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Here's a link showing what happened to a beautiful site in Wales.....

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hills/cc/gallery/index.htm

Interesting to wonder if the gravel for the new the roads might have come from Thornborough?

A summary from Dorset Against Rural Turbines (maybe even including a proposal for a farm at Hod Hill?)....

"In summary then:

Wind turbines will not stop global warming;

Are more expensive than all other mainstream power sources;

Do not produce significant amounts of power;
Do disturb nearby residents with noise - causing physical and psychological illness;
Do harm wildlife;
Require the destruction of large tracts of the environment we are allegedly saving;
Require massive funding from the taxpayer; THAT'S FUNDED BY YOU."

http://www.dartdorset.org/html/reality.html

"Wind energy is not as clean as its proponents would have us believe"
Agreed.
"the (heavily subsidised) scam that is wind power"
Not agreed. Methinks the protestor doth protest too much.

It still comes down to this, however many environmental faults that those who are opposed to it come up with, they can't actually say there's a better alternative.

As I said before, as someone who is apt to protest I know that protesting is the easy bit. The hard bit is suggesting a better way.

Incidentally, the fact that it has to be subsidised by me the taxpayer causes me no concern. That's the whole point about green energy, it's more expensive and we'd better pay now rather than later. I wish Bush, who said he'd never sign any environmental treaty that damaged the American economy, would grasp that basic fact.

So you are against all roads, but like to dig up all the archaeological sites so they can be in the museum?

I notice the foreest this road is gonig through. I guess we should stop the destruction of the fire breaks as well? all massive destruction of rather fast growing non native trees.