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I see The Donald is now aligning himself with the MCoS and their opposition to windfarms in Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-38069605

Unlikely bedfellows, just wait until Farage is in there as well - perhaps an article about them in the next MCoS magazine?

In reply to subtle:

Perhaps Trump is going to suggest that Farage would serve well as the US's Sturgeon for Scotland

In reply to subtle:

Do offshore wind farms spoil the view of his golf course?

In reply to subtle:

I thought Mocs were opposed to land based wind farms in areas of beauty. Offshore wind farms are less of an issue?

In reply to subtle:

are any of the structures he's built in Scotland climbable?

In reply to wercat:


he has built a small hill between his golf course and his neighbours. You could always climb that..

http://aberdeenvoice.com/2013/01/menie-estate-no-3-love-thy-neighbour-trump...

In reply to subtle:

From http://www.mountaineering.scot/campaigns/protecting-our-mountains/latest-de...

"Anti-wind? Anti-progress? No.

We support renewable energy generation and we support economic development for Scotland's rural, upland areas, but it must be sustainable. Like our many campaign partners, we want the Scottish Government to safeguard what makes our mountain landscapes special and update Scotland's planning laws to give definitive protection for ‘wild land’ (as identified by their own conservation body, Scottish Natural Heritage)."

In reply to subtle:

I've been coming round to this opposing wind farms business. Perhaps

Climate change might dry the highlands right out, kill of the midges and perhaps create some nice expansive desert landscapes.

Not so good for golf courses though.

In reply to subtle:

Perhaps he would prefer to see fracking rigs instead.

In reply to subtle:

he's a fecking NIMBY.

In reply to wintertree:

A warmer climate means wetter weather for the UK.

In reply to marsbar:
'Do offshore wind farms spoil the view of his golf course?'

That's been his argument all along. He doesn't care about the environment, as he displayed when he dug up the sensitive coastline to build his golf course in Aberdeenshire.

In reply to marsbar:

Do offshore wind farms spoil the view of his golf course?

Basically, yes - this was one of the bits of bad behaviour we got when Trump started his new project in Aberdeenshire (remember, when Wee Eck Salmond rolled over for him in an imitation of TOny Blair's adulation of very rich people, and overturned Aberdeenshire Council's planning refusal).

I'm waiting for him to send a carrier over to bomb the offending windfarms in January....

In reply to subtle:
Why does the MCoS oppose windfarms? That could well be a killer on joining if I was in Scotland - I am very much in favour of them.

The BMC doesn't take the same line, does it?

In reply to colinakmc:

wasn't it wee Jack McConnell "rolling" ?

In reply to Doug:
Wee Jack might have started it,- I can't remember- but Eck definitely continued, trying to be trumps best friend. A sort of Mexican roll, if you like.....

In reply to Neil Williams:

The MCofS (now called Mountaineering Scotland) doesn't oppose wind farms per se, just those which are inappropriately sited. See http://www.mountaineering.scot/assets/contentfiles/pdf/Respecting-Scotland%...
And, for a more recent update on the effect of inappropriately-sited wind farms, this - http://www.mountaineering.scot/assets/contentfiles/pdf/Wind-farms-and-mount...

In reply to Neil Williams:



The BMC's line is basically the same as the MCofS. No problem with windfarms per se, just inappropriately sited ones.