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  1. gks

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    Like you say, there is no need for concrete for solar farms, these anchor piles come in different lengths and circumference's You can even buy them on ebay, some I have seen in Asia are huge and used for building projects far bigger than solar farms.

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    Our poly tunnels are basically concrete plugs buried in the ground, very similar to a traffic cone with a round metal pipe in the middle so you can attach the hoops. Large industrial glass houses work on the same principal with just a trench round the perimeter to lay a course of blocks to fix the base for the glass to sit on, minimal concrete required.

    As for the farmer increasing there profit from by renting the land for renewables is all well if there is no siblings. When it come to inheritance tax, that could/can hit their siblings financially due to the land not being classified as agricultural anymore increasing the valuation dramatically.
     
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      The current chancellor of the exchequer is a signed and paid up friend of Zion! Proud of it too.

      I have always supported Israel's righ to exist and have admired the way it has made a thriving economy and society in the middle of comparable poverty and lack of innovation in its Musmim neighbours. It has a right to defend itself when attacked.

      However, I cannot condone the attempts to wipe out Gaza and thus Hamas. i'd expect them to have better intelligence and strategies to deal with that threat including better PR and subtle propaganda to persuade the population that living with each other not only sensible but feasible.

      Simimarly, I don't nderstand why they think trying to bomb Iran into submission is going to lead to anything other than a thousand year war of attrition and terror on both sides. There has to be a better strategy.

      As for the USA, we already know that Trump is in Putin's pocket after being bailed out in one of his bankruptcy situations and that the Russians and Israelis have the goods on trump and his activities with his paedo pal Epstein. Add to that the general US charachter of immediate gratification without thinking of the consequences or future plus all the hawks making money out of weaponry and you have a disaster no longer waiting to happen.

      The good thing about solar, wind and water power is that they are not subject to the vagaries of oil production and price fluctuation. However, more intelligence needs to be applied to the where and how they are installed, built and managed. Unfortunately, strategic long-term thinking and planning are not assets common in British politicans at local or national level and now the US has gone mad international strategies need a huge re-think and re-orientation.
       
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      Prone to being swayed by indirect inducements, let's say. Not "for hire" exactly, but "friendly" gestures of support for causes or campaigns are not unwelcome.
       
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      I certainly drank school milk and enjoyed it.
       

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