Record cut in Scotland's carbon emissions

[BlasterBates]

...and guess who's paying for it

Who pays for Scotlands renewables

[Jeebo72]

Why is Scotland polluting the atmosphere just to export electricity to England?


I like windmills and to suggest Scotland is ruined by them is moronic. Scotland is a very large (relatively) and very empty place. This is like complaining a national park is too busy because most people never go more than 500m from their car, while the other 99% of the park is virtually deserted.

I spend a lot of time in the remote areas of Scotland walking and climbing and they are a blight...to me. No need for the "moronic" comment unless you're still in the play ground and unable to put a reasoned debate.

[Jeebo72]

Sometimes you can't see the landscape at all:




London air pollution 'worst in Europe'

And? Is that what you'd like to see in Glencoe? Should we just rape the beautiful Scottish landscape to build wind farms, factories and housing? It wouldn't be my choice anyway.

[scooterscot]

...and guess who's paying for it

Who pays for Scotlands renewables

And the railways and the banks etc...

[Batcher]

I spend a lot of time in the remote areas of Scotland walking and climbing and they are a blight...to me. No need for the "moronic" comment unless you're still in the play ground and unable to put a reasoned debate.

I actually find them quite mesmerising and peaceful. The first time I saw them was driving through France on holiday years ago and they set up picnic areas around them for rest breaks.

There are more requests for windfarms turned down than approved in Scotland and as I posted about last week, 107% of electricity required for homes was generated in November.

[d000hg]

I spend a lot of time in the remote areas of Scotland walking and climbing and they are a blight...to me. No need for the "moronic" comment unless you're still in the play ground and unable to put a reasoned debate.

Maybe you should choose parts which aren't blighted then, they hardly cover the majority of the landscape even though some would like them to.

[Zero Liability]

Assuming there were an economic case for them... But if you can force others to bear their cost and at the same time ruin the landscape with them, well what's not to love?

[EternalOptimist]

Assuming there were an economic case for them... But if you can force others to bear their cost and at the same time ruin the landscape with them, well what's not to love?

The main case for then, as per Scootersnots link, is that they reduce Carbon dioxide emissions.
So what ?

there is no link between CO2 in the atmosphere and temperatures, the divergence between the models and reality is becoming impossible to ignore. The theory is deceased, gorn to meet its maker. bereft of life its shuffled off it's mortal coil

[Jeebo72]

Maybe you should choose parts which aren't blighted then, they hardly cover the majority of the landscape even though some would like them to.

Actually you're a moron. The point is there's more and more taking up the land and destroying beautiful countryside so less places to go. Sure it's not the majority of land right now but that's not the point. I'm not happy to wait til it's the majority of the landscape. Anyway, no point debating this with people who only ever live on a computer.

[original PM]

oh look some facts