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nigelswift Oct 8, 2013 11:44:18
Replying to Mustard

Mustard wrote:
And often, it's a justifiable name. *cough* wind turbines *cough*
No windfarms near me. I confess the more I've looked at on-shore ones the more many of them seem to be a racket but that hasn't been the thrust of the Journal articles nor has helping Nimby householders. As is befitting, in the Journal we've tried to highlight where they are a threat to the settings of monuments. The Inspectors have been under Govt orders to give that issue a low priority. Now the Govt. is back peddling but the damage is done.

So no, we're not "*cough* Nimbies". Well I guess we are, but we're highlighting damage in the public back yards not our own. We're "Nipbys"...

M Mustard
Mustard Oct 8, 2013 12:15:52
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
Mustard wrote:
And often, it's a justifiable name. *cough* wind turbines *cough*
No windfarms near me. I confess the more I've looked at on-shore ones the more many of them seem to be a racket but that hasn't been the thrust of the Journal articles nor has helping Nimby householders. As is befitting, in the Journal we've tried to highlight where they are a threat to the settings of monuments. The Inspectors have been under Govt orders to give that issue a low priority. Now the Govt. is back peddling but the damage is done.

So no, we're not "*cough* Nimbies". Well I guess we are, but we're highlighting damage in the public back yards not our own. We're "Nipbys"...

Sorry Nige, that comment wasn't aimed at you. I don't really know what you think of wind farms. It was aimed at the general public/Daily Mail attitude towards them.

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Oct 8, 2013 19:02:39
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
No windfarms near me. I confess the more I've looked at on-shore ones the more many of them seem to be a racket but that hasn't been the thrust of the Journal articles nor has helping Nimby householders. As is befitting, in the Journal we've tried to highlight where they are a threat to the settings of monuments. The Inspectors have been under Govt orders to give that issue a low priority.
Before:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/89796/garn_fach_ogmore_valley.html

After:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/124700/garn_fach_ogmore_valley.html

Anyone give a rat's arse? I doubt it, the people of South Wales want electricity too.

Currently the hills above the Rhondda, the one part of the landscape that survived the industrial revolution that scarred the valleys and slopes, are being carpeted with wind turbines. I don't mind them, but they most certainly intrude on the landscape when you're in the hills.

Also a huge new development on the Monadhliath Mountains between Loch Ness and the Cairngorms:
http://www.savemonadhliathmountains.com/

None of these are in anyone's "back yard" as such.