Craig GrannellIt’s starting to really get to me in the UK how many people are furiously angry about the prospect of more solar on fields when *many actual farmers* are enthusing about how great mixed-use fields can be. (Solar can shade animals and plants. In many cases, it can also be combined with rainfall capture. It’s about making better use of some land, not replacing one thing with another.)
David Cohen@craiggrannell We should offer them a nuclear power station on the fields as an alternative…
@davidbcohen Our MP for a very short time (Truss govt) was in charge of this stuff. From what I can tell, he put more effort than anything into blocking local solar farms his house might overlook. That sums up the NIMBYs really.
emmatonkin@craiggrannell @davidbcohen
I really don't get why it bothers people. But then again I think wind turbines look nice. Managed to enjoy the New Forest for many years with overhead power lines, too - being ignorant forest folk, we just saw the pylons as landmarks back before OFGEM and the visual impact provision project told us they were supposed to be viewed as eyesores.
I really don't get why it bothers people. But then again I think wind turbines look nice. Managed to enjoy the New Forest for many years with overhead power lines, too - being ignorant forest folk, we just saw the pylons as landmarks back before OFGEM and the visual impact provision project told us they were supposed to be viewed as eyesores.
@emmatonkin @davidbcohen I like them too. Masts are less nice. Although I imagine when you tell everyone they couldn’t have mobile connectivity they grudgingly accept.
@craiggrannell @davidbcohen
This is true, masts aren't architecturally beautiful. But it could be argued that they beat the obvious alternatives (not having network at all, or having a night sky full of billionaire droppings)!
This is true, masts aren't architecturally beautiful. But it could be argued that they beat the obvious alternatives (not having network at all, or having a night sky full of billionaire droppings)!
ex or current IDF unwelcome@JohnLoader6 @craiggrannell @davidbcohen
Nice! Funny thing though, I looked these up online and the first link I got was the Telegraph moaning "noisy new net zero pylons are marching across the countryside – and the locals are not happy". Apparently they "are noisier than their predecessors, interfere with WiFi and damage the value of homes" (and the Telegraph is also upset that they are Made In China). You just cannot win with infrastructural stuff :-)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/west-country/hinkley-t-pylon-somerset-net-zero-house-prices/
