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So............. this is progress!!!!!
They have started building a solar farm a mile from me but luckily it's just the other side of a hill so I can't see it
200 acres of prime agricultural land which will never return to such.
The steel probably dumped cheaply on the worlds markets by China and shipped from there.
70% of the worlds photovoltaic panels are made in China.
There are thousands of tons of hardcore transported from the Mendips.
There are several hundred workers from Romania!!!!
So what is the carbon footprint to build a so called green energy source?
What a joke!!!
Pic one looks like flooding and is only a quarter of the final farm. Last pic is a good advert for Disco's!!
3rd Dec 2015 7:33 am
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3rd Dec 2015 7:42 am
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In defence the land isn't totaly lost to agriculture as it will be used for grazing sheep, it's an economical way to maintain the land between and under them and they normally have a 30 year life span after which provisions have to be made to return the land to previous use. Round here they are only granting permission for them on lesser quality farmland. That said as a farmer I wouldn't have them on my land and I think they are a blot on the landscape.==================================
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3rd Dec 2015 8:37 am
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In defence the land isn't totaly lost to agriculture as it will be used for grazing sheep, it's an economical way to maintain the land between and under them
The land is down to maize, winter wheat, silage with a few heifers in the summer as it’s too far away from the dairy farm and isn’t suitable for sheep for the better part of the year. Time will tell and if there are sheep out there next summer then I will post another pic
and they normally have a 30 year life span after which provisions have to be made to return the land to previous use.
In the plans they say 20 years, but do you honestly think it will ever go back to agriculture. NO, the panels will just be changed out for another 20 years
That said as a farmer I wouldn't have them on my land and I think they are a blot on the landscape.
Nothing compared to those f windmills (sorry, wind farms) on top of hills and mountains.
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3rd Dec 2015 9:26 am
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I went past one yesterday between moira and ashby it didn't do anything to enhance the landscape to say the least! Wind turbines look nicer imo! D3 x2 now gone
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3rd Dec 2015 9:32 am
discovery1953
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Wind turbines look nicer imo!
What like this (taken while on holiday in County Durham)
3rd Dec 2015 9:43 am
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I like wind farms.
as for photovoltic..I would rather they fill the field with trees for 20 years
plenty of roof space in the city for generating at point of use.It is better to have and not need it then need and not have it.
Honestly, they should be combining the two sites. So much room required around wind turbines in case of failure that there's loads of room for solar around the bases. Set the strings up properly and shading won't be an issue. Much neater way than losing land to both.
Still, we desperately need the nukes to get renewed. Would you rather we didn't let the chinese/ french run them and sit about in the dark?
If we're serious about climate change we need to get rid of our fossil fuels. Even spending the nuke money on wind and solar isn't going to make them work any better in the timescale we require. Unless someone's hits on room temperature superconductors on a scale that can be used for storage, we're in serious trouble without the baseload generators.
As long as we're not being NIMBY's it'll be ok...
3rd Dec 2015 11:36 am
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My father in law has been saying that for the best part of 30 years, Ive always reckoned hes right on that score.
3rd Dec 2015 1:10 pm
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Look at all that mud...Disco day out anyone?Disco gone
3rd Dec 2015 2:30 pm
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J77 wrote:
No more unsightly than pillions running the length and breadth of the country.
Totally agree, pillions are better suited to their motorcycles than running around & ruining our damn country!!
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windmills (sorry, wind farms) on top of hills and mountains.
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