Comments on: The scale of wind farm proposals http://www.saynotoharrington.com/2008/10/the-scale-of-wind-farm-proposals/ This Affects Your Home! Sat, 19 May 2012 02:56:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: RK http://www.saynotoharrington.com/2008/10/the-scale-of-wind-farm-proposals/#comment-7 RK Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:47:28 +0000 http://www.saynotoharrington.com/?p=126#comment-7 This is a truly scary map. Whilst I support the need for renewable energy, and wind power as part of that strategy, this graphic serves to support my view that we, who will be affected, are supposed to think only of our environmental need for renewable power, whilst the developers think only of the profit to be made with little or no regard for environmental issues. Clearly not all of these proposals will come to fruition, but if only 50% are successful the rural landscape which is such a feature of this area will be decimated. Why, oh why, aren't the proposals being limited to offshore/estuary developments? Oh yes, could it be because the profit margins won't be so great? This is a truly scary map. Whilst I support the need for renewable energy, and wind power as part of that strategy, this graphic serves to support my view that we, who will be affected, are supposed to think only of our environmental need for renewable power, whilst the developers think only of the profit to be made with little or no regard for environmental issues.

Clearly not all of these proposals will come to fruition, but if only 50% are successful the rural landscape which is such a feature of this area will be decimated. Why, oh why, aren’t the proposals being limited to offshore/estuary developments? Oh yes, could it be because the profit margins won’t be so great?

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