Stop whingeing about wind farms

In this month's National Geographic magazine, there is an article explaining the great resource the world has in the sun's energy. You would think that sunnier countries like the US and southern Europe would lead the way in the development of solar power, and whilst Spain is up there, it is in fact Germany that is the world leader in using this form of energy.
Germany is not the sunniest place in the world, and yet its successive Governments have created incentives to companies and private households which make installing and using solar power competitive against fossil fuels.
Unfortunately until Mr Obama arrived on the scene, the US in particular had neglected opportunities to use the Sun 's power to help save the planet. Apparently the new administration is trying to reduce use of fossil fuels by 25% over the next 20 years.
Here in the UK we have a different challenge. Whilst Germany has its share of rainfall, it is also a large country with vast areas away from the coast enjoying good sunshine in the Summer months. I don't think Britain would be able to harness enough solar energy to make it a viable proposition.
Which brings me to the title of this blog! We are an island nation sat (with Ireland) alongside the Atlantic Ocean. It is often windy and of course there is potential to use tidal and wave power too. Let's embrace the idea of wind farms! They may be a little unsightly, and I presume there is a good deal of disturbance on the ground when a 'farm' is being built. However, I would imagine the impact on fauna and flora is minimal thereafter. We can site farms on hillsides and off the coast. There is plenty of space to go at. If we don't adapt to change, the coast may meet the hillside sooner than we think!
Roger

Bullish attitude

All good bloggers take regular holidays - ours was four months - so apologies for that.

Now back and reading today about Red Bull's 'clipped wings' by the Environment Agency for failing to recover or recycle packaging waste. Their public pilloring is a timely reminder that compliant you must be and even if you 'give yourself up' to the environmental police, not taking this stuff seriously in good time will be harshly viewed. It is especially damning as we ordinary people are trying so hard to recycle. The brand's significantly invested strapline also gets used against them in a gift to headline writers and compounds the injury. These are testing times for the brand. Hopefully there will be enough goodwill in the bank to draw down on and some brains around head office to work out the quickest recovery route. Mea culpa will not get them off the hook that easily - it shows a wider disregard for one of the world's hottest topics. Get your act together Red Bull.
Sue