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dissolving Feb 21, 2013 14:12:46
Replying to moss

moss wrote:
as archaeological remains have been trawled from the sea over the years mesolithic finds have come to light, it was reduced to an island about 5000 bc, so whether there were prehistoric stones there I do not know.
Yes, I was reading about mesolithic archaeology the other day and just how much settlement evidence there may be that is now under the North Sea, the area of the land bridge etc. It's fascinating.

As regards impact, accepting that it's probably sensible to aim to generate less C02 - which I do, for a lot of reasons - then if it's a choice between Wind Turbines and Nuclear Waste buried under the Lake District, I guess I'd go for Wind Turbines. (if there was some sort of archaelogical protocol in place as well I guess). Wind turbines could hopefully at least be dismantled one day, unlike nuclear waste.
Perhaps that isn't the choice, though.
As an interim at least, though, I am always inclined to err on the side of 'renewables' rather than anything else. (ie Nuclear which is touted as the 'clean' alternative). I do have a big problem with Nuclear power/weapons/waste the whole toxic circle that comes with that. I don't think wind turbines look that bad a few on a hill above a village in North Wales, for example, if that power's going to the village - and they stand for non-polluting power. I dunno. They do have an impact, undoubtedly, it's not ideal any way, really.

If in these cases it's more a question shifting the turbines to where they'd have less of a impact (on archaelogical evidence in the sea, out of sight alignments with the circle) then I totally support that.

L Littlestone
Littlestone Feb 21, 2013 17:09:07
Replying to dissolving

Hi dissolving...

Yup, I agree with everything you say, especially when you say if it’s a choice, “...between Wind Turbines and Nuclear Waste buried under the Lake District, I guess I'd go for Wind Turbines. (if there was some sort of archaeological protocol in place as well I guess). Wind turbines could hopefully at least be dismantled one day, unlike nuclear waste.”

Trouble with wind turbines though is that they’re not as environmentally friendly as they might seem (at least constructing them isn’t) nor are they very reliable. What I’d really like to see is TSGs (Tidal Stream Generators) though definitely not ones like that proposed for the Severn Estuary.

Out of sight, totally predictable as to when they generate energy, and totally reliable (other than due to mechanical failure) to do it. Plus the fact that we’re surrounded by a clean resource to produce that energy – water.