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 Your viewsWind farms are less than 30% efficient and the winds are either too strong or too light Please look at our web site www.saynotowindfarm.co.uk if you are against the windfarm at Kiln Pit Hill or want ot know more about our objections. thank you A fantastic Idea. More of these or a nuclear power station hmmm hard choice.
They are a thing of beauty within themselves. People should wake up to the
reality of theoptions.
Alternative energy is the future. The impact of wind farms to the land is nothing more then a few square
meters to the ground, the blades are almost harmless to any air born animals,
we need more, not less, there are very efficient and output no grass house
gasses, this is going to enhance life overall, look at the bigger picture,
a future for all Please say no to turbines. There are greener ways to solve the energy
problem. There are over 500 turbines proposed for a 40-mile stretch of our
corner of the Scottish Highlands. A 21-turbine farm is up and running within
3 km of us. It is noisy, it has employed one person, and has caused nothing
but squabbling amongst local community councils. Another 47-turbine power
station is proposed for behind our house. Our house is currently not saleable.
To all those against wind turbines - what would you suggest the energy
companies do instead? Or are you prepared to stop using your central heating,
dishwashers, mobile phones, PCs, TVs, pay LOADS more for your food, potentially
loose your job because your firm goes bust because it can't produce it's
goods? As far as I'm aware noone disputes we need energy and are going to
need more of it. But where is it going to come from? FACT Our fossil fuel
supplies are running out. FACT The emissions that have been emitted from
burning fossil fuels are GOING to cause far greater damage to our countryside,
wild life and lives than even the worst case antis can come up with. Or
are prepared to have a nuclear station in your backyard instead? And would
you be happy for all the unstable countries in the world to have nuclear
power stations? We can hardly tell developing countries that they can’t
have them if we do. My understanding is that tidal and wave energy technology
is at least 10 years behind wind technology. Solar is too expensive. Wind
turbines aren’t the whole answer but they are the first step in building
a sustainable future. FYI they also take between two - five years to construct
because of all the studies and consultations developers have to carry out
as part of the planning process. If you too support wind energy pledge your
support at www.embracewind.com or to find out more visit WWF, Foe and Greenpeace’s
YES2WIND website at www.yes2wind.com. I totally support windfarms because even if people do think they look
awful they are needed. The fact that they are needed for sustainable energy
is more important than what they look like. There are much uglier things.
Like litter which some people don't seem to care as much about. Denmark and Germany have revealed many serious problems after 20 yrs of
turbines. Be informed not misled. We all pay the cost of poorly sited turbines.
THREE hearty cheers to those stalwarts on the Durham City Council who
said no to the desecration of part of the Prime Minister's constituency
with a wind factory. I beg Tony Blair to hold his head up high and embrace
the real and shocking truth. There is no right place for a wind farm in
Britain let alone in the County Palatine. Why? Because there is overwhelming
evidence from Denmark and Germany that reliance on high rise wind factories
causes havoc with the stability of the grid, saves little or no emission
of carbon dioxide and costs their consumers and their economy very dearly.
Sir, your administration has already responded to the writing on the economic
wall by giving permission for our industries to vent 7.5 per cent more carbon
dioxide into the air over the next three years. Please note that this is
an amount equivalent to putting over five million extra cars on the road.
Surely, with the ball now firmly in your very local court, this is the opportunity
to call for a moratorium on the building of any more wind farms until the
British Wind Energy Association can prove all that it claims about these
wind monsters. JOHN Prescott has advised councillors to ignore opposition to wind turbines
(Echo, Aug 14). In other words to hell with the people. Local councils are
being bullied until they meet targets for renewable energy. This was evident
when we attended a Sedgefield Council planning meeting at Spennymoor on
October 12 to hear an application for four wind turbines to be erected at
Trimdon Grange/Town Kelloe. There are 400 more of these 76 metre high monstrosities
to be erected in the North-East alone. Two planning applications were heard
in less than two hours - not long when you consider the impact the turbines
can have on people's lives. What a farce. Many years ago, two reasons given
for opposition to a bungalow here were that it would interfere with the
skyline and it would be detrimental to the countryside. What do turbines
do? As one resident at the meeting put it, if that's democracy God help
us. What a shock for Mr Prescott when the people of the NorthEast gave a
resounding no to a regional assembly - now that was democracy. Readers might be interested in the website www.windup.org.uk/aboutwindfarms.htm.
There is a wealth of information on the site but the article "The Renewable
Energy Debate and Wind Power" is a good starting point. I think wind farming is great! The power generated comes from a clean
and renewable source. We need to realize that fossil fuel supplies may last
100 years at most. Nuclear waste generated from nuclear powerplants will
be around for tens of thousands of years. We would be fools to not use wind
power. We all think there a good idea - until they plan to put one at the end
of your garden! I've been reading with interest your discussions about the wind farms
and whether they are a good thing or bad. I would like to give you my perspective
from the other side of the pond and specifically how they are are working
out in my neck of the woods, California. Forests of wind farms cover the
hills of the Coachella Valley or the Altamont Pass. Anyone who has seen
the windmill farms there knows there is hardly a more unsightly vision on
earth - not to mention the fact that the whirring blades have a severe impact
upon bird populations, including endangered species. However setting aside
the asthetics I have noticed that these windmills are never all turning
at the same time. Apparently the turbines are very high maintenance and
are quite often down for service or repair. The high cost of maintenance
and repairs do not make the amount of power generated wothwhile. The wind
power idea was pretty much the brainchild of the radical environmentalists
but it has turned out to be a white elephant. I read a lot of contradictory information about wind farms. Some reports
say that they produce very little energy and always require back-up generators,
while others say they are a viable option. The Northern Echo would serve
its readers well if it did a comprehensive piece on windfarms and provided
some of the facts. It's important to look for alternative forms of energy but not at the
cost of our spectacular countryside. Wind farms are a blight on the landscape. Everybody loves the convenience of electricity in their homes however
our society NEEDS to find alternative sources of energy. We are facing the same problems with windfarms in Wales you either love
them or hate them it seems. There are a lot going up on hill tops etc on
the most beautiful places. Why can they not go up near the populations using
them, away from beautiful unspoilt places? The best thing would be to cut
our use of electricity. I think wind farms are essential because we have to have renewable energy, not fossil fuels or nuclear power. I have never been close enough to discover how noisy they are, but that must be taken into account when siting them. There will be diiferences of opinion as to their appearance, but I think
they look quite beautiful in desolate areas - much better than that horrible
truncated pyramid at Fylingdales early warning station, which is in a National
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