One advantage of wind farms and solar farms is that updating and replacing obsolete units is simpler, although a 30+ year working life is currently being attained. Should fusion come along removing a wind or solar farm and returning the land to nature is not difficult. Nice to dream. 🤞
Even if fusion does not come along soon enough, replacing wind turbine is still far simpler than reverting to fossil fuels. And contrary to some scaremongers, decommissioned wind turbines and their blade can be recycled.
If course if the holy grail of fusion power were to come to fruition there would doubtless be vociferous objections on at least two counts. One, such fusion power stations would be large akin to a fossil fuel or nuclear station. So there’s the NIMBY contingent. Secondly there’s those who think it could go “ bang” like a hydrogen bomb.
Scouts (and anyone else practicing orienteering ) use maps, compasses and landmarks. The three go hand in hand. I have definitely used wind turbines as a landmark when walking. Also trees, power stations, chimneys, churches, mountains, cliffs and towns. Basically any feature marked on a map (or not marked but visible).
The only problem taking a bearing on a wind turbine is that next time you check your bearing you cannot remember which turbine you used last time. And doubtless it gets worse with age as you probably can’t even remember using the wind farm 🤣🤣🤣
When I was a scout we did not have the luxury of landmarks as none to be seen in most cases. We used OS maps and compass to get our badge. There were occasions when we did get lost. Stood me in good stead in laster years when in the services as very few good read a map and use a compass.
Even after you have passed wind?
Protests against what? Have any footpaths been closed, or rights of way diverted? Why the objection to the solar farm? Will it damage a view? Would you rather have the land sold for housing, or warehousing?
A rhetorical question Tobes. 😉You may like to look at wind and solar farms in your back yard but others don’t. As BB says ,everyone to their own🤪
I agree, some do some don't. But the question remains about what walkers and ramblers might be protesting about. My observation is that perhaps there are no protests by walkers and ramblers because they don't mind?
Should be kept as farm land so no necessity to import food from foreign countries! We are too reliant on other countries for our food etc.
As OC says, the vast majority of wind is being deployed off shore. On shore wind has almost no impact on farmland. Solar is deployable on land in such a way as to maintain grazing capability on the land for livestock.
I thought energy was in that "etc" and we needed to reduce our reliance on imported energy? Or is it only important to reduced our reliance on imports if we can't see the impact of that reduction on the land?
I have no solutions Clive to being clean. Until we scrap air travel and all sea faring vessels clean will not happen. The fact is we are still one of the least polluters in the world , allegedly. As I have said all BBC along it’s about time😉
One good source of information is the International Energy Agency that produces a wide range of reports on all aspects of world energy. One report showed transportation responsible for 27% of global co2 emissions of which 72% was from road transport. Aviation and shipping contributing the remaining 28% along with rail ( minimal). Things like tractors, quarry vehicles were grouped under their respective sectors. Another report showed the top 20 countries for CO2 emissions and UK may as you say be small, but we are in the top 20.
www.iea.org
As soon as any part of panel becomes optically dirty, the output will drop!
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