http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Recent Posts en Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:02:11 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12638&page=6#post-385741 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:51:47 +0000 chdot 385741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/police-hunt-masked-e-bike-yobs-who-killed-dog-in-rosewell-in-hit-and-run-attack-8961434" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/police-hunt-masked-e-bike-yobs-who-killed-dog-in-rosewell-in-hit-and-run-attack-8961434</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20750&page=21#post-385740 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:14:23 +0000 chdot 385740@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Delighted to see 2 new #Edinburgh councillors strongly committed to #activetravel </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/spokes.org.uk/post/3muojhqjoas2b" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/spokes.org.uk/post/3muojhqjoas2b</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=643&page=246#post-385739 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:29:43 +0000 chdot 385739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/04/week-in-wildlife-a-hitchhiking-crab-a-shy-wallaby-and-penguins-in-little-jackets" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/04/week-in-wildlife-a-hitchhiking-crab-a-shy-wallaby-and-penguins-in-little-jackets</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=87#post-385738 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:27:55 +0000 chdot 385738@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/04/jackdaw-gasfield-set-to-be-approved-by-ministers-this-month-sources-say" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/04/jackdaw-gasfield-set-to-be-approved-by-ministers-this-month-sources-say</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=87#post-385737 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:18:37 +0000 neddie 385737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The whole "methane leaks" thing is a massive distraction from what actually needs to be done - that is, shutting down the fossil fuel industry entirely.</p> <p>Yes, methane leaks are bad. Yes, they are caused by the fossil fuel industry.</p> <p>And again, the language used by the fossil industry is misleading - "emergency brake" implies that if we can just stop the methane leaks*, we'll also stop climate breakdown. We won't.</p> <p>*Something that sounds really easy to do - a no brainer - compared to say actually changing the entire system...</p> <p>Just shut the whole bl**dy thing down and be done with it! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=87#post-385736 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:08:51 +0000 chdot 385736@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Garfunkel frets about big issues, such as global heating, the human race and those in power. “I don’t like America’s position at all,” he says. “I’m not aboard, and I’m thinking of leaving the country, frankly. It’s real that the planet is getting warmer, that the water’s rising, that so many people are starving. When Donald Trump took over Venezuela, are those the new rules? Just take over a country and run it? It’s shocking, and you think: how on earth are we gonna change the presidency? But Trump won’t last for ever. So we’ve got to hope.” </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/04/art-garfunkel-what-a-wonderful-world-tour-interview" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/04/art-garfunkel-what-a-wonderful-world-tour-interview</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=87#post-385735 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:52:29 +0000 chdot 385735@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/04/uk-not-done-enough-to-prepare-for-shocks-to-food-supplies-says-watchdog" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/04/uk-not-done-enough-to-prepare-for-shocks-to-food-supplies-says-watchdog</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15905&page=7#post-385734 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:26:16 +0000 gembo 385734@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If that is possible then the resident has forgotten the tanks that his neighbours own. Alternatively, a shonky building like the estate in clacks built over the mine shafts? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=87#post-385733 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:14:34 +0000 chdot 385733@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Today’s story</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/03/reform-officials-plotted-to-break-law-on-foreign-donations-in-undercover-film" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/03/reform-officials-plotted-to-break-law-on-foreign-donations-in-undercover-film</a> </p> <p><a href="https://climate-reporting.org/#about-us" rel="nofollow">https://climate-reporting.org/#about-us</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20750&page=21#post-385732 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:48:56 +0000 chdot 385732@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Edinburgh council by-elections see victories for Labour and Greens, taking seats from SNP </p> <p>By Ian Swanson Published 4th Sep 2026, 02:55 BST </p> <p>Results will be analysed for indications of how next year’s council elections could go </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-council-by-elections-see-victories-for-labour-and-greens-taking-seats-from-snp-8959444" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-council-by-elections-see-victories-for-labour-and-greens-taking-seats-from-snp-8959444</a></p> <p>As discussed upthread, Lab had an appropriate candidate for Southside </p> <p>I’m sure there will be people here who will be discussing cycle infrastructure with her…</p> <p>The problem with by-elections in multi ward seats, is that they are more like FPTP than PR as only one candidate is being elected</p> <p>Both winners are likely to be reelected next year, but there’s a lot for all Parties to ‘play for’</p> <p>It could be argued that the SNP were unwise/overoptimistic to call by-elections (though presumably it was primarily up to sitting candidates?) - or perhaps more ‘democratic(?)