John challis (Boycie) concerned about wind farms

Personally, I Iove to see a large wind turbine spinning, bigger the better, it's a wonderful sight.
I can also appreciate some concerns about the blight on the landscape, I think we need them though, particularly in the U.K

I don't know the answers, but it does appear the way to go, given our island location,

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[EnglishG3nt]

@killzpwnz0red You stupid bastard. Wind farms do absolutely f all. Nuclear power is the only way forward. I hope you left wing twats die off so the world can function properly.

[xlr8up]

If you're on an island surrounded by the sea, a better alternative to costly, unsightly wind-farm turbines which produce very little compared to the little-known, highly profitable power derived from kinetic energy of undersea oceanic currents.

Search YouTube for "CETO Wave Power" an you'll see why ruining the landscape is simply not necessary...

Wave action energy is more economical, needs less maintenance, generates power at a fraction of the cost and less a couple of buoys, totally invisible.

[ojwatts]

John, I met you in Sainsburys Hereford a few months ago. I thought you were a wicked bloke, but come on..... Your not from round here. You have moved here from the south east and your trying to stamp your mark on our countryside. With all due respect..... Piss off. In your view then, lets put up mor power stations, fuck the air up even more and shit on the English countryside some more. I think its a case of "Not in your back yard"! Piss off bloke....

[bdzbdz]

what a plonker !

[soeffingwhat]

I agree with gotwind2, I love seeing Windfarms, I don't think they blot the Landscape at all. I actually think the "add" to the Landscape in some way.

[EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME]

alright boycie

[thealed29]

@swwf85 they're also the most efficient to build when you consider the power they generate and the length of time you can operate a nuclear power station for.

[swwf85]

What amazes me is that the people who say these white sticks are eyesores and uneconomical, think we should have more nuclear power stations! They're the ugliest, most expensive and dangerous option in the energy debate. I know which I would rather have built near me.

[davidhaythornthwaite]

i agree with john, wind farms do spoil the beauty of the land scape, if i won the lottery, i would buy all the land within a 10 mile radius of my farm, and make sure, there was no wind farms within it

[Antithropocentric]

See a recent article in The Telegraph, called "Wind farms could blight one in six beauty spots." The things are just too bloody tall and there's a finite amount of suitable acreage for them.

If smokestacks existed in that profusion, these so-called environmentalists (who are more like technoids) wouldn't stand for it. CO2 aside, the visual blight cannot be trivialized. Just living in a scenic area is part of life's appeal. To sacrifice that for "clean" energy is a dirty trick.

[Antithropocentric]

To accept wind turbines, you have to devalue the natural landscape and pretend that an industrial landscape is no big deal. That angle will never work for a lot of people, especially when they build them in pristine areas and ruin ancient views.

Also, there's too much emphasis on people being the main thing affected by turbines. Animals living among them must deal with the noise, and many are probably neurotic from it. This clip at least doesn't mask the noise, like some on YouTube try to.