Let’s talk some sense
by turbinetastic People fear change. Those who fear it the most are perhaps the ones with the most to lose; those who have benefitted from the status quo. Worst of all, perhaps, is the fact that those...
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It’s all in the spin
by turbinetastic One thing about windy weather is that it keeps wind farms in the news. It continues to amaze me how obvious newspapers can be in picking the stories that reflect the particular views...
View ArticleIt’ll never work
by turbinetastic I see so often on anti-wind opinion pieces a variation on the theme of “it’ll never work”. It might be “wind power will never work” or “we’ll have blackouts if we rely too heavily on...
View ArticleHeartland Institute Fiasco – another take
by turbinetastic If I ask you what colour the sky was, you’d say blue. If I asked what colour it was right now where you are, the only way for you to answer correctly would be to go and look. That’s...
View ArticleElectric cars in Glasgow
by turbinetastic Transport is one of the cornerstones of the modern world. Fast, convenient transportation has allowed us to live and work at very different locations, offering us the ability to live...
View ArticleThe End Of Oil
by turbinetastic I’m tired. It’s been busy at work lately, and busy at home, and that’s part of the reason why. But really I’m tired of seeing the same conversation played out over and over again. It...
View ArticleAre we serious about climate change?
by turbinetastic Imagine we lived in a world where climate change was an established fact, politically as well as scientifically. Governments believed it was a serious mid-term threat to our climate...
View ArticleResource analysis
by turbinetastic Wind farms are pretty different to prior large-scale generating technology. A big way that they’re different is that we, as users, can’t choose ourselves how much fuel they need to...
View ArticleGeeks and wind power
by turbinetastic I’m starting to get really worried about the wind industry. I think it’s an important industry, for several reasons: It brings jobs to Scotland, even in a time of recession, It allows...
View ArticleAn Honest Objection
by turbinetastic Firstly, I’d like to draw your attention to the following blog on the Guardian’s site: Why there’s only one honest objection to wind farms. I have been forming much the same opinion...
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