I have just spent the past half hour or so watching the blades slowly and hypnotically turn against a bright horizon. It’s a thing of beauty.
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[Misc] The wind farm off Brighton
- Thread starter Herr Tubthumper
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LamieRobertson
Not awoke
I quite like roses (and the chocolates)
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
Clean energy from elegant machines. Lovely isn't it?
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Elegant? Never would have thought they were that ...useful yeh
- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,773
And it's magic
Some days, it looks really clear and like it's a few yards off the beach
Some days, it's gone completely
(Probably downloading data in Southwick Tunnel)
Some days, it looks really clear and like it's a few yards off the beach
Some days, it's gone completely
(Probably downloading data in Southwick Tunnel)
Nixonator
Well-known member
A blight polluting the views from our shoreline, and a drop in the ocean in terms of growing energy concerns which can only be (and will be) solved by fusion.
TheJasperCo
Well-known member
Were energy bills meant to have fallen as a result of this wind farm? Asking for a friend.
VAL1850
Well-known member
I like the red lights at night
drew
Drew
Are you currently working on a cold fusion reactor then? When it's here, then great, but in the meantime lets continue to use natural renewable resources.
The farm is supposed to provide power for about 350k households and there were about 121k households in Brighton and Hove at the time of the 2011 census.
I quite enjoy seeing them whenever I drive down Snakey Hill. I've always considered them a thing of wonderment but have never made up my mind whether they blight the shoreline although I have questioned it. They're probably no more a blight on the shoreline than a fleet of yachts crossing the horizon. And there's plenty of shoreline where they are not in your immediate line of vision.
They have quite a futuristic sci-fi quality about them. Just imagine them as a fleet of alien waterbound spacecraft landed on our shore. And they come in peace.
They have quite a futuristic sci-fi quality about them. Just imagine them as a fleet of alien waterbound spacecraft landed on our shore. And they come in peace.
Wrong-Direction
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- Mar 10, 2013
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Bills for everything only ever increase so what's the effing point !?
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worthingseagull123
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- May 5, 2012
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They are pretty ugly. Lets be honest
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I have no idea. I don’t see why they would; I think the idea is to replace other sources with renewables.
Stoned again.
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See my original post.
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Are you stoned as well?
I remember Pons and Fleischman. That went well.
Mate of mine got a job there and his tractor sank.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,289
nope. renewables are more expensive than burning coal and gas, and subsidised through our bills. there's no secret about this, moving to renewables will cost us more, unless we greatly reduce consumption too. its improving, especially more recent wind that use better generators without gearboxes (so can generate power more of the time), though unlikely to ever be as cheap fossils.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,886
Yes, and a no-fishing zone for trawlers too as a bonus.