Guinessisgoodforyou
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Sell him into sex slavery, he can be Bubbas special friend.
Where's my forest gone? To the Grouse...that's where....
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bikeworkshop
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I got thrown out of RetroTractor for posting pics of me using my Massey 35x without a rollcage
highlandsflyer
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https://treesforlife.org.uk/rewildi...ing-species-programme-for-scottish-highlands/
Looking forward to the big pussycats and lots of bull.
Looking forward to the big pussycats and lots of bull.
bikeworkshop
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Isnae the bull there already?
highlandsflyer
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Plenty..
These would take it up a notch..
"Tauros are classified as domestic cattle, but have no equivalent breed. They have been ‘back-bred’ by scientists in the Netherlands to be as similar as possible to the ancient aurochs – the wild ancestor of all domestic cattle, which for millennia played a vital role in shaping landscapes and enhancing biodiversity across Europe, including Scotland.
Trees for Life is carrying out assessments at its 4,000-hectare Dundreggan estate near Loch Ness, for what would be the UK’s first introduction of a herd of tauros – effectively reintroducing the aurochs, four centuries after its extinction.
European research shows that tauros, being bigger and more active than other cattle, help create richer habitats through their powerful grazing impacts, sheer size, and behaviour. Bulls can reach up to 180cm and cows 150cm at the shoulder. At Dundreggan, their role in ecological restoration would be scientifically studied."
( https://treesforlife.org.uk/rewildi...ing-species-programme-for-scottish-highlands/ )
These would take it up a notch..
"Tauros are classified as domestic cattle, but have no equivalent breed. They have been ‘back-bred’ by scientists in the Netherlands to be as similar as possible to the ancient aurochs – the wild ancestor of all domestic cattle, which for millennia played a vital role in shaping landscapes and enhancing biodiversity across Europe, including Scotland.
Trees for Life is carrying out assessments at its 4,000-hectare Dundreggan estate near Loch Ness, for what would be the UK’s first introduction of a herd of tauros – effectively reintroducing the aurochs, four centuries after its extinction.
European research shows that tauros, being bigger and more active than other cattle, help create richer habitats through their powerful grazing impacts, sheer size, and behaviour. Bulls can reach up to 180cm and cows 150cm at the shoulder. At Dundreggan, their role in ecological restoration would be scientifically studied."
( https://treesforlife.org.uk/rewildi...ing-species-programme-for-scottish-highlands/ )
basketcase
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OK for a while, then maybe wolves .......
Guinessisgoodforyou
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True he might enjoy the sex slavery.
bikeworkshop
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I don't think he enjoys anything apart from money
Guinessisgoodforyou
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Cloverleaf
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Not sure what happened to the tractor pic @bikeworkshop but very nice! I'm sure some politician somewhere would think you need to get rid of it for a brand new one, probably with a hybrid engine or some such nonsense, for the few times a year you use it. Because of course you have to consume more to stop a problem of overconsumption Nice looking meadow too.
So many things in life are a balance, and a compromise, which needs a measured response. I'm into cars but I don't go and finance a new one every few years because the old one's tired. I look after what I have, I repair rather than replace parts, and I want to make them last as long as possible. I also don't drive everywhere although I do still do a reasonable number of miles every year. We should all look after what we have and only replace stuff once it's at the end of its life. And guess what? Those old MF35's still in use will outlast almost all the current crop of big modern tractors simply because they're always going to be repairable by anyone. The modern stuff is simply not going to be repairable long term, whether tractor, Scania truck or Tesla. Tesla even black list cars from their spares supply (as you have to provide the VIN) if they realise you've been servicing it yourself, or if it's been repaired after an accident (as it's perfectly safe to do). We need to support the repair and use of products for as long as possible, not replace them as frequently as possible.
With trees, there's lots of publicity around rewinding, and with tree planting being good. So guess what? Subsidies attract the wrong people who see them as a way of making some cash to line their pockets with, rather than it going to the correct people who actually care about creating and restoring habitats with a mix of species which helps real biodiversity. On one hand you have 'environmentalists' campaigning for the cessation of fossil fuel use, which is a noble endeavour. Yet that means supporting green energy, i.e wind and water. So on one hand you have these people saying they care about the environment, and you have funds to plant forests, while on the other hand you're also destroying hundreds of miles of woodland habitats (old will always beat new for biodiversity), the destruction of peat bogs, the ruination of the narrow band of habitat at the edge of lochs when the water levels are raised when dammed (such as Loch a'Bhroain near me), and the drying up of rivers as they are piped into generators (such as Glen Etive or the Bruar Water in Glen Bruar). All of these things cause problems. The turbines shed fibreglass everywhere and harm bird life. Their concrete bases give off CO2 which is apparently enemy number one, the reinforcing steel is Chinese and smelted using coal (or hydro, which in China is hugely destructive), and combined with the access tracks huge swaths of CO2 absorbing peatland is destroyed. In some countries where they've planted forests in these landscapes they've set about removing them because the net benefit simply wasn't; the presence of the trees caused the release of more CO2 from the bogs than they absorbed. And yet these landscapes are seen as prime places for wind turbines. It's just all completely screwed up.
