Anyone interested in my local temperature - the Weatherpixie in the sidebar has all the info.
The North Lewis Windfarm has been approved by Western Isles Council. The revised plans are now going to the Scottish Executive for approval. Can't say that the prospect of 181 turbines, each standing 460 feet tall, marching across the island from the Butt of Lewis to Bragar, and then across to Stornoway really appeals to me. Neither does it appeal much to 50 to 90% of the islanders, it would seem. The RSPB says it'll wreak havoc with the birdlife, and environmentalists say that digging up the millions of tons of peat will blithely offset any benefits in terms of carbon dioxide emissions that the windfarm is supposed to bring. There are council elections in May, but about half the councillors here have expressed an interest in a severance package, which gives them a 5-figure sum of money provided they do not stand for re-election. The Council is opposed to organising a secret ballot on the windfarm issue.
Correction: The Environmental Services Committee has approved the application; it will now go before full Council next Thursday.
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Not sure I'd like the windfarm idea either. We have one about 2 hours from here. It's definitely an eyesore.
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We're at 42* here in my part of western Washington this morning. It poured rain all night but this morning the sun is shining, with just a slight breeze. The mid-west and east coast of the U.S. is really suffering. There are windfarms here and there in the U.S. I believe there's one out in the desert near the Palm Springs area of California near the home that Bob Hope occupied. I can see having one in a desolate area but not where you have to destroy a wildlife habitat. Those are disappearing fast enough anyway. Here in Washington we have the Grand Coulee Dam, but I feel our power rates are still very high, for the amount of power it creates. Linda in Washington state
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They are noisy contraptions Guido and unsightly. We have some here in the Lakes. The nearest I have been to them was a village near the coast at Barrow-in-Furness called Askham. I have seen others near Sedbergh just as you come off the M6 motorway and begin to come in towrds Kendal. They are enormous monstrosities! We have a thin covering of snow on the fells today. Jeanie
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