Support wind farm plan
I AM writing on behalf of Penistone Friends of the Earth about the proposed wind farm at Sheephouse Heights.
The energy we use in our homes accounts for over a quarter of the carbon dioxide emissions produced in this country, which is causing climate change. This can be reduced by both saving energy and making the change to renewable energy from coal, oil and gas. We are currently running 'Penistone Energy Project' which includes working to set up a community hydro scheme, helping schools to apply for solar panels and there will soon be energy monitors to borrow from the library to check your home energy use.
Penistone Friends of the Earth have looked carefully at the application for the wind farm at Sheephouse Heights, as although we believe renewable energy is essential, some wind farms can still cause harm. However, in this case we can see no reason to object to the application. There are no designated wildlife sites, little wildlife that will come to any harm there and there are already pylons running across the skyline. It is on top of a hill on a very windy spot, where it will power thousands of homes.
Looking at the bigger picture, we need renewable energy and wind is the most advanced technology at the moment. Wind power alone cannot provide all the power we need in the UK, but it can make a significant contribution.
Sheephouse Heights will greatly increase the amount of renewable energy in our area. We would like to encourage people to write to the planning board in Barnsley to support it.
Rachel Gibbons, Penistone Friends of the Earth
IN view of the apparent mass blindness of the green brigade regarding the effect on our landscape of wind power towers may I suggest the following ditty which should be sung to the tune of "Donald Where's Your Trousers ?"
"Let the wind blow high, let the wind blow low
We must not let these eyesores grow
Everyone must now say no
We don't want your windmills
The carpet baggers came to sell
Ugly structures on our fell
Oh what stories they did tell
But we don't want your windmills
They tell us that their power is green
That other energy is obscene
But all they bring is a cash machine
So we don't want their windmills
On those days when the wind is gone
There will be power for no one
Nothing to depend upon
And we don't want your windmills
When all their gear comes from over the sea
Why promise jobs for you and me?
Is it because of the subsidy ?
Well we don't want your windmills
Norman Brownell, Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield 7
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