tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post116047384984129733..comments2023-10-01T16:53:17.274+01:00Comments on Cicero's Songs: Energy securityCicerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-1160565026531405022006-10-11T12:10:00.000+01:002006-10-11T12:10:00.000+01:00Not much to disagree with here- standing up to ves...Not much to disagree with here- standing up to vested interests used to be called leadership- a quality in short supply right now.Cicerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-1160560152523883662006-10-11T10:49:00.000+01:002006-10-11T10:49:00.000+01:00I'm afraid the NIMBY attitude is alive and well in...I'm afraid the NIMBY attitude is alive and well in Scotland as well. I recall proposals for a massive wind farm on Lewis meeting stiff opposition despite what I thought was a fairly generous deal being on offer to residents. More generally building wind farms in windy often remote areas requires a means to transport that energy to where it's needed. The campaign against the building of this infrastructure is well established with some big name backers. Their solution is for the electricity to be transported underground further erroding the economic viability of the farms.<BR/><BR/> Most of the opposition to wind farms and the electricity infrastructure to support them are basically asthetic. Concerns over noise and eyesores in scenic areas all seem petty to me when set against global warming and the potentially spiralling costs of energy. There are some genuine enviromental concerns in the threat posed to bird life but it cannot be beyond the wit of man to find a way to mitigate that.<BR/><BR/> Whatever government is in office they need to have the courage to stand up to NIMBYs everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com