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What do you think about the proposed new wind turbine for Wadlow Farm?

John
Windfarms can have a place in supplying the growing electricity needs of the UK . However, they can only be part of the solution. The existing power stations in the UK are very old, most are past or very close to there 25yr operational life span. If we do not have winfarms we have to have more conventional power stations (oil, gas, coal) or nuclear. Probably the one thing the Y2K virus alert taught me was how relaint I am on mains electricity. If we are not to build wind farms like the one nr Wadlow, how is the electricity to be generated?

steph
i fink it is a kool idea coz there wont be a thing left if we dont find a way 2 make sure we dont go under 9 feet of water and the world is just a blurr(nothing) well a few 13 year olds cant do a fing

dan amps
i think it is a great idea because we are not polluting the world at all in fact i would love a wind turbine in my garden.

Paul Anderson
RES planning application runs to over 400 pages, and not one page of facts as to how much electricity the wind farm will produce. RES have for over a year been claiming the farm will supply the needs of over 1600 houses. Their calculation depends on all of the turbines running at their maximum efficiency and for 8760hrs/year (the total number of hours in a year). RES do not mention their calculation is to supply electricity for household consumption only. Households use 34% of total electrical demand, so no supply for business. I am old enough to know that if a company cannot be upfront with their sales pitch the product is not as good as they state.

Mark Brinkley
I live in Weston Colville, about 2mls from the proposed site. Broadly speaking, I am in favour of the windfarm and think its an excellent site for a windfarm. I look forward to seeing these benign giants on the horizon, though I do worry about those who live a lot closer. By the way this is an excellent VOX POP. It's interesting that this is an issue that divides communities - you have to be either for or against. The youngsters seem to be all in favour: us oldies (I am 53) are a mixed bag, but I feel most of the anti-arguments are largely anxiety-based. I wonder if anyone has checked to see how each age group would see things. I am really disappointed that all our parish councils voted against the proposals - maybe a good argument for reducing the voting age to about 10.

Shaun Barrett
A great idea. I cannot understand why people would be against such an environmentally friendly. And how can anybody say that they ruin the landscape. Just look at all the electricity pylons around the country, or a traditional power station, let alone a monstrous looking nuclear power station. - much bigger eyesores!

Tony Peers
They are a modern day eyesore and we are being conditioned to think they are attractive which is far from the truth. The uplands of Southern Cambridge will be scarred and will be seen for miles around. Wind farm sounds benign - A wind industrial estate would be more appropriate. Kind regards Tony Peers

Stephanie *15*
I really think that turbines should be used. I am doing a paper on wind power and have kind of been researching. So what if the turbines take up a little space? I'd rather our world be protected by something enviornmentally friendly than have our planet be destroyed because some people wouldn't give up a little land. Stop being so stubborn and save the world.

Mark
Onshore wind farms are most definitely a blot on the landscape. Call me a cynic but I think it's a case of developers easing their own environmental consciences and lining their pockets while the fad lasts. Does everyone in favour of their construction see them through rose-tinted glasses?! or perhaps they have been brainwashed?

kaye hamilton-jones
great. sooner the better. beats frying the planet or a nuclear cock-up any day. bring it on.

Andrew Harmsworth
BBC Horizon recently showed a programme about Global Dimming (a type of climate change). They indicated a possible link between the deaths of millions in Africa and the dreadful pollution from the West. I think I'd rather have people disgruntled with "a blot on our landscape" than be indirectly responsible for misery and suffering and death.

Chris Burton
This is a blight on the landscape,with no benefit to the enviroment.It would be better to stop the proposals and implimentation for new runway extensions at airports as planes burn far more toxic emissions in tonnes on take off than a wind farm could save in dscades in fossil fuel terms

Barbara Shannon
I drive quite regularly to Weston Colville and really appreciate the landscape change when I leave very flat Cambridge city and drive out through rolling countryside, through pretty villages, in peace and quiet. Siting a noisy windfarm in the area will be a blot on the landscape, when the expected output will go only a very small way to meeting our energy needs. Wind farms are one option and should be considered at a national level alongside other options.