</p> <p>Whether <em>all</em> Cllrs should stand down if elected as MSPs or MPs is a valid Q </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20750&page=21#post-385731 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 01:09:24 +0000 jdanielp 385731@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One new Green Councillor and one new Labour Councillor... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15905&page=7#post-385730 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:09:21 +0000 chdot 385730@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Greig Sanderson, who lives on Annandale Street near the Lothian Buses central depot, blames the issues on the street’s potholes which he claims cause the building to vibrate when driven over by the buses, lorries and emergency service vehicles that regularly use the road.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/shaking-apartment-building-a-complete-nightmare-for-resident-living-near-bus-depot-8956701" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/shaking-apartment-building-a-complete-nightmare-for-resident-living-near-bus-depot-8956701</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=87#post-385729 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:28:20 +0000 LaidBack 385729@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><strong>Why UK consumers paid £1.5bn to shut down wind farms in 2025<br /> </strong><br /> Octopus Energy’s “Wasted Wind” tracker – which factors in both wind farm constraint payments and the costs of firing up gas plants to replace the lost electricity – put the total spent in 2025 at £1.47bn.</p> <p>The Resolution Foundation report, published on Thursday, said: “Scotland holds around 35 per cent of Britain’s wind capacity but is responsible for over 98 per cent of constrained volumes and 94 per cent of curtailment costs.”</p> <p>It went on: “In 2025, northern Scotland curtailed 8.8 TWh of wind generation at a cost of over £340 million. As such, only 61 per cent of the region’s potential output reached the grid.”</p> <p>Noting that Seagreen was paid to shut down for 71% of its available hours, the report warns that building more wind farms without expanding grid capacity will only push up curtailment costs and energy bills.</p> <p>The report states: “The promised green jobs boom is yet to arrive. The 2010 target of 28,000 Scottish offshore wind jobs (by 2020) delivered just 5600 by 2024. This is in large part because electricity infrastructure has not kept pace with generating capacity, with grid constraints making Scottish wind the most curtailed in Britain.”</p> <p>The Resolution Foundation argued that a switch to zonal electricity pricing, which was considered by the UK Government but rejected last year, would have been one way to help address the problem.</p> <p>“This would have seen Scottish prices fall when the network is constrained and electricity in surplus, and – in the long run – would either discourage generation from siting where it cannot export or increase the incentive for heavy consumers to locate where there is a surplus of electricity,” the report said.</p> <p>However, it added that due to the UK Government’s rejection of zonal pricing, “the constraint problem must be solved with new infrastructure instead”.</p> <p>“But even if fast-tracked, the full set of grid reinforcements required – first to allow current Scottish wind power to be transported south, then to accommodate new output as additional capacity comes online – will not be in place until the 2030s.”</p> <p>“A new wind farm consented today would begin generating around the end of this decade, several years before upgrades to the grid can carry its additional load. As such, the main consequence of building this new generating capacity is to add to constraint costs, rather than to generate useable electricity or to reduce carbon emissions</blockquote><br /> (c) National </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7059&page=153#post-385728 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:38:05 +0000 Arellcat 385728@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I watched I think eight members of the SRYT Massive this evening on Colinton bridge. They came in three groups, all in their safety balaclavas and Buffs, and demonstrating their mad wheelie skillz. They disappeared down the access road to the former Colinton station, whence they could have gone east or west.</p> <p>Probably ought really to put SRYT shenanigans in the rubbish driving thread. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=386#post-385727 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:15:27 +0000 mcairney 385727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One side effect of the Summerhall crossroads revamp is cars are now treating it as an extra right-turn phase. They should’ve put cameras in </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19496&page=3#post-385726 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:24:57 +0000 gembo 385726@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bloated, slow and bulbous. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=87#post-385725 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:43:10 +0000 chdot 385725@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps more than 80 times as much heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period and causes 25% of global heating today. We definitely don’t want this gas spewing needlessly into the atmosphere, but in 2023 that’s exactly what environment editor Damian Carrington found was happening when he reported on 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks across the globe. Now Turkmenistan, the worst country for mega-leaks, has begun to plug them. Damian tells Madeleine Finlay why some experts call stopping leaks the climate ‘emergency brake’ and reveals which countries are still failing to act. </p> <p>‘</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2026/sep/03/theres-a-quick-way-to-slow-climate-change-why-isnt-everyone-doing-it-video" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2026/sep/03/theres-a-quick-way-to-slow-climate-change-why-isnt-everyone-doing-it-video</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=87#post-385724 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:37:19 +0000 chdot 