davieG Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk...rshire-13775218 Good, bad or indifferent?
RobHawk Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 I have no major problem with them!! I don't think they look as much of an eyesore as many try and make out and they provide green renewable energy. In actual fact as a kid i used to love going to cornwall and seeing these windmills in the fields! I just wish as a country, we did more with tidal power etc. As windfarms alone, don't produce near enough!
Nick Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk...rshire-13775218 Good, bad or indifferent? I think it's positive - it's a shame it doesn't act as a fan though and blow the smell in Wanlip towards say.... Syston? Just an idea.
Zingari Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk...rshire-13775218 Good, bad or indifferent? Maybe I'm tilting at windmills here , but I'm absolutely turbulent with rage !!
accessory Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Better than the alternative - a nuclear power station. The whole of Leicestershire would have been bricking it if that had been approved..
OriginalRobboFOX Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Makes sense really. I live not so far away in Rothley and it's always really windy..... Lets make use of it??
Jon the Hat Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 I would have no problem with wind turbines if they actually delivered anything like the power they are supposed to.
MikeyT Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 I would have no problem with wind turbines if they actually delivered anything like the power they are supposed to. More than a gnat fart then?
Smudge Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Maybe I'm tilting at windmills here , but I'm absolutely turbulent with rage !! You sound like a wind up merchant.
Zingari Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 You sound like a wind up merchant. I just breezed in hoping to start a revolution
Trav Le Bleu Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 It's about time something useful happened in Wanlip.
Smudge Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 I just breezed in hoping to start a revolution Typical of your generation
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 its alot of fuss that will just blow over in time . . . . . . .
Zingari Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Typical of your generation it's just a phase i'm going through
jonthefox Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Theres 3 in lutterworth and i dont see them so much as an eyesore. That said, i dont live to near them.
ajthefox Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Definitely a good thing. If it's next to a sewage works then I highly doubt anyone will live within audible distance of it, and even if they do arguing it's a noise loud enough to actually be an annoyance is arguing for the sake of it. And as for the 'eyesore' debate I just don't get it. There are far more unsightly things that you could have plonked near you, and the alternative as suggested by an earlier post is definitely one of those things, not that either would bother me that much.
MPH Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 I fail to see how this could possibly be a bad thing.. i mean.. seriously? If what happened to the reactors in Japan doesnt make us think twice about Nuclear power i dont know what will... in all honesty, im suprised Nuclear power stations in the US and UK are not a terrorist target but thats for a different thread... In the long run.... wind turbines are cheap.. and well... cheap.
Guest Mee-9 Posted 17 June 2011 Posted 17 June 2011 People on here might not see it as a bad thing, but I feel for the people who's houses back on to it. It's an eyesore.
MPH Posted 17 June 2011 Posted 17 June 2011 People on here might not see it as a bad thing, but I feel for the people who's houses back on to it. It's an eyesore. Disagree. Think they look quite nice.
davieG Posted 17 June 2011 Author Posted 17 June 2011 In certain conditions weather/landscape the sound coming from them can be annoying and stressful and there have been cases of people having to abandon there homes there's also big question marks over whether than can actually deliver the energy that is promised. That said if they are part of a national planned reusable energy strategy I think that is good. But I'd like to see legislation for all new homes to include the most appropriate energy saving / energy producing options to complement the national energy production.
SystonFox Posted 17 June 2011 Posted 17 June 2011 I think it's positive - it's a shame it doesn't act as a fan though and blow the smell in Wanlip towards say.... Syston? Just an idea Hey... Fuck you! I say make it act like one of those fancy dyson bladeless fans and get the air sucking through and onto those post Rothley bastards
Smudge Posted 17 June 2011 Posted 17 June 2011 it's just a phase i'm going through Do you mean currently?
Zingari Posted 17 June 2011 Posted 17 June 2011 Do you mean currently? yes but i'm alternating and trying to rectify it
Parafox Posted 20 June 2011 Posted 20 June 2011 I read recently that there is going to be a massive wind farm in the North Sea off the Lincolnshire coast. (Some turbines there already) They plan to have more that 30 of these which will apparently provide enough energy for 20,000 homes. Thats not a lot really. That means you'd need about 15 of the things to provide power for an area the size of Hamilton. Maybe the 3 near Husbands Bosworth are just enough for the local community. Seems an awful lot of effort for very little return. I'm trying to be positive but feel quite negative. My resistance is quite high in spite of being insulated by distance. DRRRRAMMM, Tischhh... !
Jon the Hat Posted 20 June 2011 Posted 20 June 2011 I read recently that there is going to be a massive wind farm in the North Sea off the Lincoldshire coast. (Some turbines there already) They plan to have more that 30 of these which will apparently provide enough energy for 20,000 homes. Thats not a lot really. That means you'd need about 15 of the things to provide power for an area the size of Hamilton. Maybe the 3 near Husbands Bosworth are just enough for the local community. Seems an awful lot of effort for very little return. And only when it's windy. And what happens when the sea levels rise? They haven't thought this through!
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