tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post5241707701432552841..comments2024-02-17T21:46:12.329+00:00Comments on A Gurn from Nurn: Expect daily abnormal wide load convoys on A96 through Nairn - Mon-Sat, Jan 7th to 8th March around 09.45 or 10.45 a.m.Graisghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-73362818191539009782013-01-07T15:54:05.707+00:002013-01-07T15:54:05.707+00:00Where there's 'energy' there's br...<br />Where there's 'energy' there's brass<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444032404578008183300454400.html<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20249003<br /><br />http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Solar-farms-subsidy-cut-new-proposals/story-12384840-detail/story.html<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-20444648<br /><br />APTSechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994574392753622144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-6177541069804743182013-01-06T18:56:24.301+00:002013-01-06T18:56:24.301+00:00I'm always disheartened when I see the armchai...I'm always disheartened when I see the armchair politicians type away citing the "powers that be" and the such like in their critique of the way an issue has been handled or not<br />Renewable jobs are coming to Nigg. On the back of that I wouldn't be surprised to see that Whiteness Head is also kicked back into life.<br />Yes, renewable subsides can be reduced overnight but so Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-91315632973161437162013-01-05T22:50:42.581+00:002013-01-05T22:50:42.581+00:00@ eyes wide open
Like many people I doubt if you ...@ eyes wide open<br /><br />Like many people I doubt if you know all the missed opportunities.<br /><br />Go back to to around 2000 and there were people wanting to put a big film studio there but Highland Council were wanting to develop the old Craig Dunain Hospital.<br />Then there was the "incinerator" and combined waste from energy plant. But various groups put the brakes on that. D.Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-76050088156986041842013-01-05T20:53:56.029+00:002013-01-05T20:53:56.029+00:00If theres any jobs coming up in Ardersier can i be...If theres any jobs coming up in Ardersier can i be the first to apply for one. Lets hope if they do its not a job for the boys?.Yosser Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-58759141343989957482013-01-05T20:07:11.583+00:002013-01-05T20:07:11.583+00:00@Dross
Heavy industry left our shores due to chea...@Dross<br /><br />Heavy industry left our shores due to cheaper manufacturing costs abroad<br /><br />In the face of that the Whiteness Head attempts to convert the site into a leisure/housing complex seemed positive at the time, indeed up until the current recession hit<br /><br />To blame business people for not foreseeing a change in costs and viability of producing renewables on theses shoreseyes wide opennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-48518464820930246782013-01-05T19:15:22.132+00:002013-01-05T19:15:22.132+00:00"It would be far better if the roads were bei..."It would be far better if the roads were being blocked by parts for new nuclear power stations wouldn't it."<br /><br />Funny , because there is a guy called George Monbiot who used to say things like that............but he seems to have been on his way to Damascus, when he was 'converted'.<br /><br />Spurtlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-22437958482767792692013-01-05T16:54:09.389+00:002013-01-05T16:54:09.389+00:00@ eyes wide open 1:46pm
Fully aware of what is pl...@ eyes wide open 1:46pm<br /><br />Fully aware of what is planned for the old rig yard and also what is happening at the Nigg yard.<br /><br />BUT.....a few years ago a whole load of wind turbines went through Nairn on their way to Moray/Aberdeenshire.<br /><br />All I'm saying is that we have been erecting wind turbines up here(North of Scotland) for a long time....and only NOW are they D.Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-71496525701118971882013-01-05T15:56:45.318+00:002013-01-05T15:56:45.318+00:00Jings, the town is going to be blighted by a wind ...Jings, the town is going to be blighted by a wind farm for a whole 60 minutes.<br /><br />Should get the NIMBYs goingoor wullienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-20662318847104426582013-01-05T14:24:30.978+00:002013-01-05T14:24:30.978+00:00When the 52 meter long load reaches us here at tra...When the 52 meter long load reaches us here at traffic light town it could get permanently stuck at a red light if the system is not synchronised to all green first!!<br /><br />Agree though that it would be fantastic to see the yard back on the scene along with the much needed jobs...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-4923573931847859572013-01-05T13:46:23.922+00:002013-01-05T13:46:23.922+00:00@ DRoss
I think you may find that some renewables...@ DRoss<br /><br />I think you may find that some renewables will have 'Made in Nigg' stamped on them soon. Proof that not all <br /> "powers that be" lack "forward planning" and "common sense"... and indeed some can see far beyond their own noses<br /><br />I believe Whiteness is hoping also to step into renewable production, but is trailing a little behind eyes wide opennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-43642163855276850292013-01-05T13:24:35.078+00:002013-01-05T13:24:35.078+00:00To have all of the wind turbines stamped with &quo...To have all of the wind turbines stamped with "Made at the Carse".....I presume you are refering to the old rig yard at Whiteness head.<br /><br />If so, that would have involved some proper "forward planning" and "common sense"....something that the local "powers that be" are severely lacking in as they can't see beyond their own noses.<br /><br />It D.Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-60252527364714414422013-01-05T11:42:59.492+00:002013-01-05T11:42:59.492+00:00Yes, "the answer my friends, is blowing in th...Yes, "the answer my friends, is blowing in the wind..."<br />Would have been nice if they could have all had "Made at the Carse" stamped on each and every one of them :-)Graisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-3451988717605078412013-01-05T11:28:56.887+00:002013-01-05T11:28:56.887+00:00Oh how I agree with the comments that have been ma...Oh how I agree with the comments that have been made about the transport of the dreaded wind turbines though our dear community<br /><br />It would be far better if the roads were being blocked by parts for new nuclear power stations wouldn't it. Sandown would be an ideal site, near enough the sea to get coolant water to the plant as well, and I expect we'd get a pretty penny for the Remember Fukushimanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-9724016412012728722013-01-05T10:54:37.924+00:002013-01-05T10:54:37.924+00:00Oh what wonderfull road chaos this will cause! Wou...Oh what wonderfull road chaos this will cause! Would like to see the ones that come from the Inverness harbour up the Stadium road onto the A9 Longman roundabout.............right where they are currently digging it up for the the new sliproad, the new lights, and not forgetting that the new reburb work on the main bridge is starting soon!!....HAHA.....D.Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-52354164733858963102013-01-05T10:48:44.583+00:002013-01-05T10:48:44.583+00:00For once i agree with Narook, but if these things ...For once i agree with Narook, but if these things have to travel by road why dont they travel through the night when the roads are at their quietest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-11503009013942429042013-01-05T08:17:02.435+00:002013-01-05T08:17:02.435+00:00bloody wind turbines,eyesores on the community,
ge...bloody wind turbines,eyesores on the community,<br />get rid i say<br />narookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com