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The current rush for large scale onshore wind developments, connected by a hugely centralised grid system shows a poverty of imagination and thinking rooted in the early 20th Century. If attention continues to be focused on increasing renewable energy targets, without any requirement to demonstrate what each development will achieve in greenhouse gas emissions reductions (including all aspects of the generation and transmission), we face a possible worst case scenario, where we achieve renewable energy targets through inappropriate developments and at great cost to important environments - only to discover that our greenhouse gas emissions are up, along with our energy consumption, and our energy supply is not secure.

I also quite liked Tony Juniper, director of Friends of the Earth take on things:

Climate change is no longer a theory. It is the world's most pressing environmental problem and the anti-lobby, helped by nuclear interests, is trying to undermine Britain's role as a leader in tackling it and to fatally delay action. Wind is the most advanced of all the renewable technologies, but it needs to be followed quickly by solar, wave, tidal, biomass and others," he says. "No one is arguing that wind generators should cover all the national parks. That would be mad. The landscape can and must be protected.

Me, well I think we all think we're in control, and that's why I'm sitting on the *anti* side of the fence and rooting my beliefs in the Gaia hypothesis :)

“Built to be the designer's digital scrapbook, LittleSnapper allows you to capture, organise, annotate and share screenshots from your desktop and the web.”

What a great little Mac application LittleSnapper is!

With the vast number of sites showcasing web design patterns (my fave being Pattern Tap) it's great to have a desktop application where you can very quickly grab captures of design elements you like from any web page. Back that up with a website to store and share your images straight from the application and you're bound to be up to your eyeballs in a pit of juicy inspiration!

Check out my QuickSnapper page…

Coolness!

Funny as!