Nil Wind Day
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Nil Wind Day
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 15 Jan 2012
For about the last three days the wind has been light or non-existent. I think this is the steam from the brewery, going almost straight up on a Sunday morning. What price your wind turbines now, Eck? You will still need backup power generating capacity for 100% of maximum demand on days like this, and on days when the winds are too strong and the turbines have to be stopped - or get damaged. (For the uninitiated, 'Eck' is a nickname for Scotland's First Minister Alec Salmond, whose government seems hellbent on subsidising big business to cover the entire country with wind turbines and power lines to provide 'green' energy.)
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Image Location
Latitude
55.935344
Longitude
-3.240372