Nice sunny day, with occasional cloud passing over. The forecast suggests a maximum temperature of 15C, which is only a smidgen shy of 60F. Tonight should see a hard frost, with the mercury down to -7C on the mainland; similar weather tomorrow.
A meeting takes place today about the contentious North Lewis Windfarm. Representatives of the developers, AMEC-affiliated LWP, meet the Scottish Government to see what can be done to save the project. Ministers indicated 2 weeks ago that they were minded to reject it. The local council have been crying blue murder for a fortnight, accusing the opponents of the scheme (environmental organisations like RSPB and SNH) of (and I quote) "miserable environmental colonialism, sitting in the Central Belt [Edinburgh] and lecturing the natives".
The council could be accused of a high-handed approach by trying to stuff a windfarm down the throat of a populace that is generally strongly opposed. It is, in my opinion, also quite narrow-minded to put all the eggs of economic development, into the basket of windfarms, rather than try to diversify. And tourism is a mainstay of the local economy, which stands to be damaged by the windfarm. We shall see.
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It will be interesting to see how this plays out. You are having some nice temperatures today ~ it is still beyond cold here and snowing...ugh.
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