Moira Kennedy
People seem to be very ill informed about on-shore turbines. They are being misled into thinking that wind turbines will reduce CO2 emissions and are environmentally friendly. Please do your homework, get facts from multiple sources and not just the turbine manufacturers and developers. Information on government sites is also highly misleading. It is future generations who will have to pay for our misconduct....so do your homework..listen to the scientists and the engineers. Imagining that wind farms will save the planet is a disastrous strategy.

lauren
people against the turbines say that they will spoil the countryside, but if we carry on pouluting the air ,then there will be no countryside left!!!!!!!!

Chloe Hall
I think it's a good idea because it's better for the enviroment...who cares about the view!!

Immy+Scott
out class of 11 and 12 year olds have just had a vote on wether we thought the wind farm should be built and almost 100% of the class were for it to be built.

matt n lily
i think its a good idea to build a windfarm because it saves the worlds natural resouces and the polar ice caps that are melting, we need to have them we will die so rock on!!!!

sophie and riky
we are in class discussing this matter and almosed all o us agree

kp
i would like to c more wind farms around were i live. i certantly dont want 2 b under 7 feet of water, im sure u dont want 2 either.

tim
i agree with the windfarm idea i am only 12 years old so i do not get a real say but i think that it is brilliant!

sarah
most people think they look ugly but me and my friend think they look really classy and clean we are definitely for the wind farm ps i live in balsham

Mark
Will all these NIMBY's please get real. If a site like this was proposed for my willage/area it would get my full support. We need to learn to protect our environment by investing in and using renewable forms of energy.

Jennie Tipler
I support wind energy and am happy to have a wind farm on my doorstep. I live only a couple of miles from the proposed site, at Balsham. Whilst wind energy will never provide all the energy we need it certainly beats nuclear in terms of its impact on the environment. A wind turbine is designed to last for about 25 years and can be removed from site leaving only a concrete foundation, which is below ground level. Nuclear waste is an ongoing problem that will contaminate its surroundings for centuries leaving an intolorable legacy for our descendants.

Andrew Hodge
West Wratting Park Estate's. The wind farm here at West Wratting is one of the highest points in Cambridgeshire and will be seen over 30 miles away. Also the envoirmental plan has been carried out by their inhouse team, is this not a little biased?

Suzy Heffer
I don't understand why people complain about wind farms spoiling the landscape - when they're happy to put up with electric pylons everywhere. Wind turbines may not produce as much energy as we want - but we have to learn to manage with less. And I find it scary that the government appear to be looking favourably towards nuclear power - we just can't risk an incident like Chernobyl in the UK.

Trevor
The main problem with wind power is that it need 100% backup for when the wind is not blowing. For the long term benefit of this country we must used more advanced methods of electricity generation using nuclear power. It is really the only option for the amount of energy we will nedd in the future, especially when oils runs out.

Mike White
Wind turbine are far too inefficient to be at all worth while. They only generate enough energy to benefit the people that are hugely inconvenienced by the turbines. Nuclear is the way to go.

Mr Smith
Yep. All for this. Anyone wingeing is just a nimby. how about we build a nuclear power plant near their house?

Mr E Hyde
well as i am fascinated by all sorts of energy, bio genitical and so forth, i think that it is an excellent idea. also...blah blah blah blah blah blah....

kate
everyone please leave your home twon/ village I need quotes for a school project! I agree with this wind farm being built.

jon
protecting the landscape maybe one thing which we all want to do, but if we do not invest in these renewable energy forms, there will be no landscape left. Heritage is one thing, but surely the future is more important.

Samuel Douglas
To be honest, I think that wind turbines are the new future of how we are gouing to get our electricity, as by using chemical and radioactive plants will deminish all our natural resources, and if we have enough wind turbines by the time our natural resources are low, we can rely on the new resource by using an infinitve source - wind.

John Knight MIEE
The very maximum output would be less than 26mW which will not add much to the electricity distribution system. Other means need to be pursued to ensure adequate electricity is to be always available.