Have these highly intelligent people suggested other suitible places for the installation of the wind turbines?… I doubt it, I expect they want a clean, green countryside however do not want to do their bit to help. Thanks for complaining, so how about being constructive now and suggesting alternatives rather than being so obtuse!

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Perhaps it would be better to have nuclear power.

That way we can spoil the entire countryside with nuclear by products that take 1000′s of yearsto decay

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I think it is understandable that people are standing up to protect their local environment, and feel contributors above could be more sensitive to local feelings.

We are all on this climate change rollercoaster together, after all, and in democracies people should listen to each other’s arguments, and come up with collective, rational and constructive solutions.

Forcing solutions on unwilling people is not sustainable in the long term.

However, time is running out to respond to climate change and we need a new consensus if we are to de-carbonise our economy and make our children’s and grandchildren’s future affordable.

In my view wind must be part of the energy mix, and if I lived in the locality I would be trying to convince friends of the benefits of wind farms in terms of local JOBS and energy independence in a time of rising energy prices.

According to Germany’s Öko-Institut:

Coal produces 1,153 grammes of CO2 per kilowatt hour.

Gas produces 428 grammes of CO2 per kilowatt hour

Nuclear produces 32 grammes of CO2 per kilowatt hour

WIND produces 24 grammes of CO2 per kilowatt hour.

In addition, building and running nuclear power stations creates more carbon dioxide than manufacturing and setting up wind turbines.

Setting up wind farms also brings the extra benefit of creating MORE LOCAL JOBS per kilowatt hour than coal or nuclear.

A green industrial revolution, funded by a Green New Deal would help tackle the jobs crisis and start to tackle the climate crisis.

It would also create a model for the rest of the world to follow.

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