Burn the Tartan Tories
I'm confused, not for the first time admittedly, but the Scottish Government are tipped to turn down Europe's biggest wind farm development on the Isle of Lewis. This is the same Government who recently ruled out any chance of building new Nuclear Power Stations on Scottish soil. Fair enough? So where is Scotland going to get their energy from? No renewables, 'cause they look ugly (and they don't work) and no nuclear power 'cause they're dangerous (not really, the technology has moved on somewhat in the past 50 years, safer, cleaner more efficient).
If the wind farm is turned down due to "beauty" issues then where can they build it? Scotland is a pretty darned nice looking country (only behind Norn Iron in that respect) so that will be a valid rejection point for any development. Of course they could bulldoze Parkhead, build power stations on the reclaimed land and do the entire country a huge favour by removing that deviant eyesore. Just a thought.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Start building Nuclear Power Stations now! you useless twats.
posted by Ricky Dee at
6:34 PM
1 Comments:
Really this decision makes a lot of sense to me. Scotland has for a long time produced more Energy than it consumes, even though we use more energy per head than the rest of Britain (mostly due to heating needs and climate). Additionally a proportionally (compared to national averages) large percentage of Scotland’s energy has long been generated using renewable energy sources, hydro electric.
Years before renewable energy was as fashionable as it is now, it was very hard to get funding for any new projects in Scotland, as it did not need any more electricity. More recently much higher targets have been set for the percentage of our electricity that should come from renewable sources, and some funding is being made available for new projects. Developers are clamoring to cash in on that, and the highlands and islands offer the best sites.
Tourism is by far the biggest industry in the highlands and islands, and anything that detracts from that does not make long term economic sense, particularly as there is still more electricity being produced than we as a nation use. Where Wind farms should go, is offshore, where the environmental concerns are minimal. But offshore Wind farms cost more and have higher running costs, and are not nearly as desirable to developers.
As for your comments on Nuclear power stations, why not start some kind of web campaign like “Build A Nuclear Power Station in Kirriemuir now! you useless twats”.
There are two positive things I can honestly say about nuclear power stations. The actual production of the electricity does not produce much carbon. They create a lot of jobs.
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