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Should we destroy the Countryside and Rural Environment and claim to be saving the Environment?
The earths resources are finite. We cannot go on forever burning fossil fuel ( coal, oil and natural gas ) at the rate we have been.
The concept of a wind turbine sounds appealing when you first hear about it. It is only when you start to find out how many are planned, how big they are, how much concrete and steel is required and how little they produce that you realise that they simply create a different set of problems.
200 turbines are already proposed near to Selby. If they were all built you would see turbines all around you from almost anywhere in the district. As each wind farm applies to add more wind turbines, as they do, the open spaces between the towns and villages would become industrialised.
This is a very large price to pay, the countryside is scarce and once it is industrialised it is gone forever.
We highlight four key issues which apply to wind farms all over the UK. These issues need to be properly addressed. It is these four issues which have made wind farms the most hated development proposal in rural areas.
A matter of choice
1. Too close to homes - need a 2 km Offset
There is no rule about proximity to homes. Despite repeated calls for a 2km limit because of problems with noise, health effects and visual impact. To maximise profits developers are planning to put larger turbines even closer to homes.
Read more about the need for a 2 KM rule
2. Noise regulations fail to protect residents
Noise rules drafted as interim in 1997 are out of date and have not taken into account the increasing size of turbines or people living near to turbines complaining. There are accusations that noise complaints are being covered up. Noise does not have to be loud to cause distress.
Read more - Noise regulations needs to be updated
3. Exaggerated claims
A scam takes money by making promises and then not delivering as promised. To what extent do wind farms deliver the promised CO2 savings? How many homes do wind farms really produce enough power for ? How much money are you giving them via your electricity bill ? How can they make so much money for their owners?
Read more - Wind farms don’t fulfill their promises
4. Planning Law and the Localism Bill.
How can wind turbines over 400 feet high be built in open countryside? Why is it that wind farm plans are approved even when the majority of residents oppose them? How will the Localism Bill affect this?
4 x Key Issues - Why wind farm proposals are so unpopular.
Wind turbine - coming soon to a field near you.
These people were lucky - this turbine is 820 metres from them and is only 100 metres high, current proposals have 145 metre turbines just as close or even closer to homes.