I don't understand people getting stroppy about them
but they're at best ineffective as a solution. If you covered every square inch of land in the UK with a turbine you wouldn't come close to covering the UK energy demand.

They have a place in that having some is better than nothing, but the only reason both the UK and Scottish governments are so obsessed is that they never bothered to properly investigate alternatives and they are now fucked as it's too late to meet their own green targets any other way. In the case of Scotland, the target can't be met at all, as there isn't enough turbine manufacturing capacity in the world to cover the stupid targets that Salmond set.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 18 Oct 2012, 13:31, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

It would be worth it to annoy the NIMBYs like Nakers though.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 18 Oct 2012, 13:34, Reply)