Wind Turbines, Necessity or Nuisance

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This was originally under Clacton, Jaywick, etc., I suppose as Clacton residents are is in line to get the best views of any wind turbines?

But I think it makes more sense in "General / Climate Change", which maybe I should call "Environmental"?

All can be swapped around if people say what they think about organising the topics?

amenity

Perhaps a reappraisal of our energy costs would be illuminating (no pun etc), With nuclear they should include the dismantling as well as all the other costs and profits.
With air planes why should cheap fuel be available in the form of low taxation, I do see it's nice to fly away on holiday, but if equal taxation were applied to such fuel either planes would become more efficient energy users or better still we could take longer holidays and go by boat.
Talking of boats international shipping uses bunker fuel, this is the tar like stuff left over after the other fuels have been distilled, but this goo is a big introducer of Nox and Sox into the enviroment not to mention particulate matter.

So what about wind farms, well they cost a lot to build and some say they have a huge carbon footprint contary to general belief, tons of steel has to be smelted concrete what have you?

Should we go in for a reappraisal?

amenity

It might be usefull to get an idea of scale to have a look at a panorama of Harwich with Felixstowe dock in the background.
As can be seen in this photo the Harwich church looks quite small compared to the floating stage used to erect the wind turbine shaft. (or whatever it is called)

http://www.filelodge.com/files/room52/1509685/PC120744_cr_cr.jpg

click on photo to enlarge

amenity

So, on the BBC news "some windfarms have had there expected wind available to generate electricity ramped up by an enormous factor". Why did the firms responsible do this " to avail themselves of the juicy subsidy available from government for construction of the mills". "Subsidy" is a euphonism for profit directly from ratepayers and taxpayers.

Looks like someone has taken us again?

ivan burit

Well as its been nearly 2 long years since Amenity posted on this thread.

In realtime July 2009, i look out to gunfleet sands to count 15 `ish,
with plenty more fitted yellow bases sitting quietly and waiting for final completion.

I can look further offshore to Herne Bay`s hardworking ? windturbines, while a planning inspector still has to give judgement on just 5 inland turbines just about 1 mile inland.
The blurbsheet say`s 1000`s of local homes CAN be powered by the famous five..
In an adjacent field, i believe they have the same type of bulls that tend to deposit waste locally known as bull**it.

Why do we need the famous five when we have an estimated 40 just 8 miles offshore with its cabling coming ashore at Holland on sea.
The local connection to the national grid would be the same grid "if" the famous five are allowed to be built and connected.

Do they have them bulls in Holland on sea i wonder,
but then i doubt it, as the ground never gets its quotor of bull**it like the famous fives areas do.