YOU Wanted More CO2 To Further Your Agendas... You Got It

[AlleyCat]

CO² eaters are being chopped down to make way for things that pollute FAR more
than coal.

By 2050, Used Wind Turbine Blades Will Exceed 43 Million Tons Of Waste Every
Year

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/03/01/by-2050-used-wind-turbine-blades-will-
exceed-43-million-tons-of-waste-every-year/

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3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=clip&w=2048

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Solar panel waste is 300 times more toxic than nuclear waste, and its disposal
requires a costly and specialized method.

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1681795388897116161/pu/vid/720x720/futP2mN
ndSooaNGW.mp4?tag=12

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Scotland Chops Down 16 Million Trees To Develop Wind Farms

Almost 16 million trees have been chopped down on publicly owned land in
Scotland to make way for wind farms, an SNP minister had admitted amid a major
drive to erect more turbines.

Mairi Gougeon, the Rural Affairs Secretary, estimated that 15.7 million trees
had been felled since 2000 in land that is currently managed by agency Forestry
and Land Scotland (FLS) - the equivalent of more than 1,700 per day.

She insisted there was a planning presumption in favour of protecting woodland
and wind farm developers would be expected to undertake "compensatory planting
elsewhere".

But Liam Kerr, a Scottish Tory MSP, said the public would be "astonished" at
the total and cited concerns about the developments that had been raised with
him "by communities all over the country."

Scotland already has turbines theoretically capable of generating 8.4GW of
power, well over half the UK's total, but SNP ministers want to add a further
8-12GW.

Protections for unspoiled wild land watered down

Their latest planning framework relaxes controls on building more turbines,
with protections for unspoiled wild land watered down.

The John Muir Trust, a conservation charity, has warned the new threshold for
allowing wind farm companies to build turbines on wild land is so low that it
appears impossible for them not to meet it.

The SNP wind power target also includes replacing existing turbines that may be
coming to the end of their working life with even taller and larger versions, a
process called "repowering".

It emerged earlier this year that some developers want to erect turbines up to
850 feet tall, the equivalent of more than 60 double decker buses.

In a letter to Mr Kerr, dated July 13, Ms Gougeon said the equivalent of around
7,858 hectares of trees had been chopped down to make way for wind farms since
2000.

With an average of 2,000 trees per hectare, she said: "This gives an estimated
total of 15.7 million trees which have been felled in order to facilitate
windfarm development."

The minister added: "Removal should only be permitted where it would achieve
significant and clearly defined additional public benefits.
'Developers must provide compensatory planting'

"Where woodland is removed in association with development, developers will
generally be expected to provide compensatory planting in order to avoid a net
loss of woodland."

She said many of the felled trees will have been "replanted on site" or
replaced elsewhere, and the vast majority were part of a commercial crop that
would have been chopped down anyway "at the end of their rotation".

But Mr Kerr, a North East MSP, said: "Most people will be astonished to see the
number of trees cut down to make way for wind farms.

"I've been contacted many times by rural communities all over the country
questioning the location of these developments, sharing legitimate concerns not
just about the visual impact but also damage to wildlife and business. Now we
learn there's significant damage when it comes to trees."

He said ministers "must be alive" to the "significant costs" that could be
incurred with the siting of wind farms.

FLS said it had planted more than 500 million trees since 2000 and the quantity
felled for wind farms equated roughly to its annual harvesting programme.

A spokesman said: "Renewable energy generated from wind farms is a key element
in Scotland's response to the climate emergency and the shift towards net zero
and the infrastructure on land that we manage generates enough power for
600,000 homes."

Morag Watson, director of policy at trade body Scottish Renewables said: "The
volatile price of imported gas has left energy consumers suffering some of the
highest prices in living memory, alongside a climate emergency which means
cutting the amount of carbon we emit as quickly as possible.

"Building new wind farms - the cheapest form of power generation - tackles both
problems at once."

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July... so hot!

Record Cold Argentina

Mammoth Snowpack Still 500% Above Average

Record Cold Siberia

Antarctica Plunges To -80.5C (-112.9F)

Swings Between Extremes In South America

Mid-July Snow In British Columbia

"Where Has The Summer Gone?" Asks BBC Weather

Utah's Historically Cold 2023

Anomalous Cold Engulfs Japan

4ft Of Summer Snow Strands Trekkers In Northern India

"Extreme Cold" Strikes Tanzania

Ekurhuleni Residents Urged To "Use Electricity Sparingly" During SA Freeze

Aussie Snowfields Celebrate Healthy Dumpings

Cool U.S.

Best California Rafting In 40-Years Thanks To Historic Snowpack And Cold Spring

Snow Pile Remains At MSP Airport

Southern Africa Is Still Freezing

Moscow's Year Without A Summer

Southern Africa Freezes, Rare Snowfall Hits Johannesburg

Summer Snows Slam Northern India, Effort Underway To Rescue 300 Trapped
Tourists

Millions Of Aussies Hit By "Brutal Cold Snap"

Summer Snow In Skardu, Pakistan

Cold Junes For Turkey, Slovakia, Serbia & Bermuda

Record-Snowy Winter Raises Great Salt Lake

Yosemite's Tioga Road STILL Closed Due To Snow

Cool Junes For Pakistan, Fiji And The United States

Record Lows Sweep Northern U.S.

Coldest Fourth Of Julys Ever Up North

Moose Jaw Breaks 105-Year-Old Low Temperature Record

Below-Average June For Eastern Europe

Millions Of Aussies To Be Hit By "Brutal Cold Snap"

Yosemite Glaciers Post Record Snowfall

Models Corn Belt Warming Fail

Cold Sets In Across South Africa, Snow Too

California's "Deadly Cold" Rivers

[Bret Cahill]

They goona lock Trump up and throw away the key!

Time to git yet guns and shoot them Markisk groomers.

Mess wif the deep state at yer own pearl.