Last Day for Objections to go into SPEN plus Article in D&G Life

Here is a link to an excellent  letter from Joan McAlpine MSP 

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Dangers from pylons in the snow and ice

A few years ago there was heavy snow and ice. When snow and ice forms along the lines between the pylons the weight of it brings the pylons down. Are we to have this visited upon us in the winter?
This from the Met Office. (We have to remember that we are in Scotland so we have more likelihood of this happening here.)

" Energy supply & Telecommunications.
 Snow and ice accumulate on transmission cables, trees, masts and pylons, especially when the temperature is close to freezing. The additional weight can lead to sagging of cables and collapse of trees and masts. Collapse of pylons is exceptional in the UK, but has occurred in other countries in these conditions. Ice on electricity cables can affect transmission. The most frequent impacts are from falling trees that pull down local transmission cables with them."

Other such dangers can be found in this report from Bill Bates Electrical Inspector of the Health and Safety Executive. Click here for this report

You still have time to get your objections in to SPEN via email.

Safety and overhead power lines

Note the flames in the background

Safety Campaigns by SPEN

In SPEN's own literature they have campaigns to show how dangerous overhead lines can be especially to farmers working with farm machinery. It shows that if a power line comes down it is still live.

Of course they would not have to have safety campaigns if they buried their cables to remove the danger, and leave the countryside unspoilt for future generations.

Here is the link to SPEN'S safety campaign literature

"Last year, there were 89 incidents on agricultural land in North Wales and Merseyside, and over the past five years there have been more than 800 incidents in the same area. The majority of these incidents are caused by power lines falling as a result of adverse weather conditions, but can also be caused by accidental contact with overhead power lines.

In July, one of our teams attended an incident in Wrexham after a farmer clipped an 11,000 volt power line with machinery. The incident resulted in a power cut for 17 nearby properties, as well as causing damage to the overhead line. Fortunately no fatalities or injuries occurred, however, direct contact with live electrical equipment, even at the lowest voltage, can be fatal - overhead power lines can carry electricity at up to 400,000 volts."

Is not our area and agricultural area? They show that they know of the dangers. Why inflict this on us?

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Pylons Article in today's Standard

Have you seen the article in today's Standard. If not here it is.

Groups across the region are cooperating in their efforts to stop the pylons. However SPEN still thinks the public is gullible enough to believe that this is necessary because the existing transmission network needs to be upgraded (by implication that our household electricity supply is in danger), with no mention that the primary purpose is to export wind energy or that underground or undersea options have been considered.

We're no daft ye ken..........

There are more wonderful letters on Kirkmahoe.com No pylons page

Carrutherstown CC have sent in an excellent objection, as has Alan James from Dunscore.

If you have not already sent in your letter, there is till time...........JUST.

You can use the done for you letters, or take bits out of the other letters and use as your own.

The more objections the better the chance of stopping this and getting  SPEN to use the undersea route.

If you would like your letter published you can add it to the Visitors Posts section of KAP our Facebook page, and/or email it to kirkmahoe@gmail.com and it will be added to our website.

Pylons Letters

Kirkmahoe News would like to draw your attention to some excellent letters which have been sent in to SPEN before the deadline on 31st August.

These can be found on our No Pylons section of Kirkmahoe.com

Fast link to letters

Have you sent in your letter to SPEN yet? Deadline of 31st Aug is coming up fast see the counter at top of the Blog.
Remember there are done for you letters on Kirkmahoe.com which you can use if you are not sure what to say. The more people who write in with their objections the better the chance we have to stop this project happening, and for SPEN to find an alternative route for carrying the energy.

Dog fouling.DNA base is being developed.

HOW DANGEROUS IS DOG MUCK?

Dog faeces is the scourge of parks and pavements, and figures suggest that 1,000 tonnes of poo is created each day in the UK alone.

In addition to looking and smelling terrible, the faecal matter can harbour antibiotic-resistant strains of E. coli and parasites - which, when left on the ground, can seep into sewers, rivers and the sea.

And now scientists have developed a new genetic test to figure out the extent to which dogs are spreading this bacteria through our waterways.

In the journal Environmental Science and Technology, Orin Shanks and his colleagues said waterways are susceptible to many sources of faecal contamination, including sewage leaks and droppings from farm animals and wildlife. 

Scientists have also found that sand on beaches can contain up to 100 times as much faecal matter than there is in the water. 

This is because microbial communities tend to decay much slower on beach sand than in the water.

Above is taken from an article in the Daily Mail.

To see full article click here