In article , Wolfgang
writes
As Bill Grey pointed out, not everyone is yet sanguine about the birds and
whirling blades scenario. However, I suspect that even in these days of
increasing green consciousness, economics will come to dwarf other
considerations. I

A few years ago when I was involved with the electricity supply industry
as a surveyor, It was my task to survey a route for an overhead line to
service a proposed windfarm. Interestingly enough, the windfarm was
being built largely on a farm where several fields were unproductive and
difficult to work. The farmer had been coaxed to sell his fields to the
developers and was given a directorship in the new supply company.

I'll bet he took some coaxing! You are right Wolfgang, economics did
dwarf other considerations.

It might be argued that building the windfarm on unproductive farmland
was a good decision, but here in Wales, pristine hillside is being
swallowed up by these horrendous eyesores with hardly any capacity to
provide sufficient electricity in real terms. Wales has precious little
unspoilt hills now that the roller-coaster of windfarms has gained
momentum.It may bee green in one sense but is destroying our green
landscapes in another.
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Bill Grey