14m trees have been cut down in Scotland to make way for wind farms (2020)
heraldscotland.com
heraldscotland.com
Particularly telling is that the site neglected to copy over this paragraph:
> “The figure for trees felled for windfarm development on Scotland’s forests and land, as managed by FLS, over the past 20 years is 13.9 million. However, it should be noted that these trees – being a commercial crop – will have eventually have been felled and passed into the timber supply chain in any case.”
Basically the same bullshit that we saw in Germany with Tesla's factory in Brandenburg which was also set on the site of a wood farm... just as here, the far-right conveniently ignored this aspect when whining "don't you care about these trees????".
[1] https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18270734.14m-trees-cut-s...
I mean it’s not wrong. Have you read Klaus’s books? He is pretty open about the new era he wants to usher via the WEF.
For real?
> Have you read Klaus’s books? He is pretty open about the new era he wants to usher via the WEF.
I'm no fan of either Schwab or the WEF but to lump them in with fascism is just plain nuts.
Personally, I'm more afraid of that and the consequences (e.g. the current Russian invasion of Ukraine and the looming threat of Chinese expansionism, or the very real threat of yet another pandemic, not to mention climate change) instead of a guy who's running a fancy meetup.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10546071/Millions-...
Meanwhile, a survey under Telegraph readers has seen them overwhelmingly support renewables. Yes, trees are being cut down to make room for windmills, but there are also trees being replanted (but not enough, yet). Most windparks are sited away from woodlands, because woodlands tend to have turbulent wind. But access roads to windparks are another matter and this is where a large amount of this logging comes from, besides trees that would have been logged regardless of whether windparks would be built.
Finally, Scotland has over 1.6 million acres of forestland, to put that figure a bit into perspective.
- players in the 'tidal' renewable space are excellent at consuming subsidies, not so good at making (net) power
- tidal installations designed to work for a decade typically work for a few weeks, months at best without on site repairs or outright failure
- moving water carries momentum to the point that it is a very fine line between power extraction and equipment failure
- salt water under pressure is a hostile environment
Making a wind turbine with a nacelle a good 75 meters above the sea live under those conditions is already pretty hard. Doing the same with an immersed generator below the surface of the sea is extremely hard. I've yet to see a tidal energy installation that I found credible, and besides, the real movement in the tides is only a few hours per day at best. Yes, there is energy in the tides. Lots of it. But it's hard to harvest economically, and if it were the only option I'd say keep trying, but we have better and cheaper options already.