Dear EEVBees:
--Please see the below link for from the UK Telegraph about the Bishop of Exeter and the Green Party vs Devon villagers over proposed Wind Mills.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/9368852/An-unholy-gale-brewing-up-in-Devon.html--Yes, the Yanks and the Ausies have some daft place names in their Gazetteers, but for downright quaint you just cannot beat Jolly Olde England, with places like, Chittlehampton, East Antsey, and Black Torrington. It seems these Villagers have taken exception to plans by the Bishop of Exeter, Church of England to install 75' high Bird Boppers round and about. To aid in the PR wars, the Bishop has called in the Green Party. This unholy alliance must give atheistic AGW advocates the vapors, not being able to, in this case, rail against the forces of un-reason and irrationality. Now the Bishop was planing apparently to have this project done and dusted, before those knuckle dragging rustics could gather their pitchforks and torches, but someone must have squealed, and now discussions are being held.
"The main benefits of the turbines, it was said, was that they would generate much-needed revenue for the diocese (£50,000 per year, through selling the electricity to the National Grid), and help the Church of England meet its target of 80 per cent carbon-footprint reduction by the year 2050."
--They will definitely need the Good Lord's help meeting that 80% target, that's for sure.
"The unanimous verdict at the meetings was that the warm, inner glow which would come from helping to balance the bishop’s books and lessen the C?of?E’s emissions guilt, would not, on the whole, outweigh the burning sense of resentment at watching these whirling giants slash house prices with every turn of their rotor blades."
"Nor were the villagers convinced by the accompanying report from consultants Myriad CEG, saying that “in practice, turbine noise is often masked by background noise, such as wind, and leaves rustling”. Or by the turbine expert who pronounced that a mere 3.5 tons of concrete would be needed for these installations, only to be corrected by a woman in the audience who pointed out he had got his sums wrong, and the true figure was 35 tons."
"...says local Green Party activist Ricky Knight. “If you speak up for wind turbines in this area, you have got to get used to being unpopular...What I do ask, though, is, if we all keep saying no to wind farms, what are we going to do about seven-metre rises [sic] in sea level over the next 20 years?”
--Let, me figure here: 7 meters over 20 years, Hmmmm, that is like about 3 centimeters per month, so if not for tides, one could stand alongside the Thames estuary and watch the water rise. Even Hansen and Gore have the good sense to use further out "sell by" dates on their sliced baloney. Duh.
"Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it."
George Bernard Shaw 1856 - 1950
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