Author Archives: Dougal Quixote

Minutes of Meeting held on Thursday 1st February 20234at Beauly Bowls Club starting at 7.30pm. Apologies: Cllr. Chris Balance, Cllr. David Fraser Present: Steve Byford, Duncan Fraser, Mary Graham, Mark Hedderwick, Andy Fraser, Iain Stewart. Graham Mackay, John Graham(secretary), Cllr. … Continue reading →

I find it impossible to write about wind farms now, not that there isn’t much to write but because there is so much. We have Scottish Government, The Highland Council, Westminster, National Grid, Ofgem, the new Energy Infrastructure Tsar(sorry Commissioner), … Continue reading →

For those not immediately in their path they may be able to live with the pylons but not the expansion of wind farms to cover every hill and not the substations and battery storage that trails in the pylons wake. … Continue reading →

I was amazed to discover that despite every tom, dick and harry being consultees for any Battery Storage facility, which have a record of catching fire, the SFRS(Scottish Fire and Rescue Service) are not consultees and whereas with a building … Continue reading →

SSEN use Gas insulated transformers in their substations the gas is sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). It is a man made gas, a greenhouse gas. Here is a snippet from the National Grid website … ‘SF6 is one of the most potent … Continue reading →

Well I think everyone is aware of SSEN expansion with literally hundreds of miles of 400Kv overhead lines in the mix let alone the substations at Keith and Fenallen which will cover the area of 29 football pitches. Have no … Continue reading →

I apologise if I start at the end but I think that is a good place to see where you are going to: Concluding remarks Hilmar Freiherr von Münchhausen, German Wildlife Foundation This paper, produced by the Global Warming Policy … Continue reading →

It would seem that May’s Net Zero speech has been seen as a green light to the Wind Farm Developers. These recent applications are massive or extensions to extensions for already massive wind farms. They are certain they are pushing … Continue reading →

Educated opinions challenge the Political Dogma of Climate and yet we hear far too few of them. The Political Dogma fuelled by the fanatiscm and religious fervour of The Extinction Rebellion Faith will create a growth of wind energy the … Continue reading →

A great post from Wind Energy’s Absurd.  It is great that such as GWPF (The Global Warming Policy Foundation), WEA and Scotland Against Spin collate and research the truth behind the wind industry. When we are faced by the trade bodies … Continue reading →

The political machinations between the wind industry and the government run deep. Pie in the Sky Salmond promised us a Saudi Arabia of wind. Paul Wheelhouse and Nicola Sturgeon promised deals to generate 130,000 jobs in Scotland. Funny, haven’t we … Continue reading →

A Discussion has been instigated by Doug Brodie of Nairn with the wannabee PMs and I make no apology for printing it. The drive behind wind energy is based on the Climate philosophy of a group of interested political ‘charities’ … Continue reading →

THERE is nothing to be gained from decarbonising to help the climate but vast resources and money would be lost, for no useful return. It seems that Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace protesters, Tory Party leadership candidates and many worried people … Continue reading →

Arguments against alleged man-made global warming and its impossible so-called solution It is hard to understand why any rational person would be in thrall to the politically-contrived theory of alleged dangerous man-made global warming when the alleged problem remains unproven … Continue reading →

No, I am not talking about climate cataclysm, extinction rebellion or climate emergency. I am talking about the elevation of Boris to Prime Minister. In 2013, as Mayor of London he declared wind and solar an abomination. Last week he … Continue reading →

Arguments against a net-zero emissions policy Believers in alleged dangerous man-made climate change are so blinkered by their obsession that they simply don’t see that their absurdly over-hyped cause is hurtling towards a humiliating collision with reality. Climate-obsessed politicians are … Continue reading →

As we are often called Climate Deniers for challenging the rubbish that comes from so many I would like to introduce a new term for those that follow the Extinction mantra – the ignorati (The wilfully ignorant; those who choose … Continue reading →

Does it not strike you as strange that the mother of this Climate child has already written a book and will make millions from it if the promotion of her daughter goes to plan. Seeing CO2 and being believed by … Continue reading →

An element of confusion here. Last week SSE announced OFGEM’s approval of the undersea Western Isles connector but today OFGEM announce they are not minded to approve the £600m line for only two windfarms. Now we do know that there … Continue reading →