I apologise for not posting last night. I decided not to do so out of respect for a family situation that I don’t want to talk about here.
Hi Steve,
As I read Gilbert’s Letter VII, it made me think about a land use today that causes controversy, perhaps not as serious as in his time, but enough to make people really quite angry. When we go on trips anywhere near Stubbington, on the by-pass, you can’t avoid seeing the solar farm. For me, this highlights one of those issues around land use.
I like Pylons. The way they march across the countryside, not really interfering with farming activities, even when they are in the middle of a field used for agriculture, is to me quite grand.
Solar farms on the other hand, feel different. They don’t give me the same comfortable feeling as pylons. Solar farms consume agricultural land at the expense of food production. This jars with me. But food or electricity, both are essential today. Do we just have to live with it?
Perhaps someone, somewhere, is pioneering a Solar Farm Appreciation Society? Unlike the Pylon Appreciation Society, I won’t be joining that one.
All The Best
Bill.
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