RE: global warming
Gillyanne weighed in earlier on David Bellamy's opinion, well thought-out in the article we read then, that global warming from human activity was bunk. As for myself, he convinced me into a neutral stance.
In the news yesterday I read more of his views which just go to show how confusing the issue can be and how divided opinion can be...
News is that the Tories would in some ways change planning laws so that it wouldn't be so easy to put up wndmills and "ruin the countryside". Bellamy agrees saying, quote:
"The wind farms are not environmentally friendly. It is not green. It destroys landscapes, chops up birds. It chops up bats. Great chunks of concrete are put down into the floor."
Not green? Chops up BATS? Many of us will have seen how slowly they move. Bellamy doesn't understand that bats and birds can avoid that? Huge windmill farms may be unsightly, but I was recently in Denmark several times. In the areas I visited they didn't have "farms" - there were 3 here, 2 there, and especially given the flatness of the land, I found them immensely charming. Made the vista far more interesting. They are IMO lovely and peaceful in their quiet hum even right close up and touching. So it shows how opinion can differ. I love 'em.
I find this interesting beyond the present subject for it goes to show how we can react, Yeah Yeah! to an "expert" one day and then find him quite flawed the next. Always worth bearing in mind.
In Denmark locals can buy ownership of a nearby windmill, or have a financial tie in some way. It means as I understand it that all their power comes from that mill, or a few of them, so they are (am I right here?) not plugged into the national grid and without the same usual bills. Sounds great if I have that right - local power sources, no reliance on the broader grid, no pollution.
I've heard this opinion before that windmills of the modern kind are a blot on the landscape. I much disagree! Unless the UK would not follow the pleasant Danish example and there would be 20 or 30 altogether... the aesthetic effect would then be lost.
And while in Denmark found myself watching a foreign TV version of - Don Quixote. 😀
Venetian
RE: global warming
Hi David,
Well, I for one support the wind farms. We have to think about our planet and look towards renewable forms of energy. Even though I don't support the idea of man being responsible (or responsible in a minute way) for global warming, that doesn't negate the fact that we must learn to support ourselves by other means than fossil fuels. We have the technology, but the trouble is David, solar and wind energy is very expensive compared to regular forms of energy production. If a way around the huge cost of this could be found, I am sure that there'd be more uptake.
The wind farms are quite awesome, and that alone attracts me to them!
Love,
Patsy.
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RE: global warming
Yes, Patsy -
Even if man isn't altering the environment at all, the fact is that fossil fuels are going to run out and they pollute locally. For years I lived on one of the busiest streets in London. Just to walk out the door, the noise was worse than the fumes. I developed a "hatred" for the internal combustion engine. It's gotta go.
We read about many inventions of New Age energy - "energy from the invisible" - being suppressed. Cold fusion too, and many other such things. And occult accounts of such energy sources in the past. This is what we need to discover. In "A Dweller On Two Planets" by Phylos it's called 'the night side of nature'. A whole other realm of physics.
Venetian xxx
RE: global warming
After watching that programme about Time last night on BBC1 where they discussed the energy consumption in Las Vegas, I couldn't help but wonder why somewhere in the middle of the dessert couldn't be powered by solar energy ??
Sweetheart x
P.S. Just to add to the Daily Mail debate - my dad used to be an avid Mail reader until they interviewed him once. When the article was published they had made most of it up! 😉
RE: global warming
Hi Sweetheart,
I do believe that in some desert places, solar energy is being used.
We really will have to re-think our consumption of fossil fuels, and ultimately our lifestyles.
Love,
Patsy.
🙂