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Carlos

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  1. Quick dig through this one
    https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/43538/shepdninesconsultation.pdf

    Turned up 
     

    1.9. The current arrangements to supply electricity on Shetland cost around £29m 
    in 2010-2011. The majority of the costs are from the fuel and operating cost 
    of running Lerwick power station (£16m) and the rest from third party 
    contracts (£13m).
     
    1.10. In 2010-11, a third of this £29m was recovered directly from Shetland‟s 
    customers through their electricity supply bills. The remainder was recovered 
    from customers connected across SHEPD‟s distribution network.

    But I didn't notice a more complete accounts sheet.
  2. Presumably the valuation mentioned is the cost of building the equivalent facility? So the group could just buy land somewhere else, and build new to get the completed standard for the costs they have budgeted for?

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    Soaring house prices, Ofgen block new power station, School staff paid triple time, Roads maintenance underfunded, 100 new jobs at Sullom Voe, Superfast Boardband, Our Islands Our Future campaign, Erik Gray Centre replacement, Bullmull tidal power scheme, Domestic abuse on the rise, Knab AHS site redevelopment......

    And your point is ?.....

     

    Bigger issues seem to get little discussion on here now, smaller issues more.

  4. Soaring house prices, Ofgen block new power station, School staff paid triple time, Roads maintenance underfunded, 100 new jobs at Sullom Voe, Superfast Boardband, Our Islands Our Future campaign, Erik Gray Centre replacement, Bullmull tidal power scheme, Domestic abuse on the rise, Knab AHS site redevelopment......

  5. I suppose it depends a bit - was there no application at all for a warrant from Tescos before now, or had they got 99.99% of the way to getting one and just needed 1 line of text added to one drawing. Or where was it in between those two extremes?

  6. "Council roads maintenance manager Dave Coupe explained that each set of lights in the town is now so old that manufacturers are unable to supply some replacement parts.

    One new set of lights is due to arrive in February, which Coupe said would replace the crossing at Bolts. But to replace all 10 would cost around £150,000 and he doesn't have the budget to do that straight away."

    http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/7877-council-must-sort-out-traffic-light-woes-says-convener

    Full new install at Bolts and likely some spares scavenged from the old one to try and keep the rest going a bit longer?

  7. I'd agree with the comments about making an effort to be seen, regardless of how you are using the road, but remember the OP was commenting that it "did not matter if you were lit up like a Christmas tree".
    As Scorrie says, the onus is on all road users to follow the guidance, not to label others an inconvenience and act as if they should not be there. In my own experience I do not think there have been any times when a driver at night has not seen me, but there have been plenty when they saw me and then did not pass safely.....

     


     

  8. Those flashing lights play havoc on a windscreen already splattered with raindrops, making it harder to see the precise position of the cyclist.Aren't they illegal?  If not, they ought to be.

    No, for a period of time, after LED lights arrived, if was not clear of a flashing light complied with the legal requirements for a rear bike light - the rules as previously written not having thought about that option. It has been clarified that they do comply legally, provided the light meets the required minimum strength.

     

    All the reflective strips I've ever come across were a greyish-silver, not yellow.

    Sorry, I worte my reply quickly, and reading it back it is not so clear.

    I chose to wear a yellow vest with reflective strips at night and if I end up stuck in mist.

    All things being equal that is an easy choice, but once you bring human nature and risk compensation into it, it unfortunately not always so straight forward. My judgement is that the balance is positive for those conditions. Other people may judge differently. If I rode in town a lot, with more common complex junction interactions I would tend toward using it more, although I'd have some worries about the overall picture.

  9. Yellow / reflective clothing is something that I might chose to wear depending on the conditions.
    What I would prefer to avoid is people getting a general idea that all they need to look out for is "yellow", and they can ignore any inconvenient bit in the highway code about needing to be able to see other things in the road ahead too.... 

  10. Yes they are bad car drivers out there ( plenty of them going without lights in the mist too, or with tiney side lights on noone can see) but we have to reconised they are idiot cyclest too. Which let the side down on other cyclists arguments.

    if somebody is on the road with no lights, when they should have lights, then they are at fault.

    As per my response to the OP, I don't consider that it makes any difference what kind of vehicle they are using, or that it makes much sense to put an individuals behaviour onto everybody else that uses that kind of vehicle too.

    As you say, there are poor "road users" of every description and I feel we'd be better off working on those, than trying to drag it into some drivers vs cyclists issue, when 95% of both are doing not so bad.

     

    Peat meanwhile seem determined to bring in every possible meme, that ever appears in any "cycling" discussion, at the earliest opportunity, to ensure all waters are as muddied as possible and everybody stops reading before we get to anything interesting  :roll:  

  11. I'd agree. I ended up cycling on the hard shoulder one day the mist came down a bit, as although I had a yellow vest and lights, I felt my batteries were down and the light was not as bright as it might be. Apparently I was worrying about nothing though, as half of the cars I met had no lights on at all.....

    Why do drivers complain about cyclists riding without lights and then not use lights themselves?????

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