Just a small point Paul: an estimated 15.7 million to over 17 million trees were felled in Scotland between 2000 and 2024 to make way for wind farm developments, primarily on land managed by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS). The space is there, it's just a question of do you want to ship composite non-recyclable windmills from dirty energy China across the world, chop down millions of trees, use huge amounts of concrete to embed them, run diesel generators to start them up and use large amounts of oil to keep them going and then landfill them, or, have a 100% natural carbon cycle with the trees. My vote goes with the trees and local fossil fuels and nuclear for the energy.
Most politics is a little team game event, "ok Surrey Tories, we're playing the Basingstoke Labour Party this week, go in hard on inflation." Thucydides reported far more rational debates around the Peloponnesian War than anything we see in our modern Parliaments.
If you want my view of the clergy then you need do no more than watch Father Ted.
Just a small point Paul: an estimated 15.7 million to over 17 million trees were felled in Scotland between 2000 and 2024 to make way for wind farm developments, primarily on land managed by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS). The space is there, it's just a question of do you want to ship composite non-recyclable windmills from dirty energy China across the world, chop down millions of trees, use huge amounts of concrete to embed them, run diesel generators to start them up and use large amounts of oil to keep them going and then landfill them, or, have a 100% natural carbon cycle with the trees. My vote goes with the trees and local fossil fuels and nuclear for the energy.
It’s a shame the SNP oppose nuclear. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3e0vdye900o
Most politics is a little team game event, "ok Surrey Tories, we're playing the Basingstoke Labour Party this week, go in hard on inflation." Thucydides reported far more rational debates around the Peloponnesian War than anything we see in our modern Parliaments.
That does seem to be how Richard Tice approaches it. Scoring political points trumps scientific accuracy.
Paul, it's how all of them approach it. Do you really think Red Ed Milliband has a deep appreciation of climate science or an honest bone in his body?