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A member of Bunschotens Christian Workers Party complained about the bright red lights on top of wind turbines. They called it a "big red brothel". After a €10
by systemtest 3y ago
A member of Bunschotens Christian Workers Party complained about the bright red lights on top of wind turbines. They called it a "big red brothel".
After a €100.000 investment they now have a radar+transponder system that shuts the lights off when there isn't an airplane nearby.
- konschubert 3y agoMandatory soon in Germany as well.
- MrGilbert 3y agoI think it's already mandatory for new wind turbines, and there is a grace period for older ones. Source [German]: https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Beschlusskammern/1_GZ/BK6-GZ/2020/BK6-20-207/BK6-20-207_beschluss_bdb.html https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Beschlusskammern/1_GZ/BK...
- vasco 3y agoIf they think there's no airplane nearby. A light works every time, for any flying vehicle regardless of transponders on planes being enabled for example.
- skrebbel 3y agoTIL there actually is a “Christian Workers Party” in the Netherlands but it only operates in Bunschoten
- systemtest 3y agoIt is very typical for municipalities to have political parties that only operate locally. The Christelijke Arbeiders Partij was founded in 1956 for the Bunschoten municipal elections. At the time the only people that could be elected were tradespeople, fishermen and farmers. Workers were put in unelectable positions by the elite. The CAP was founded out of dissatisfaction with this.
- skrebbel 3y agoSure but these days most of them are called stuff like "Bunschoten Vooruit" or "Dorpsbelang Spakenburg", not "Christian Labourers Party" right :)