We need to use less and repair more. We need to stop the insane run of data centres for AI which use up incredible amounts of energy so someone can make a stupid animated cat video, or worse, a deepfake video for some political spin. We need to stop flying everywhere, we need to stop buying the latest and greatest every five minutes and be content with what we've got. We need to stop paving and astroturfing our gardens and plant more things that are good for birds, bees and insects. But none of that is palatable because the world's been brainwashed into believing that nature is untidy and should be controlled (it's not, and shouldn't be), that old things mean you're poor and missing out (new things do not equal success or happiness) and that if you're not buying electric you're killing the planet (you're not). We need to reconnect with the world around us so we care about it at an intrinsic level.
What we need to stop doing is allowing politicians who are quite happy flying everywhere in private jets from dictating the direction of our country at the expense of nature and our green and rural areas. Paving paradise to put up a parking lot was never the right answer.
Nice looking meadow too.So many things in life are a balance, and a compromise, which needs a measured response. I'm into cars but I don't go and finance a new one every few years because the old one's tired. I look after what I have, I repair rather than replace parts, and I want to make them last as long as possible. I also don't drive everywhere although I do still do a reasonable number of miles every year. We should all look after what we have and only replace stuff once it's at the end of its life. And guess what? Those old MF35's still in use will outlast almost all the current crop of big modern tractors simply because they're always going to be repairable by anyone. The modern stuff is simply not going to be repairable long term, whether tractor, Scania truck or Tesla. Tesla even black list cars from their spares supply (as you have to provide the VIN) if they realise you've been servicing it yourself, or if it's been repaired after an accident (as it's perfectly safe to do). We need to support the repair and use of products for as long as possible, not replace them as frequently as possible.
With trees, there's lots of publicity around rewinding, and with tree planting being good. So guess what? Subsidies attract the wrong people who see them as a way of making some cash to line their pockets with, rather than it going to the correct people who actually care about creating and restoring habitats with a mix of species which helps real biodiversity. On one hand you have 'environmentalists' campaigning for the cessation of fossil fuel use, which is a noble endeavour. Yet that means supporting green energy, i.e wind and water. So on one hand you have these people saying they care about the environment, and you have funds to plant forests, while on the other hand you're also destroying hundreds of miles of woodland habitats (old will always beat new for biodiversity), the destruction of peat bogs, the ruination of the narrow band of habitat at the edge of lochs when the water levels are raised when dammed (such as Loch a'Bhroain near me), and the drying up of rivers as they are piped into generators (such as Glen Etive or the Bruar Water in Glen Bruar). All of these things cause problems. The turbines shed fibreglass everywhere and harm bird life. Their concrete bases give off CO2 which is apparently enemy number one, the reinforcing steel is Chinese and smelted using coal (or hydro, which in China is hugely destructive), and combined with the access tracks huge swaths of CO2 absorbing peatland is destroyed. In some countries where they've planted forests in these landscapes they've set about removing them because the net benefit simply wasn't; the presence of the trees caused the release of more CO2 from the bogs than they absorbed. And yet these landscapes are seen as prime places for wind turbines. It's just all completely screwed up.
We need to use less and repair more. We need to stop the insane run of data centres for AI which use up incredible amounts of energy so someone can make a stupid animated cat video, or worse, a deepfake video for some political spin. We need to stop flying everywhere, we need to stop buying the latest and greatest every five minutes and be content with what we've got. We need to stop paving and astroturfing our gardens and plant more things that are good for birds, bees and insects. But none of that is palatable because the world's been brainwashed into believing that nature is untidy and should be controlled (it's not, and shouldn't be), that old things mean you're poor and missing out (new things do not equal success or happiness) and that if you're not buying electric you're killing the planet (you're not). We need to reconnect with the world around us so we care about it at an intrinsic level.
What we need to stop doing is allowing politicians who are quite happy flying everywhere in private jets from dictating the direction of our country at the expense of nature and our green and rural areas. Paving paradise to put up a parking lot was never the right answer.
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