People who moan about the site of wind turbines!!

[taliesin238]

I really dont understand people who moan about wind turbines!! WHY???? Becasuse they look hidious?? So you would rather the site of a new powerstation would u with all that lovely smoke pouring into the atmosphere??? Just how do wind turbines spoil the views of our shores??? I live near quite alot of them and see absolutely no problem!!

[taliesin238]

Yeah i agree!! they are like a field of silent windmills!! Arent windmills silent anyway??? LOL

[Zeddy]

Apparently they are quite noisy close up. If your house is near just make sure you have double glazing.
I do think they are a damn site more attractive than power stations.
Some people are just NIMBYs for the sake of it.

[jno]

I think they look rather elegant (though I suppose there may be ugly ones I haven't seen)

[Twenty20]

I think they look great too. We've got plenty of open land near us and I'd be quite happy to have wind turbines there

[4getmenot]

got about 10 around my town, I think they are works of art. I think out town has the tallest one in England.

[redcrx]

As 4get says, we have a lot

I dont mind them at all, but i wouldnt want to be surrounded by hundreds of them when other towns in the locality refuse to grant planning/

We have 2 in town and 7 or 8 just outside. After the 2 were put up and the planning was requested (by a second power company) for the others the MD of the first company said that there was like a gentlemans agreement that if a town already had wind turbines that they wouldnt be forced to have more and more. great eh? yes, except that once the other company got planning for thiers the MD has now stated he wants a further 10 on the other side of the town.

Our district council have also stated that because we already have so many that we should be first option before any other town in the district.

I agree that renewable energy should be used whereever possible. But i dont accept that once town should have enough turbines to power the district which includes at least 4 other towns larger than ours.

[cyanide]

Theres new ones on the shoreline by me(Wirral coast)and they look good when they all go at the same time,my friend and i sit on the sandhills with the dog watching them,its quite relaxing.

[plowter]

I like them too, they are quite elegant from a distance and I love the ones out to sea.

The problem is that they're not solution to the energy crisis that people think. They can't work in high winds and have to be switched off if there are gusts above 60mph. They're very inefficient in terms of generating power for the National Grid because they don't have a continuous output.

It's a developing technology. Bet the cavemen complained that this new fangled fire stuff had it's benefits but wasn't as good as old-fashioned fur. So it goes.

[sleepyj]

can you hear them making a noise .?.... not got any near us yet ..