Hello Wim, I'm glad that it was of interest to you and this old rock is okay, but the weather leaves much to be desired and the link below shows one part of Shetland where many windmills are being built and they are being built in several areas. In my opinion, the land is being raped by that industry as many thousands of tons of peat have been removed so that roads can be built and the infrastructure put in, all of that activity has caused great disruption to the wildlife and it has also caused pollution and our electricity bills have never been higher.
Modern times! I remember all these people years ago protesting against nuclear energie. Now nature is destroyed on a massive scale, and they keep shut... Nuclear energie is not perfect, but they made huge profits (that could have been used to find solutions for the nuclear waste problem). Windmills are heavily subsidised as they make big losses (but hey, it is "clean energy"!). Slowly but steadily mankind is destroying its own habitat but the happy few are making huge profits on the way there!
Hello Wim, those are good points and in my opinion, the wind farm industry has caused more damage to these islands than the oil industry has, the oil and gas terminals etc., are all in the Sullom Voe area, but those massive windmills are located in many areas and they usually only last for about 20 years and that is with constant maintenance and the severe weather here will probably shorten that time.
Very interesting bird life on the Shetland Islands.When I was a boy of 16 I was in an onithological club.
Many birds come here to breed and raise their young and then we get what are called blow ins, they arrive with the gales and are glad to find land to rest on and to get some food, there are often rare birds amongst the blow ins.
I spent some time watching these videos about this beautiful country and the people who live there. I am very impressed by how wonderful the place is and full of admiration for those people who live and work hard there. Thank you very much for sharing.
