Climate change kills 300,000 of our fellow human beings every year according to the most comprehensive report ever on the human impact of climate change (see Daily Telegraph, 29 May 2009).

The wind turbines, whose transport the mayor and councillors are so opposed to, will -when they are up and running- produce 24 grammes of CO2 per kilowatt hour.

Yes, 24 grammes of CO2 per kilowatt hour…

Compare these emissions with those of our current, unsustainable modes of energy production.

Coal: 1,153 grammes of CO2 per kilowatt hour

Gas: 428 grammes of CO2 per kilowatt hour

It would be great if we had local political representatives who genuinely think globally, grasp the seriousness of the issue and act locally?

Low-carbon wind farm projects in the windiest country in Europe are a moral imperative in light of the fact that the 300,000 people I cited are some of the poorest people on earth, who have done the least to contribute to climate change.

Wind farm projects in the windiest country in Europe are also an economic imperative for the UK, because a green industrial revolution is critical to the recovery of the UK economy and the creation of new jobs (wind creates more jobs per kilowatt hour than coal or nuclear).

Why, when the evidence is so strong that climate change is the greatest issue facing humanity, are we moving towards a sustainable future at such a embarrassingly slow pace and turning temporary transport headaches into seemingly insuperable obstacles?

Surely this is a logistics question, which clever, creative, resourceful transport officers can solve after local consultation.

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