trambo Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Hi all. Taken from todays Telegraph online.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy ... roads.html Everyone on here is aware of the consequences of such stupidity. Hopefully they are just testing the water to find public opinion. With this in mind I have started a petition to the Secretary of State Edward Davey which I have posted on all the Broads forums. Please sign and get your friends to as well. w.change.org/en-GB/petitions/rt-hon-edward-davey-mp-secretary-of-state-for-energy-and-climate-change-proposed-electric-pylon-line-across-the-norfolk-broads-must-go-underground Regards Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trambo Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 Try that link again to save you pasting. http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/r ... nderground Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Hi Fred Crazy idea. I've signed your petition and tweeted it as well. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExUserGone Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Call me silly but isn't there already a trench running from lowestoft to norwich, I know it's full of water but so is the ground around there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadensa Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Call me silly but isn't there already a trench running from lowestoft to norwich, I know it's full of water but so is the ground around there. Reat assured the power lines will not be going underground (too expensive), but neither will they be going through the Broads. These proposals are just a consultation document and, as such, have to set out ALL possible routes. Supposing National Grid did not do that, then what would happen? People who live in other parts of Norfolk (and Suffolk), who couldn't care less about boats or the Broads (and let's face it, even among the people who do, there are many who complain about the monotony of some parts of the system) but DO care about their own surroundings, views, house prices etc. would immediately say that the consultation process is flawed as not all alternatives have been considered. This would then lead to delays whilst further proposals were drafted which, of course, increases the uncertainty, not to mention the cost. We have to face the fact that ever-increasing demand , coupled with the necessity to increase the amount of renewable energy produced means that many parts of rural Britain will be transformed from what we know and enjoy today. That does not mean, however, that people should get into an unjustified panic over a newspaper article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbird Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Petition signed With all the squit about whether the Broads is a National Park or not, surely this is something which would be totally contradictory to the whole point of being one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senator Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Are there power lines through any other member of the national parks family? If so are they buried or above ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbird Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 No idea Ian, but I thought the whole point was to protect the environment within them at all costs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senator Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 That was my reason for asking Mark, If all other national parks have had cables buried then even though the Broads is not officially a National park you would being a member of the family and being afforded the same status in most things would ensure any cables are buried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pks1702 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Courtesy of Mr Google From CPRE Site Industry guidelines already say that overhead lines and substations should not be placed in (AONBs), National Parks, heritage coasts or World Heritage Sites if possible. Yet despite these guidelines, there are already 27,000 kilometres of overhead distribution lines and 420 km of overhead transmission lines in National Parks and AONBs. We believe that the National Policy Statement on electricity transmission should avoid new high voltage power lines in AONBs, and there should be more research into effective methods of storing electricity. http://www.cpre.org.uk/resources/energy ... wnload/842 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy ... Parks.html Note the words 'if possible' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbird Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Note the words 'if possible' translates as "if not more expensive!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Indeed, and the comment about "more research into storing electricity" How much and how long will that take to come to fruition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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