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Re: Wind farm on Lewis
Feb 08, 2007, 19:07
Like yourself I have no great problem with wind energy although there is an ongoing debate regarding the energy expended to create a farm vs energy recouped.
What really bothers me is that the location of the farms.
Wind farms are not just a matter of the turbines themselves, there is a whole infrastructure including access roads to each turbine, H/V cables and substations to be taken into consideration. A wind farm on a bleak hillside of say 200 turbines requires a number of main access roads plus a permanent access road, capable of carrying heavy construction vehicles, to each turbine. Thats well over over 200 roads being built through a wilderness area.
Personally I think we have a responsibility to protect our last few areas of wilderness from any kind of industrial development that could harm them. I would rather see windfarms located offshore with a tie-into to wave generation.
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