Although I suspect many with no skin in the game will disagree I can understand why people object to having windfarms near them. They are visually intrusive and dominating, noisy and because of the amount of energy and oil used in the production of all the concrete and ongoing lubrication and start-up, they are not as environmentally efficient as people think.
However, I don’t see how people could be against solar farms, they are relatively non-intrusive and produce hardly any noise. Unlike windfarms sites do not require a massive amount of concrete for a foundation and they can be put up relatively quickly with much of the assembly being done off-site.
FatHomey on
Any chance we could get some sort of housing plan that would do the same?
TheStoicNihilist on

Sharp_Fuel on
Cool, now do the same for housing & transport infrastructure
AnT-aingealDhorcha40 on
Tommy Tiernan is raging 😤
InfectedAztec on
I propose we put the next windfarm just behind Tommy tiernans house.
jd2300 on
Tommy Tiernan punching the air rn
Redditforgoit on
IYBYY, ‘In your backyard, yes.’
rossitheking on
Common sense winning out? Wonderful. They still need to completely strip out vast tracts of over-regulation out of the planning process across Ireland where building is concerned.
Hyper-capitalism is bad. We cannot cater for everyone nor should we try to.
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Anything to curb the NIMBYism in this country.
Although I suspect many with no skin in the game will disagree I can understand why people object to having windfarms near them. They are visually intrusive and dominating, noisy and because of the amount of energy and oil used in the production of all the concrete and ongoing lubrication and start-up, they are not as environmentally efficient as people think.
However, I don’t see how people could be against solar farms, they are relatively non-intrusive and produce hardly any noise. Unlike windfarms sites do not require a massive amount of concrete for a foundation and they can be put up relatively quickly with much of the assembly being done off-site.
Any chance we could get some sort of housing plan that would do the same?

Cool, now do the same for housing & transport infrastructure
Tommy Tiernan is raging 😤
I propose we put the next windfarm just behind Tommy tiernans house.
Tommy Tiernan punching the air rn
IYBYY, ‘In your backyard, yes.’
Common sense winning out? Wonderful. They still need to completely strip out vast tracts of over-regulation out of the planning process across Ireland where building is concerned.
Hyper-capitalism is bad. We cannot cater for everyone nor should we try to.
And why not housing?
Great news