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In would prefer offshore or coastal wind farms as opposed to plonking them all over the hills as it does intrude a little on the "wildness".
This would seem to be a sensible course of action, and one which most reasonable outdoor-lovers can probably live with.
a handful of wind turbines located about 10 miles away at Workington. It's less than 1% of the view and probably nicer to look out than the town itself.
It's hard to argue with that!
I find the complete opposition to them ridiculous, they are an important part of our energy production
Actually, they aren't. They are neither efficient, cost-effective nor a particularly useful contributor to the National Grid. What they are is expensive, "dirty" in their production, and were it not for MASSIVE subsidies that you and I as an energy-users are paying even BEFORE we get our hefty energy bills (subsidies that mea the energy companies get paid for producing electricity and paiD MORE for not producing, would be so unaffordable it would never get off the ground.
The stuff you get in TGO magazine frothing at the mouth about them is very off-putting and makes outdoor enthusiasts sound like nutcases.
Personally, I'm pleased someone with a high profile is making a stand about desecrating the few wild or wild-ish places we have left in the UK.
The real way forward would be to invest all the money used in subsidising wind energy into energy reduction programmes so we don't need to consume (or produce) the amounts of energy we now do. THAT is the sensible way forward, but will require energy companies to forgo their ENORMOUS PROFITS.
Something that'll happen shortly after hell freezes over.
Sorry, rant over!