Skip to main content


"It’s possible that building the National Grid or West Coast Main Line or London meant a bit of noise and a few more lorries, too." Today's nimbywatch concerns a power cable that'd provide 8% of the UK's electricity but has upset three people in Devon.

capx.co/nimby-watch-who-needs-…

reshared this

in reply to Jonn Elledge

(This will be one of the last of these, btw. I've written quite enough of them so am ending it, at least as a regular series, with 2024.)
in reply to Sarah Brown

@goatsarah I’m sure if someone proposed a magic wireless transmission system, that would lead to 5G-style protests.
It would be nice to have a system that assessed people’s views in proportion without falling over.