tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post2865996862654040131..comments2023-10-16T08:37:22.742+00:00Comments on An incredulous eye on the isles: Airport upgradeElectricCrofterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495260997875836669noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-37411911563996315012007-09-21T02:38:00.000+00:002007-09-21T02:38:00.000+00:00Seems a total waste of money to me. Surely with £3...Seems a total waste of money to me. Surely with £3 million you could tarmac the whole of Barvas Moor and provide all-weather sports facilities to the local schoolchildren who could use the turbines as goalposts. At least that way the local community can get some benefit from this worthwhile desecration - sorry development - while us folks down in England enjoy all the electricity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-61463845397345838732007-09-20T20:15:00.000+00:002007-09-20T20:15:00.000+00:00Thanks silversprite, I had naively imagined HIAL g...Thanks silversprite, I had naively imagined HIAL going to B&Q and buying 60,000 garden lamps at £50 a piece to replace the existing bedside lamps along the runways.<BR/><BR/>Assuming there are 3,000 bulbs, that's still £1,000 each to replace; which is still slightly more than local electricians cost.<BR/><BR/>I'm planning to tender for the work at £2.5m and subcontract the work out to the guy in the small ads in the Stornoway Gazette.Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06819249125186554637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-32607497457727457452007-09-20T19:39:00.000+00:002007-09-20T19:39:00.000+00:00I don't have any specialist knowledge. But would h...I don't have any specialist knowledge. But would have thought that:<BR/><BR/>1. A long runway needs a lot of lights.<BR/><BR/>2. They have to be very weatherproof.<BR/><BR/>3. Above all, they have to be damned sturdy. Sturdy enough to handle a jumbo jet trundling over them. So that probably rules out Tesco economy 19p bulbs, and requires something a heck of a lot more expensive.<BR/><BR/>4. They also have to be pretty bright i.e. very visible from several miles away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com