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Old 03-04-2013, 12:38 AM   #521 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by niky View Post
In the article, the infrastructure supporting the wind farms out in the middle of absolute nowhere sinks into the damp peat and causes surrounding peat to lift up and dry out... eroding its capability to absorb carbon. Ouch.
So what does not designing proper footings have to do with its being a wind farm? If it was say a road or a gas pipeline causing the same thing to happen, would anyone be complaining?