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.
Billy Smith@emmatonkin @craiggrannell @davidbcohen
The same complaints about land-based wind turbines that you hear in the UK right now, were used in the 1600's when they were installing windmills in Holland. :D
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Have you heard about much more efficient #bladeless #WindTurbines, e.g. from the #Spanish company #Vortex?
@HistoPol @emmatonkin @craiggrannell @davidbcohen
Nice design :D
I'll go digging through the spec sheets later. :D
@BillySmith
Let me know what you think afterwards, if you like.
@HistoPol @BillySmith @craiggrannell @davidbcohen
I love the look of them. They look like the sort of thing future archaeologists will unearth and gaze at for a considerable amount of time before claiming in a loud and confident tone of voice that they must have been the subject of some form of worship.
I love the look of them. They look like the sort of thing future archaeologists will unearth and gaze at for a considerable amount of time before claiming in a loud and confident tone of voice that they must have been the subject of some form of worship.
LOL.
They do look like church towers, don't they?
So you are into archeology as well?
Much better (and smaller) than the conventional ones, though.