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It’s not often that I agree with the things that former Deputy Prime Minister John ‘Two Jags’ Prescott has to say, but his comments at the annual conference of the British Wind Energy Association is spot on in my view.
He said, ‘It is absolutely scandalous that three-quarters of planning applications for onshore wind turbines are turned down. We cannot let the vocal minority stop our move to a low-carbon economy.’ He went on to call for local authorities to be required to assign suitable sites in their areas for wind farms.
The problem, as he rightly pointed out, is that there are too many ‘not in my back yard’ folk, that block planning applications for wind farms.
Wind farms can be seen all over Europe and have become part of the scenery in many places around the world. Certainly, one has to agree that their appearance can alter the appearance of a particular scene but then so did houses and other buildings over the centuries.
If we are to do something about reducing our carbon emissions then wind farms would seem to be at least one way forward and, instead of bitching about them, they ought to be encouraged.
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It’s not often that I agree with the things that former Deputy Prime Minister John ‘Two Jags’ Prescott has to say, but his comments at the annual conference of the British Wind Energy Association is spot on in my view.
He said, ‘It is absolutely scandalous that three-quarters of planning applications for onshore wind turbines are turned down. We cannot let the vocal minority stop our move to a low-carbon economy.’ He went on to call for local authorities to be required to assign suitable sites in their areas for wind farms.
The problem, as he rightly pointed out, is that there are too many ‘not in my back yard’ folk, that block planning applications for wind farms.
Wind farms can be seen all over Europe and have become part of the scenery in many places around the world. Certainly, one has to agree that their appearance can alter the appearance of a particular scene but then so did houses and other buildings over the centuries.
If we are to do something about reducing our carbon emissions then wind farms would seem to be at least one way forward and, instead of bitching about them, they ought to be encouraged.
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