Bee in Your Bonnet - Windfarms

[hollygolightly]

We've posted articles about Windfarms in Did You See? Thought all of you who are interested in campaigning against developments might want to watch.


Bee in Your Bonnet
Tue 2 Mar, 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm** 30mins

Windfarms

They're 100 metres high, and there could be 26 dotted across historic moorland. Wind turbines are a major weapon in the Government's battle against global warming, but outspoken campaigners, supported by veteran environmentalist David Bellamy, are fighting this proposal.

Former spin doctor and newspaper editor Amanda Platell helps the campaigners get their voices heard.


Next week's Bee In Your Bonnet focuses on the controversy surrounding wind farms.

Are they world saviours in the fight against global warming, or are they eyesores which destroy landscapes and do nothing to cut greenhouse gas emissions?

Amanda Platell meets two women who had never even considered campaigning before. But then plans were unveiled to build 26 huge wind turbines near their family farm.

Ann and Emma Metcalfe are a mother-and-daughter team determined to block the scheme. They say Scout Moor near Rochdale, north of Manchester, is a local beauty spot - and it should stay that way.

It’s been enjoyed for centuries by people walking and horse riding. But can the campaigners harness local support, or will most people accept the benefits which the wind turbines might bring?

Join Amanda Platell as she advises the campaigners on the best way to get their voices heard - and to get the results they want.

Bee In Your Bonnet, 2nd March at 7.30pm on BBC TWO.

More information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ican/A2337086

[Beth]

as long as its not damaging historical landmarks etc.........

.....I would rather live next to a majestic windfarm than a nuculear power plant!

[Neighboured]

Yes. What does Amanda want? Presumably a nuclear power plant, but not anywhere near her, I'd guess! :lol: :nuke:

[TooManyMoves]

Thanks Holly for the post on wind farms. I don't think my rabbit ears antenna have a booster button to pick it up in the States. :)

The problem with wind farms have been low-frequency noise that they generate from the wind turbines. Some people have had to move house because of it. They can't sleep because of the sound they make. What makes it worse is some people unfortunately hear the low-frequency sound and others don't or are not affected. There was a story recently in Australia of a man who was suffering. Do we just disregard those people that do suffer from this kind of noise? If one was built near me I have a feeling I would hear it too. That's a scary thing for me.

Chris

[Neighboured]

There are some windfarms been trialed in off shore locations, so hopefully the cable problem can be coped with.

I have noticed in Wales that rural phone boxes have both solar cell panels and also small wind turbines, too, to provide power where mains electricity is not available.

And there was on Radio 4 a person who has solar celsl on the roof of his house which, as he has plugged the system into his mains, means that the meter spins backwards during the day, and at the end of the summer his bill is lower than at the start of the summer! :hihi: