2025-10-15
What should we be using farmland for?
Growing food, or harvesting sunlight for power?
Which would we rather live without?
"Once operational, the site will generate enough renewable electricity for up to 300,000 homes when the sun is shining"
Sounds good. But the sun shines for less than half the day for half the year ...
"Opponents object to the destruction of farmland, the “industrialisation” of a quiet rural area and the loss of treasured landscapes"
Sounds bad.
But is it really either/or?
Can't we have food, landscapes, and power like we used to?
Not according to the climate doomsters whose predictions so far (ice-free arctic, NW York under water, no polar bears etc) have all failed dismally to materialise, or even to hint at materialising.
"The proposed Tillbridge Solar project would cover about 3,000 acres (1,214 hectares), making it larger than any existing solar farm in Britain"
A strong contender for the title "Miliband's Folly" then.
And how will all this power be made available in the hours of darkness which become so prevalent at this time of year? Will these acres of solar panels be sufficiently sturdy to survive our winter storms? And if not, how recyclable will these wrecked panels be? Will they have to repurpose the once-farmland to new land-fill to dispose of the wreckage?
Wouldn't a nice tidy SMR be the best choice all round, saving the farmland for food production, providing safe clean reliable power 24/7, and safeguarding our fabulous landscapes for our future appreciation and healthy recreational pursuits, and obviating the need for landfill?
The National Grid would like it too ...
I only ask because I suspect it's important to know ...
