BLUEMOMENT

There's some muttering about turning the abandoned Ardyne yard into a marina as part of a bigger redevelopment, including a ferry to Rothesay (or in some reports, turning the Wemyss Bay - Rothesay service into a triangular one). There's a bit about it, rather out of date, at http://forargyll.com/2009/09/ardyne-poi ... nt-issues/.

I can remember watching the Ardyne rigs being built, with the Queen of Scots taking workers across from Rothesay each morning. It's now, what, thirty years since they left.

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Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity - Hanlon's Razor
But don't rule out malice - First Corollary to Hanlon's Razor

IN the first 6 months of 2011 Germany generated 20.8 percent of all its electricity from renewable sources, according to the German Association of Energy and Water Industries. According to the report, wind power increased to 20.7 billion kilowatt hours, or about 7.5 percent of total usage, while biomass accounted for 5.6 percent and hydroelectric energy provided 3.3 percent. The most significant increase was for photovoltaic solar, which increased more than 76 percent since the first half of 2010, generating 3.5 percent of electricity production.

Germany's target is 35% from renewables by 2020.

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- Nick

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on the north german plain wind turbines were running pine trees a close second back in 2008

I wasn't proposing a solution.

It's a longterm problem.

Politicians don't look beyond the next election and staying in power so they do what's popular, they don't do longterm.

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Chiron: Westerly Centaur.
Cheers Bob.