Rampion Wind Farm

[GoldWithFalmer]

8 miles? I thought it was 2 (& was considering paddling out to it - if it was)

it's 2 honest,we will come with our youtube cameras in a show of support on your voyage..

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

I accept wind turbines but the do look awful,why white?

 

[Diego Napier]

They'll be the very same people who also campaign to eliminate Nuclear Power, Fracking, Coal power pollution, estuary tidal barrage generation and land based wind farms...... make of that what you will.

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The opponents of those diverse forms of energy generation have an equally diverse demography; very much not the same people.

 

[mune ni kamome]

I hate them, for me the view to sea is fanastical, imagining what's beyond the horizon, I used to like wandering across to SBS beach and relaxing for 30 mins just gazing out - The turbines put an end to that, just a personal view of course....

Seems to me the only view you get from Shoreham Beach these days is of Wind Surfers

 

[whitelion]

I accept wind turbines but the do look awful,why white?

Probably so they can be seen by shipping.

Yeas I do know they are the same colour on land - probably to make them visible.

 

[The Clamp]

it's 2 honest,we will come with our youtube cameras in a show of support on your voyage..

Its 13km/8.1 miles from shore.

Do people just pull figures out of thin air?


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampion_Wind_Farm

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Do people just pull figures out of thin air?

Keep it quiet,he/she ( [MENTION=26595]mothy[/MENTION] )thinks it's 2 miles

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Probably so they can be seen by shipping.

Yeas I do know they are the same colour on land - probably to make them visible.

Did not consider that,i suppose best keep them white.

 

[heathgate]

The opponents of those diverse forms of energy generation have an equally diverse demography; very much not the same people.

In a general sense, not precisely.

 

[golddene]

I accept wind turbines but the do look awful,why white?

My white facias, soffits, guttering etc always manages to attract the most green algae, should blend in nicely with the sea colour in a season or two.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

My hate of their progress is the white scar they have left across the South Downs where they have buried their cable without any sign of making good.

Which will be grassed over within twelve months

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

I accept wind turbines but the do look awful,why white?

In case bats collide with them

 

[attila]

Wind turbines are the future and look ace. Love the two near the Southwick Arm

 

[whitelion]

Wind turbines are the future and look ace. Love the two near the Southwick Arm

Ditto.

I can see them from my kitchen window near the top of Downsway.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Ditto.

I can see them from my kitchen window near the top of Downsway.

Ditto as well and I can see them from my office window.

 

[Boys 9d]

Which will be grassed over within twelve months

Probably the will do as fine a job as their rescue of the stranded digger off Worthing Beach.

 

[Brovion]

As much as I love the amex how anyone can say it enhances the downland will have to explain that hypothesis

On a much bigger scale it's the same way a trellis, a path and a nice water feature can enhance a garden. Most people (again not all) would think that having an overgrown bit of scrub outside their back door wouldn't look as nice as having a well-tended garden. On the stadium site if there were no buildings there it would just be a field, the same as countless others. My view is that the sympathetic design of the stadium enhances the surrounding downland: the setting makes the stadium look good and the stadium makes the surrounding downland look good. This is especially noticeable from a distance when you can really appreciate the curves. I wouldn't feel the same if it were an IKEA, or even a box-type stadium.

To stress, that's just my view, hopefully that's explained my hypothesis. Others I know think any building automatically detracts from the natural environment.

 

[Rod Marsh]

Pleased to see this. Will get up a lot quicker than the renewal of, e.g., Hinkley Point. Will also reduce our reliance on Putin's profligate gas. Renewables are producing a lot more of the energy mix than many credit.

What %? I'd be interested to know. Is it on the increase as a %?

 

[Stat Brother]

Which will be grassed over within twelve months

Which is a shame, they ought to tarmac it as it'll make a great cycle route.

 

[Machiavelli]

What %? I'd be interested to know. Is it on the increase as a %?

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_Kingdom

Portugal managed to produce 100% of their energy from renewables for a period of late.
Renewables are no longer a new technology, and are perhaps entering their teenage years (to continue the analogy), but they've made great strides and I suspect they'll continue to do so. What's key is what the political will is looking into the future. Fortunately on that front, the MP that I'm going to put an X by on my forthcoming ballot paper is right behind renewables, although I do recognise that others are not in that situation.