MoneySaving Poll: Are wind farms an aye-aye or an eyesore?

kwjibo

Most people seem to be in favour so you can guarentee C A MORON will be against them

kwjibo

iAMaLONDONER wrote: »

We could reopen the mines like Germany has!

The Mines are flooded so the coal will now be useless

cornishcheel

If you want to see a county overloaded with wind turbines, check out Cornwall Council website and look for 'operational wind turbines'.
I cannot post a link as I am a new user, sorry.
This is a county which relies on 40% of its income from tourism - what is this lot going to do to that?
The grid cannot cope with the amount they are producing, so they are frequently not working - where is the sense in that?

spanielson

I love going to Denmark and seeing turbines everywhere, across hillsides, in people's gardens etc. I definitely think we should have more here, (although I do think coal plants look quite nice from afar!)

ifan.goch

cornishcheel wrote: »

If you want to see a county overloaded with wind turbines, check out Cornwall Council website and look for 'operational wind turbines'.
I cannot post a link as I am a new user, sorry.
This is a county which relies on 40% of its income from tourism - what is this lot going to do to that?
The grid cannot cope with the amount they are producing, so they are frequently not working - where is the sense in that?

I've noticed that there are more every time we visit. It's bound to affect the tourism industry.

Shagg

cepheus wrote: »

Perhaps the locals should be offered a share of the profits or even community controlled as they often do in Germany.

For those who say no they should have to accept the possibility of a fracking site or a nuclear power station on their doorstep, or a contract with Mr Putin!

I agree with the first part of this. There are several co-ops in the UK, for solar as well as wind, where locals and those from farther afield can join together to fund a project. Check out the Energy4All website for one such co-op (a co-op umbrella actually). Renewables would be much more accepted if people could look at them and think "I own a part of that, and it is generating income for me as I look at it."

OnceTwiceThreeLotsOfSB

I don't live near any (as far as I'm aware) but I'd happily do so. I really think the alleged ugliness of wind turbines is overstated, presumably from the same NIMBY's that claim to love their community yet want no new homes (and thus new community members) built near them.

I do agree with another poster's comment that tidal power should be looked into further.

ChemicalJasper

Where is the:

There is nothing visually wrong with wind turbines (or cash pumps as they should be called), but the outrageous subsidies that generate millions of pounds for these 'psudo-green' investment companies are directly contributing to fuel poverty amongst the poorest groups in society, for what is one of the most expensive and unreliable forms of electricity generation!

Furthermore I disagree with the current trend of these development companies now openly bribing communities with shares of the grossly disproportionate subsidies, but promising 'community funds' for those in their footprint - there is nothing quite like giving the people back a little bit of the cash you have relieved them of!

....where was that option?:money:

ChemicalJasper

cepheus wrote: »

The MSE poll with 73% in favour of wind farms in some form and 17% against (so far) is very similar to the results found in professional national polls, with a vast majority in favour, although the questions are slightly different.

This one conducted in 2012 has 66% in favour, 28% neutral or don't know and only 8% against. Even Conservative voters are in favour.

That is because most people live in cities and have no idea and no intrest in what that actual issues are and have no idea and no interest in just how much money is being wasted on making multi millionares of the psudo-green investors - do some googling Dale Vince of ecotricity (and I not talking about his 'self promotional, material, I talking about his spending tens of thousands of tax payers money to develop his supercar when he is already a multimillionare on subsidies!).

I agree, we should install wind turbines, but they SHOULD NOT make people millionaires at the expense of poor old grannies in fuel poverty.

Wind turbines should be funded to be run at cost, with a reasonable profit margin and should only be allowed where they will generate electricity.

Many of the turbine arrays are bing installed in areas where they generate less than 16% electricity, just because there are no objections, but they still effectively pump cash into the pockets of the owners - THAT is the iissue, and if people understood that, perhaps they wouold have different views.

ChemicalJasper

dastep wrote: »

I would love one in my neighbourhood if it supplied me with free energy.

Its not free, its very expensive and your paying for it NOW, even if your not using it!