"Tsunami in Japan? Better stop using nuclear power in Germany"
Pretty legit reasoning.

I don't even think Japan shoulda stopped, tbh. It took a freakishly powerful natural occurrence to fuck up Fukushima - as I recall, the most powerful quake on record there. I wouldn't blame the world for thinking twice about their safety measures, but to stop using nuclear power entirely as a result? Pshaw.

And nothing that bad actually happened because of Fukushima. Even after getting tsunami'd, everything was basically fine. Nothing blew up, no new kaiju, no one got superpowers.