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What do you think about wind turbines are they a good thing or are they a blot on the landscape?.

I myself am in favour of us using our natural resources so what if you can see them far and wide im sure they wont do as much damage to the planet as drilling for oil and all the CS gas's pumping into the atmosphere

Noise from turbines the facts

Virtually everything with moving parts will make some sound, and wind turbines are no exception. Well designed wind turbines are generally quiet in operation, and compared to the noise of road traffic, trains, aircraft and construction activities, to name but a few, the noise from wind turbines is very low. Outside the nearest houses, which are at least 300 metres away, and more often further, the sound of a wind turbine generating electricity is likely to be about the same level as noise from a flowing stream about 50-100 metres away or the noise of leaves rustling in a gentle breeze. This is similar to the sound level inside a typical living room with a gas fire switched on, or the reading room of a library or in an unoccupied, quiet, air-conditioned office.

Source/Activity	Indicative noise level aB (A)
Threshold of hearing	0
Rural night-time background	20-40
Quiet bedroom	35
Wind farm at 350m	35-45
Car at 40mph at 100m	55
Busy general office	60
Truck at 30mph at 100m	65
Pneumatic drill at 7m	95
Jet aircraft at 250m	105
Threshold of pain	140

Information taken from The Scottish Office, Environment Department, Planning Advice Note,
PAN 45, Annes A: Wind Power, A.27. Renewable Energy Technologies, August 1994

IS THIS THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHECK FOR YOURSELF

Couldn't agree with you more Fay. For too long man has polluted the atmosphere and the oceans and i think wind turbines are a good reliable source of energy. They are going to put them out in Morecambe bay and we have the already in the fields behind the university. Ok they may look a bit odd at firstbut you got to admit they look a damn site better than the 2 nuclear reactors we have here and far less dangerous

So i,m in favour,

I am in favour of nuclear energy, wind farms and all of the attendant green solutions will never produce enough for our needs.

With the country becoming more and more dependant on gas supplies from Russia we are sticking our head in a noose.

In 50 years time when the problems may or may not arise with nuclear waste we will then have 50 years experience of being able to deal with it.

But where will they dump the waste Roy the more they dump the less space we will have to live .ginge

We have a small windfarm not far from us, and I personally like to go and watch the blades slowly turning although I know a lot of people think they are unsightly. They hardly make any noise at all and there are no houses anywhere near. However along with many more people I have been led to believe they are inefficient compared to other ways of making electricity, and that water power such as is used in Switzerland is the most friendly and efficient. As we don't have lots of lovely fast flowing water here we'll just have to make the best of what we have - wind! (maybe the sea?)

As in Canada they use water for power from Niagra falls and as you say we dont have water that flows fast enough . but im sure there are a lot of natural ways to get energy its the powers that be that make the most money out of these things that are holding these things back. ginge

WELL YES BUT THE TURBINES WONT BE IN A PLACE AS OBVIOUS WILL THEY NICK AND LEAST THEY WILL BE OF SOME USE.GINGER

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