5 million Scottish trees felled for wind farms...........Millions of Scottish Terriers are deeply troubled.................
Posted on 01/02/2014 12:03:58 PM PST by george76
ONLY a fraction of Scottish forests felled to make way for wind farms have been replanted, figures show, sparking calls for a ban on new developments.
Forestry Commission statistics reveal that about five million trees – almost one for every person in Scotland – have been cut down to clear space for turbines in the past six years but less than a third of them have been replaced.
Of the 2,510 hectares stripped of woodland to make way for turbines since 2007, just 792 hectares were reforested after construction was completed.
The Scottish Conservatives, who obtained the figures through a Freedom of Information request, claimed the figures are evidence that the Scottish Government is “destroying nature” in a bid to meet its own climate targets, which aim for all the country’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2020.
MSP Murdo Fraser, energy spokesman for the party, said: “The SNP is so blindly obsessed with renewable energy that it doesn’t mind destroying another important environmental attribute to make way for it.
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All I can think of is when Rush plays the chainsaw audio in the background on his show.
There is nay such a thing as “Scottish’’. If one is from Bonnie Scotland one is a ‘’Scot’’. In plural, ‘’the Scots’’. The headline should read ‘’2 millions trees felled in Scotland..’’ etc. Do ye ken?
I remember riding through the Highlands in the late 1970’s noting how barren the hills were of trees. I went back in the late 1980’s and saw the fruits of an intense reforestation program. I can’t imagine the eco’s went ahead and nixed the new forests.
Groundskeeper Willie: Damn Scots!!!! They ruined Scotland!!!!!
Between the Luddites and the Liberals the world truly seems to be going to hell in a hand basket.
eco-insanity
do wind turbines absorb CO2?
Scottish barren hills are not very efficient carbon sinks eh?
“Between the Luddites and the Liberals the world truly seems to be going to hell in a hand basket.”
At least the basket will be cottage-crafted and ecologically sound.
Besides, the Liberals reckon we’re only going to heck!
Big mistake.
Some stewards these ‘green’ folks are..
Ask any bird if they’d rather be fried by solar or whancked by blade..
POlicy has consequences
Are ‘they’ blind? Or just myopic?
5 million Scottish trees felled for wind farms...........Millions of Scottish Terriers are deeply troubled.................
They will be quite efficient foot sinks...............
and I’m oot my face!
They can’t see the forest for the...........windmills.
These are not the frugal Scottish of my heritage!
They would NOT go to Hell for a half dollar if it cost $5.00 to get back.
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