THE letter by Iain R Thomson of Strathglass (“Does no planner perceive tectonic plates…”, Jun 4) absolutely not solely myself but additionally others with an curiosity within the significance of higher connectivity between our islands and the mainland. The author referred to tectonic plate actions and the results of rising sea ranges making, in his …
THE letter by Iain R Thomson of Strathglass (“Does no planner perceive tectonic plates…”, Jun 4) absolutely not solely myself but additionally others with an curiosity within the significance of higher connectivity between our islands and the mainland.
The author referred to tectonic plate actions and the results of rising sea ranges making, in his opinion, the development of tunnels round Scotland ultimately missing in “widespread sense” and dreamed up by “cash boys … salt(ing) their billions in a fantasy world.”
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Scotland is located removed from any tectonic plate edge (the closest is a few 1600 kilometres away on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge). The British Isles land mass with its continental shelf is already shifting away from Europe at about 2.5cm/12 months, however the Americas are sliding away from us (presently) at about 4cm/12 months. Though removed from the world’s tectonic plates, we in Scotland are nonetheless being pushed round (geologically, that’s).
As well as, following the top of the final Ice Age, while a lot of England is sinking (not politically appropriate, I do know!), with out the one kilometre thick sheet of ice sitting on prime of Scotland, it’s rising on the price of 1-2mm/12 months, outstripping the believed future rise in sea ranges. The College of Glasgow’s College of Geographical and Earth Sciences is restudying this as this price of land mass uplift in Scotland might, after 10,000 years, be decreasing.
Having not too long ago constructed the English Chunnel, and with experience gained within the constructing of lots of of undersea connections all world wide, we must be assured that our tunnelling (hopefully Scottish) engineers have these and lots of extra standards safely factored into every design. There’s now some wonderful “4D” satellite tv for pc expertise accessible, giving very dependable present knowledge to the designers and upkeep engineers.
I belief that the Scottish Authorities WILL present “widespread sense”.
Gordon Benton
Newburgh, Aberdeenshire
IN 2007 I wrote to the First Minister Alex Salmond regarding the lack of ahead considering that will chew Scotland laborious, if ignored.
I gave a easy instance:
We all know for a proven fact that the ocean ranges are rising, nonetheless the total extent and timescale will not be but properly understood.
Scotland has many locations linked by low-level roads and railways, which is able to change into islands, and but the quantity of labor that can must be completed and must be given severe consideration in a 25-year or 100-year ahead plan is given no thought, ahead planning probably not extending past the following election!
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I identified that to construct a bridge on dry land, over a possible future downside, can be laughed at in fact, however can be vastly cheaper to construct than one constructed of necessity!
Take a look at the shore roads of the west coast.
No try is at present being deliberate to maintain locations like Oban, Fort William, and the numerous cities between them, serviced with the meals and provides they’ll want, not to mention normal transport and work necessities.
Below the principally English strategies of native council organisation and funding, there is no such thing as a room or cash to suppose forward within the methods we actually must, in order to stop the deprivations that happen so simply when a neighborhood will get remoted, even for a short while. At the moment, the preparation for the inevitable is true as much as the zero degree.
Christopher Bruce
Taynuilt
WELL completed the Greens as Scotland bans the worst single-use plastics. However the purveyors of fish and chips will not be glad – they’re claiming it will improve prices!!!
Effectively, I’m of the age group that keep in mind chippies asking prospects to usher in outdated newspapers for use as wrappings. The saying was “Right this moment’s information is tomorrow’s fish and chip wrappings.”
Right this moment’s headline must be “Greens carry again multiple-use newspapers”.
I’ll chorus from informing you of different makes use of.
Robert McCaw
Renfrew
WHAT a whole clusterf***. SFA promote rights to worldwide soccer to Sky quite than terrestrial tv. Sky put match on obscure subscription channel. BBC Scotland fail to safe rights to soccer worldwide. Scotrail and unions conspire to stop followers watching match in individual.
Mr Meldrew, we’re prepared in your line now!
Ian Richmond
Springfield
WITH warnings of £2 per litre for petrol it’s value remembering that 86.28p of that £2 shall be going straight to the Treasury in London. Gas is double taxed, with an obligation of 52.95p per litre and 20% VAT on prime of the full. If Rishi Sunak needed to he might minimize the value of petrol to 113.72p per litre instantly, or no less than cut back the speed of VAT and/or introduce a variable obligation price to stabilise the value we pay on the petrol pump. It’s the UK Authorities’s selection that we pay £2 per litre.
Neil Caple
Braemar
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