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We need to get more interconnects between Scotland and England. They are building them, but in the sea which could be interesting with an annoyed Russia. Wind
by stuaxo 3y ago
We need to get more interconnects between Scotland and England.
They are building them, but in the sea which could be interesting with an annoyed Russia.
Wind farms were built at sea, on the surface because of nimbyism on land, but being ever cynical I think the real reason was to push the cost and difficulty up giving oil companies more time.
Later, during Liz Truss's short and disasterous tenure, just as solar panels were getting very cheap, even very low quality farm land was reclassified as a strategic asset for food to be grown on and no solar.
In what was possibly a distraction wind was now to be allowed on land (of course it's much less convenient to put up a wind turbine than to get some very cheap solar panels and that's before all the nimby groups, some of which get dark money funding).