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Jane J
Jane Apr 22, 2008 14:55:04
Replying to goffik

I struggle with this issue.

I am a huge fan of birds and of nature and of Lewis and the fragile natural environment. Consequently, I am all for windfarms. Bring 'em on!

We all need electricity, and sensible people with brains in their skulls want it to be produced ethically and as carbon neutrally as poss.

So when a local says: "The environment, the landscape and the peatlands are worth far more than any wind farm" I wonder if they know what they're really saying. Without windfarms, if we continue as we are, there will be no environment, no landscape and no peatlands to enjoy because the climate WILL have changed.

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon Apr 22, 2008 15:00:36
Replying to Jane

I do take your point totally, but if you dig up /drain the peatlands (because you're going to have to make roads etc), you'll be releasing lots of carbon dioxide into the environment = kind of counterproductive. There have to be better places to put windfarms (I think they're great generally) surely, I mean we need more bogs to sink co2 into if anything.