On Sunday, 27 March 2016 12:55:56 UTC+1, George Booth wrote:
On 27/03/2016 12:41, philgurr wrote:
"George Booth" wrote in message
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Wind turbines, plenty of them seen from here. Started counting one clear day, got to 80
and rather lost interest. They've certainly had a windy couple of years. The question is
what is their working life?

Planning applications usually give a working life of 20 years and some
are now already more than half-way through this. A more important
point is what happens when the 20 years is up? Will they be left as rusting
monuments or replaced by even larger turbines?

Phil
40 miles N. of Inverness



Thanks Phil. I was looking at the latest OS 1:50000 map of my 1970's
undergraduate mapping area between Loch Awe and Loch Fyne (nr Inveraray)
and guess what? - the An Suidhe Wind Farm with 23 turbines.

I suspect, given current thinking on power.
Perhaps fracking is the way to go for Scotland?

Coal deteriorates as natural gas so they had better hurry. I wonder why god put a more or less impervious cap on coal seams?

The problem with fracking is that it may cause earthquakes. Is that better than reducing the local massage effect, that strong winds have on land.

Sometimes I am amazed at the ability of morons to make decision or over-rule the better qualified. But usually I am not surprised by either.