The National Trust Comes Out against Windfarms

[Khandro]

About time too ?http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9
077468/National-Trust-comes-out-against-publi
c-menace-of-wind-farms.html

[boxtops]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9
077468/National-Trust-comes-out-against-publi


c-menace-of-wind-farms.html

[boxtops]

sorry khandro ^^ that didn't work either

[naomi24]

Try this:

http://www.telegraph....ace-of-wind-farms.htm

[naomi24]

Nope. That doesn't work either.

I like wind farms.

[vulcan]

hopefully this works
http://www.telegraph....ce-of-wind-farms.html

[naomi24]

^^Well done that man!

[NOX]

I like windfarms and I don't like the National Trust- so bad story for me. Still each to his own, I only hope the silly old s0ds who are in the National Trust, won't be the first ones to start moaning when all the fossil fuels run out and they have no electric- oh wait no, they won't will they because they'll all be dead by then, it'll be their grandchildren left to tidy up the mess they've left.

[Khandro]

Thanks vulcan, help appreciated. Anyone interested use his link please. - Monday morning!

[Khandro]

So, NOX, you think windfarms are the answer to our energy needs?

[NOX]

I am fully in support of windfarms and have no time whatsoever for the 'not in my backyard' self appointed custodians of this country.

[RATTER15]

We have just had a large wind farm built near us on the horizon, its not the prettiest of sites but also fairly unobtrusive, there has been a little objection naturally but all in all people are in favour. Im all for them!! Im also not a lover of the National Trust.

[RATTER15]

Khandro, so what do you think the answer is? hopefully something less harmful to our environment and our planet.

[EDDIE51]

I used to be in favour of wind farms but I have changed my mind.
Wind farms do not stop power stations being built, there has to be 'back up' generation capacity for days when the wind is too strong or too low. So for every kilowatt of wind power there has to be another Kilowatt of conventional capacity created.

[Gromit]

Is that the same Simon Jenkins who commissioned the Dome.

[vulcan]

Not exactly an efficient system.
http://money.aol.co.u...itching-off-turbines/

[anotheoldgit]

Just wondering if there were any protests when the first windmills were sited?

[NOX]

Vulcan- if the infrastructure can't cope then improve the infrastructure- don't tear down the only part of it that's functioning in a clean, environmentally friendly way because the rest is too naff to keep up. If we all thought like that we'd still be living in round houses and painting ourselves with woad.

[Gromit]

Any sensible energy policy needs to have a diverse combination of sources. No single one works on its own. With wind power as one of the options, it gives us the ability to use less fossil fuels to generate energy at certain times. I am also pleased the Government recently lost its slashing of Solar Power subsidy.

I was once a member of the National Trust but realised they were all small c conservatives.

[vulcan]

well, we haven't improved the infrastructure much on the railways [wrong leaves on the line], transport [wrong sort of snow] and now we add wrong sort of wind.