Monday, 23 September 2019

Blasted Heath?

The plan to establish a 'spaceport' on North Uist is meeting some local opposition from folk who think it will damage wildlife tourism on the island (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/22/western-isles-spaceport-threatens-wildlife-tourism-north-uist). Plovers and geese are not likely to thrive with such disturbance but I think that people ought to seriously consider whether the extra release of 'greenhouse gases' (with their inevitable effects on climate change) is likely to be the more damaging consequence.
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