Like many urban socialists Polly Toynbee wants to destroy the beauty of the British countryside with highly inefficient, unpredictable wind turbines. As I live in Devon I object strongly to wind turbines being placed in rural areas, although as part of an urban landscape they may be acceptable.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1983176,00.html
Of course in order for such turbines to be economical, they have to receive big subsidies for business. And doesn't New Labour love getting cosy with big business in the name of progress?
Urban socialists tend to have an anthropocentric mindset with little concern for nature therefore missing out on the spiritual nourishment that comes from a love of God's creation. They seem to want to ruin further rural areas with ugly human industrialisation because they believe that nature is the product of a mindless process of evolution. Heavy industry has brought poverty and ugliness to many as can be seen in the once lovely Welsh valleys, now spoiled by the legacy of coal, iron and steel industries, poor housing, large factories and slag heaps.
To help understand why country people are so opposed to wind turbines, imagine if you would if someone from the country went to London and demanded that all the art work in the galleries should be viewed through a wire mesh. Rural people from the extremities of Britain do not want ugliness and poverty thrust upon them so that business friends of urban socialists can grow rich on subsidies under New Labour.
Of course in order for such turbines to be economical, they have to receive big subsidies for business. And doesn't New Labour love getting cosy with big business in the name of progress?
Urban socialists tend to have an anthropocentric mindset with little concern for nature therefore missing out on the spiritual nourishment that comes from a love of God's creation. They seem to want to ruin further rural areas with ugly human industrialisation because they believe that nature is the product of a mindless process of evolution. Heavy industry has brought poverty and ugliness to many as can be seen in the once lovely Welsh valleys, now spoiled by the legacy of coal, iron and steel industries, poor housing, large factories and slag heaps.
To help understand why country people are so opposed to wind turbines, imagine if you would if someone from the country went to London and demanded that all the art work in the galleries should be viewed through a wire mesh. Rural people from the extremities of Britain do not want ugliness and poverty thrust upon them so that business friends of urban socialists can grow rich on subsidies under New Labour.
Renewable energy is important, and solutions would include localised biomass fuel and solar energy, highly efficient and clean smallscale waste to energy plants, (possibly a Severn Barrage) but wind turbines are not the answer for areas where preserving the beauty of the countryside is vitally important for quality of life and tourism. Localised solutions maintain control and wealth in local communities.
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