Windfarms on my doorstep, What can you do?

They make some nice muddy tracks for GS's mind

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AberdeenAngus said:
Onshore towers are a waste of time - what difference does a dozen towers make, or even fifty.....nothing. Especially as the onshore towers are babies compared to the big boys offshore. .
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Once again............... "Caithness is self-sufficient in electrical power, all derived from wind turbines" :rob

Al :rolleyes:
 
Blackal said:
Once again............... "Caithness is self-sufficient in electrical power, all derived from wind turbines" :rob

Al :rolleyes:
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Population of Caithness is about 25,000 which is about half of one percent of the population of Scotland and in an area with one of the lowest population densities in Europe and with one of the highest average wind speeds in Europe.

On the greater scheme of things, we can't all follow your example, i'm afraid.
 
Blind Lemon Ade said:
Oh, and wind turbines kill bats, it's the fall in air pressure near the blades makes their little lungs explode, was on the BBC and everything!
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Would really apprciate a link to the actual article. I've been involved with wind turbines for a while and these are all myths, i'm afraid, put about by objectors that have run out of actual scientific arguements.
See earlier post about eagles. Bats catch flies by Sonar. If they can't see a wind turbine blade then they aint much good as bats.
Several big studies have been carried out looking for dead birds around wind turbines - they just aint there. Think we would have spotted all the exploded bats.
 
AberdeenAngus said:
Population of Caithness is about 25,000 which is about half of one percent of the population of Scotland and in an area with one of the lowest population densities in Europe and with one of the highest average wind speeds in Europe.

On the greater scheme of things, we can't all follow your example, i'm afraid.
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Very true, but your statement about onshore wind turbines as being a waste of time - begged clarification/correction. :thumb

I would estimate that all areas north of Inverness could become self-sufficient in electrical power - which reduces the transmission losses associated with receiving power from Peterhead, Cockenzie, Hunterston etc.

Scotland is ideally placed to harness a vast amount of tidal/wave, wind and hydro power - the only limiting factor is.............

The government insists on "licensing" so that if any money is to be made from it - it goes to them :mad:

Al :thumb2
 
Blackal said:
Very true, but your statement about onshore wind turbines as being a waste of time - begged clarification/correction. :thumb

I would estimate that all areas north of Inverness could become self-sufficient in electrical power - which reduces the transmission losses associated with receiving power from Peterhead, Cockenzie, Hunterston etc.

Scotland is ideally placed to harness a vast amount of tidal/wave, wind and hydro power - the only limiting factor is.............

The government insists on "licensing" so that if any money is to be made from it - it goes to them :mad:

Al :thumb2
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You speak of the "government" as if its not us!
I see energy production from the raw materials of the sea and sky no different from oil exploration. Of course "the government" should make money from that. For the benefit of the people.
If they then misuse those funds, that's a different matter.
There is nothing wrong with "state control" as such, just bad state control.
 
AberdeenAngus said:
Would really apprciate a link to the actual article. I've been involved with wind turbines for a while and these are all myths, i'm afraid, put about by objectors that have run out of actual scientific arguements.
See earlier post about eagles. Bats catch flies by Sonar. If they can't see a wind turbine blade then they aint much good as bats.
Several big studies have been carried out looking for dead birds around wind turbines - they just aint there. Think we would have spotted all the exploded bats.
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Here y'go :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7581990.stm

What the OP needs is to find some Great Crested Newts on the site - we've got loads here, protected species, they've fecked our bypass, but might save us from the freight depot...

I'll post you one if you like...
 
AberdeenAngus said:
Towers are steel and the blades are fibre glass or similar composite.
Payback for energy consumed during manufacture is a couple of years.
Pretty green compared to the alternatives.
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You may have missed my point, I did put another post on what I was getting at on page 3, I think it was.
Theoretically, it could be argued that a wind farm destroys 2 landscapes - the one it is put up in the one where the mine that they got the iron ore from.
You mention composite materials - some of the chemicals and resins that are used during their manufacture can be pretty harmful if not handled correctly.

EVERYTHING we do has a negative effect on something, depending on how you look at it. (for example, going out for a run on the bike uses petrol and puts more wear and tear on it, and bring it closer to a service, which all costs money...but the enjoyment of being out on the bike outweighs the cost, thats why we do it right?)

Do the bad points out weigh the good? Thats up to the local govenment, planning officers and the local community to thrash out.
Personally, I like wind turbines, and have been facinated with them since I saw my first one at Berrydale when we lived in Caithness.

The ironic thing is most of the wind turbines would have been shutdown today as it is too windy for them.
 
I wonder how many turbines it itakes to keep the Worlds internet forums going.
 
Brooner said:
You may have missed my point, I did put another post on what I was getting at on page 3, I think it was.
Theoretically, it could be argued that a wind farm destroys 2 landscapes - the one it is put up in the one where the mine that they got the iron ore from.
You mention composite materials - some of the chemicals and resins that are used during their manufacture can be pretty harmful if not handled correctly.

EVERYTHING we do has a negative effect on something, depending on how you look at it. (for example, going out for a run on the bike uses petrol and puts more wear and tear on it, and bring it closer to a service, which all costs money...but the enjoyment of being out on the bike outweighs the cost, thats why we do it right?)

Do the bad points out weigh the good? Thats up to the local govenment, planning officers and the local community to thrash out.
Personally, I like wind turbines, and have been facinated with them since I saw my first one at Berrydale when we lived in Caithness.

The ironic thing is most of the wind turbines would have been shutdown today as it is too windy for them.
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The one I can see from my house has been generating, presumably at full power, all day:)
 
Raggitash said:
Not really got a grip of what I'm saying have you :blast
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No to be fair I think I have a handle on the problem, there is a wind farm setting up near you, and as a local you are concerned that it will affect the beauty of the area and the local environs etc etc, and that as a local you are more than a little unhappy about it and were after advice as to which direction to take regarding how to stop such a wind farm being built, and at the same time a little confused as to why the other locals at the meeting you attended seemed to be lacking in the actual get on and do something about it department.

If I have not got that correct then I humbly apologise.
 
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