Military exercise in the Falklands at the end of January

Monday, January 15th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

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The British Ministry of Defense, responsible for the Falkland Islands security, has announced that on January 23 and 24, the Roulement Infantry Company, RIC, will be involved in exercises on Mount Kent and Stanley Common, specifically Mount William and Sapper Hill. Read full article

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Bud Spencer
I give it 5 minutes before Buenos Aires cries about militarising the South Atlantic, or may be just may be the new government will not, LOL,
Jan 15th, 2024 - 10:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
Hardly a big operation, considering 20,000 UK troops and kit are taking part in a NATO exercise in Europe.
Jan 15th, 2024 - 02:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Roger Lorton
Defence is necessary in the Falklands. After all, they have aggressive neighburs.
Jan 16th, 2024 - 01:09 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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FortHay
Pugol-H, re. “zero and low carbon” reply. You are entirely correct, 40 years ago nary a thought was given to these moon beams and wind chimes. Having said that, in my corner of the world the entire NW coastline of Brazil is now dotted with extensive windfarms of humongous turbines, many overlapping the old pumpjacks still extracting the last remnants of tarry oil left in place. Solar installations have also become ubiquitous and cost efficient, especially for residential use. Has Brazil's petrochemical independence made fuel more affordable for the average citizen? Not that I can tell, though it could be argued (and it has) that it prevented a catastrophic increase. The wind turbines certainly have not resulted in a lower kW price for consumers. And while I see many of the new turbines grinding to a halt, waiting on costly maintenance or replacement, the ancient 'walking beams' are still faithfully bobbing up and down. 'Green' technology appears to lag behind intentions. I was hopeful that with the massive subsidized commercial wind turbine development, smaller, cost effective units for residences and/or ranches would come on the market. I have looked and waited in vain for a decade. ''Low carbon' technology appears to favor the well capitalized and well connected.
Jan 16th, 2024 - 05:14 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Pugol-H
‘moon beams and wind chimes’, like it, LOL.

Over half of Brazil’s emissions are from land use, Brazil being a big producer of clean hydroelectricity.

The challenge for Brazil is to reduce emissions from land use whilst limiting the rise from other sectors.

Small ‘garden’ wind turbines are certainly available here in the UK, from a few hundred to a few thousand GBP, maybe look at importing something?
Jan 17th, 2024 - 04:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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