385724@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/el-nino-supersizing-before-our-eyes-united-nations" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/el-nino-supersizing-before-our-eyes-united-nations</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19496&page=3#post-385723 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:26:17 +0000 mcairney 385723@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw one of those Ineos Grenadier tactical military machines driving along my (not particularly wide, traffic calmed) street the other day. The sad thing is that it didn't stand out compared to the standard-issue Land Rover Defenders, Range Rovers, Ford pickups etc you normally see. Carflation indeed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21913#post-385722 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:25:45 +0000 neddie 385722@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent article from transport experts Robert Weetman and Mark Philpotts on "continuous footway" versus "side road zebras" versus "no-priority junctions" and the need for integration with the strategic network design </p> <p><a href="https://robertweetman.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/its-a-network-problem/" rel="nofollow">https://robertweetman.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/its-a-network-problem/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=87#post-385721 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:59:26 +0000 chdot 385721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This may be ( ore of) too much tinkering…</p> <p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/john-swinney-manchesterism-devolution-local-council-reform-8956903" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/john-swinney-manchesterism-devolution-local-council-reform-8956903</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=22003#post-385720 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:29:14 +0000 chdot 385720@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.transport.gov.scot/news/over-68-million-for-active-travel-infrastructure/" rel="nofollow">https://www.transport.gov.scot/news/over-68-million-for-active-travel-infrastructure/</a></p> <p>Via</p> <p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/spokes.org.uk/post/3mty6dlthis2x" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/spokes.org.uk/post/3mty6dlthis2x</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20750&page=21#post-385719 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:42:45 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 385719@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Policies on his A-board include "Slower cyclists, safer Prom" and "New swimming pool for Craigmillar""</p> <p>Are they still to know their place and wend their way between the bins behind their nearest Tesco ?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20750&page=21#post-385718 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:13:45 +0000 Frenchy 385718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only once I got the ballot paper did I spot the familiar name of Pete Gregson, standing for the Workers Party of Britain (George Galloway's party).</p> <p>Policies on his A-board include "Slower cyclists, safer Prom" and "New swimming pool for Craigmillar" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385717 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:21:15 +0000 gembo 385717@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think something 8n the air yesterday for sure. Though the driv8ng on the A70 last Saturday was also pretty bad.</p> <p>A croney from the Commute, let’s call her The Bionic Woman (I first clocked her racing buses on the route into town but as with the rest of us she has reverted to the WoL Path) hit a dug for the first time in 26 years. She had slowed and missed the critter on a bend that is overgrown which we will tackle next Monday. However, being of a harem sacrum nature said mutt doubled back behind her and ran at her wheels. Dog was ok as was Bionic.</p> <p>Yes the bridge has become slightly more closed this week as the rangers have tightened the chain between t(e two wee plastic fences. But still no diversion signs (would require man6 signs given the proposed diversion) and still everyone crossing though a bit trickier again (a certain member of this group took a Tern people carrier over the fence recently without even having to stop). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8710&page=76#post-385716 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:21:45 +0000 chdot 385716@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Honestly I'm starting to wonder if CEC can't decide“</p> <p>Well yes</p> <p>Of course “CEC” is a myth/conceit</p> <p>In a sense it’s “the Councillors” </p> <p>Increasingly it’s obvious that that’s not really working - too many decisions to be made</p> <p>Too many conflicting things to factor in - ‘the public’, ‘officials’ - who may have different opinions/agendas/priorities</p> <p>They also collectively (and often individually) have more longevity that politicians (both remaining as Cllrs and also on particular committees- especially as Chairs)</p> <p>Then there are (ever) reducing resources, increasing expectations and also requirements of dealing with legislation/guidelines - from Holyrood, Westminster and beyond </p> <p>All impossible really - especially in the context of being too scared/unwilling to implement laws/policies about (for instance) reducing vehicle use and encouraging ‘active travel’</p> <p>In Edinburgh the ‘carrot before stick’ arguments have been won</p> <p>So trams (etc) will only be ‘allowed’ in the <em>hope</em> that traffic reduction happens later</p> <p>Sound arguments for better public transport are only valid where a bigger picture is politically ‘possible’ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385715 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:17:30 +0000 Greenroofer 385715@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh it <strong>was</strong> you! I did wonder, but it was slightly out of context as normally we meet on the towpath. I recall that we met at the confluence of several people, and that I was concentrating on all of them at once so wasn't paying a huge amount of attention to the specifics of the individuals I was navigating around.