2010_365017 - Striding Power
#748 - 365 2010 Day 17: This battalion of pylons strides purposefully across the Downs from the power station on Shoreham Harbour over the Fulking Escarpment and on into the Weald of Sussex. Here's where they fall over the Fulking North Face.
It is very likely that this image comes to you courtesy of power from these lines.
The South Downs is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and soon to be National Park. Pylons like these are hardly noticed, and yet they are everywhere and essential.
But imagine the furore of it were mooted to put a wind farm up here! There may be arguments against wind-generated power on grounds of efficiency and cost, but ultimately I don't get those of aesthetics, because it is unlikely that we will ever start again and design with a blank sheet ...
2010_365017 - Striding Power
#748 - 365 2010 Day 17: This battalion of pylons strides purposefully across the Downs from the power station on Shoreham Harbour over the Fulking Escarpment and on into the Weald of Sussex. Here's where they fall over the Fulking North Face.
It is very likely that this image comes to you courtesy of power from these lines.
The South Downs is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and soon to be National Park. Pylons like these are hardly noticed, and yet they are everywhere and essential.
But imagine the furore of it were mooted to put a wind farm up here! There may be arguments against wind-generated power on grounds of efficiency and cost, but ultimately I don't get those of aesthetics, because it is unlikely that we will ever start again and design with a blank sheet ...