Ha ha :D I've witnessed a full scale windfarm 'brew up' in my villageA Wind farm was proposed on the fen by our village, a nearby resident decide this would not do and so started a campaign. Now this campaign was based soley on one ticket. That wind farms = noise/vibrations and that noise/vibrations would cause:
Structural damage
Deafness
Depression
Sleep deprived madness
Tooth loss
The mass exodus of EVERY single wild creature in a 5 mile radius.
And very quickly things got nasty, petitions were circulated, posters posted, banners erected, people came out in favour, people came out against. Local life all got a bit heated. Until finally the application was granted and the Farm went up. (very interesting to watch is was as well, any civil engineering fetishists would get a lot from seeing them raise the blades to the top)
And lo the fateful day came, when they would be “started”
Earplugs were bought, children driven to relations in the city for safety, ornaments sellotaped to shelves, Doom was surely upon us........
what they started them YESTERDAY??? They’ve been going all night? They are going right NOW???? but we can’t hear them....oh
(Structural damage
Deafness
Depression
Sleep deprived madness
Tooth loss
The mass exodus of EVERY single wild creature in a 5 mile radius.
And very quickly things got nasty, petitions were circulated, posters posted, banners erected, people came out in favour, people came out against. Local life all got a bit heated. Until finally the application was granted and the Farm went up. (very interesting to watch is was as well, any civil engineering fetishists would get a lot from seeing them raise the blades to the top)
And lo the fateful day came, when they would be “started”
Earplugs were bought, children driven to relations in the city for safety, ornaments sellotaped to shelves, Doom was surely upon us........
what they started them YESTERDAY??? They’ve been going all night? They are going right NOW???? but we can’t hear them....oh
The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!,
Thu 1 Sep 2011, 13:25,
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hahaha yes the noise thing is a complete load of bollocks.
Damien's Hearse,
Thu 1 Sep 2011, 13:39,
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It's astonishing how many people campaign against wind farms near themand even more astonishing how few of them request a nuclear plant instead.
It's almost as if people want the convenience of electricity on demand but think it's reasonable to insist that someone else has to put up with any noise or mess from it.
(It's almost as if people want the convenience of electricity on demand but think it's reasonable to insist that someone else has to put up with any noise or mess from it.
Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Thu 1 Sep 2011, 13:42,
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Once in the pub someone raised the point that they would ruin the majestic flatness of the fensAn old boy who has lived on the fen edge for years sat right at the back looked into his pint for a minute and then spoke up,
"Bollocks, there's bugger all else to look at out there, it'll make a nice change"
("Bollocks, there's bugger all else to look at out there, it'll make a nice change"
The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!,
Thu 1 Sep 2011, 13:59,
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Every time I read thatI keep imagining Thora Hird for some reason?
( The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!,
Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:06,
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It was named after herShe got naming rights for discovering it in 1828.
( Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:24,
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Install one of these in every workplace(
drimble he'd been white, he'd been black,
Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:20,
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Hahaha ornaments sellotaped to shelvesSeriously though, it takes just one stupid, ignorant person to kick off campaigns like this.
Going back a while to the late 90s when everyone in our area was getting FREE interwebs from a cable underground (hell, I'm not very techy and can't remember the details) except our street.
It turns out that the NIMBY next door objected to the road being dug up to lay said cable, garnered some support from other residents and the application was denied.
A year later he complained to me that he had to pay for his internet connection and tie up his phone line while others in the town got it free and it didn't interfere with their phone lines.
I told him to go to the council offices and see who objected to the cable being laid and to go round their house and shout at them.
Some people just don't like any sort of change.
(Going back a while to the late 90s when everyone in our area was getting FREE interwebs from a cable underground (hell, I'm not very techy and can't remember the details) except our street.
It turns out that the NIMBY next door objected to the road being dug up to lay said cable, garnered some support from other residents and the application was denied.
A year later he complained to me that he had to pay for his internet connection and tie up his phone line while others in the town got it free and it didn't interfere with their phone lines.
I told him to go to the council offices and see who objected to the cable being laid and to go round their house and shout at them.
Some people just don't like any sort of change.
Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Thu 1 Sep 2011, 13:48,
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*face palms* Some of the "literature" handed out by the against-team was quite alarmingly luddite
One flyer comprised of a photo of a windturbine on fire (god knows how rare that is)
With the words DO YOU WANT THIS??!! underneath
(One flyer comprised of a photo of a windturbine on fire (god knows how rare that is)
With the words DO YOU WANT THIS??!! underneath
The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!,
Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:03,
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So the council omitted to inform everyonethat the wind turbines they wanted to install would be ON FUCKING FIRE?
( Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:25,
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Of courseIf there's no wind, the turbine's cooling systems start to fail and the reactor starts going into meltdown.
( Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:26,
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