</p> <p>A few minutes later I also saw @steveo.</p> <p>I was heading back from a trip to Carnwath. When we passed, I'd retreated to the WoL path as I'd by then had half a dozen close passes and crazy overtakes, one of which got a yelp of fear out of me and several of which had caused oncoming drivers to slow down or hoot in exasperation at the idiot coming towards them, half in their lane and half too close to me.</p> <p>The biscuit (or perhaps cookie) was taken by the white Transit driving in the mist with no lights on at all (so basically invisible), that came flying past me, causing the oncoming pickup to hit the brakes, and disappeared into the mist leaving a strong smell of weed in its wake.</p> <p>Oh yes, and I continue to enjoy Schrodinger's Bridge on the WoL path. The Rangers clearly like to leave its 'open' and 'closed' states in superposition, rather than bite the bullet and collapse its wave function into one state or the other... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3913&page=9#post-385714 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:46:03 +0000 gembo 385714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Runner no 1 was cracking under the pressure of keeping in the lead. I pulled in and was thanked by a cyclist tonight. Small things do help. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385713 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:43:29 +0000 gembo 385713@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@greenroofer on WoL Path </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385712 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:24:10 +0000 chdot 385712@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55504757405_91e79d8e20_b.jpg"></p> <p>No idea if this is an art installation or a warning (for drivers) of the imminent road narrowing </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385711 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:57:22 +0000 chdot 385711@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55504754525_0d455d2aa8_b.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8710&page=76#post-385710 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:48:43 +0000 Arellcat 385710@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Honestly I'm starting to wonder if CEC can't decide whether it wants a tram route that delivers higher speeds between few stops, or lower speeds between many stops.</p> <p>Is the function of Trams in Edinburgh to be actual mass rapid transit, for which former railway routes ought to be tailor made, or just an incredibly expensive, electric alternative to buses, for which the road (or under the road) ought to be the place?</p> <p>If I were a regular user of the NEPN I would probably want the trams on the roads instead, unless there was a cast iron guarantee* that equivalent on-road cycle lanes would be built if the trams were to use the former railway routes. But they have to be <em>high quality</em> cycle lanes, and to a very large extent Edinburgh can't build those either even while other cities are cracking right on.</p> <p>* which would become more of a target, subsequently downgraded to an aspiration, subsequently postponed owing to budget cuts and, y'know, the price of materials is awfully expensive these days and we mustn't take away too much parking for fear that the city will go bankrupt because all the businesses will go out of business and stop paying rates, and after all, you've got to build bypasses, etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8710&page=76#post-385709 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:45:04 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 385709@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well said, neddie.</p> <p>"...or are you one of that ilk?"</p> <p>Ye gods. Wind your neck in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8710&page=76#post-385708 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:54:39 +0000 neddie 385708@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm afraid the council cannot be trusted not to destroy cycle paths or modal filters. Neither can we trust them to provide timely, appropriate, alternatives during construction.</p> <p>- 2014 George St segregated lanes...gone<br /> - 2020 George IV Br segregated lanes...gone<br /> - Silverknowes bus/cycle only roadway...gone<br /> - Braid Estate modal filters...gone<br /> - North Bridge chance to put in segregated lanes...gone</p> <p>There's no guarantee, when the tram comes to be constructed, it'll be single-track with cycle path. They'll probably claim "operational reasons" at the last minute, and double-track it. And even if made single-track, the path will be badly compromised, and there *will always be* the looming threat of double-tracking at some time in the future.</p> <p>You only need to look at the provision for cyclists they propose on North Bridge to see the contempt and neglect they have towards cyclists - there will be no provision, and cyclists are instead expected to make a mile long, hilly, inconvenient diversion around 3 sides of a square, up the Mound !!!</p> <p>They cannot be trusted!</p> <p>Spokes are absolutely wrong to sit on the fence on this matter - it is their ONE JOB to protect existing cycle lanes</p> <p>You mark my words - if they come for the Roseburn path, they'll be coming for the Ferry Rd path, the Trinity path and the entire rest of the NEPN next! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=87#post-385707 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:51:36 +0000 chdot 385707@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>AI datacentres are almost universally unpopular. They are loud, unsightly and drain environmental resources, with most of the profits generated flowing back to the US companies that build them – and the statistics against them are piling up. </p> <p>Guardian reporter Hettie O’Brien visits Brick Lane in east London, where people are trying to resist plans for a 5,200-sq metre datacentre being pushed through by the government, to find out why people hate them so much </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2026/sep/01/why-does-everyone-hate-datacentres" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2026/sep/01/why-does-everyone-hate-datacentres</a> </p>