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Sacrificing Shetland’s precious peatlands for poor temporary climate solutions
« on: August 08, 2024, 06:36:12 am »
filed:  August 6, 2024 • Letters, Scotland
Sacrificing Shetland’s precious peatlands for poor temporary climate solutions
Credit:  Adrian Brockless · 5 August 2024 · shetnews.co.uk ~~

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The effect of such industrialisation on climate will be of less benefit than the preservation and restoration of a long-term efficient carbon sink such as peat bog.

Last month, Highlands and Islands MSP Rhoda Grant visited Shetland and described the Viking wind turbines as “pretty” alongside claiming that they are a temporary feature that can be taken down when climate change is beaten. She also said there needed to be a continuation of wind energy developments in Shetland.

Her words are an invitation to reflect on the obligation of our elected representatives to inform themselves of the facts and express themselves in ways that are consistent and do not invite false inference.

The charge of nimbyism (Not In My Back Yard) is frequently levelled against those who object to the location of wind farms. Indeed, Labour’s plans include defeating nimbyism as a dimension of their revival of onshore renewable energy developments.

https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/08/06/sacrificing-shetlands-precious-peatlands-for-poor-temporary-climate-solutions/
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Re: Sacrificing Shetland’s precious peatlands for poor temporary climate solutions
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2024, 12:03:08 pm »
Interesting.
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Re: Sacrificing Shetland’s precious peatlands for poor temporary climate solutions
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2024, 12:53:05 pm »
What hubris!  Climate Change will not be defeated by Man because there are forces greater than Man at work.
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