Another good article

Windfarms? We might as well use hamsters on treadmills said Peter Hitchens in the Daily Mail on September 5th.

The article is illustrated with that famously shocking photograph of Stirling Castle, as it looks now that the Braes of Doune have been desecrated with giant turbines. As he says, there is now no major party that speaks for common sense, unfortunately.

"Green zealots and muddled ministers are leading Britain to blackouts "

Read the article by Christopher Booker in today's Mail online.

Man in the news

Nigel Farage is in the news today, and so it is appropriate to show this photo again of him when he came to North Devon earlier this year. You can read more about how he showed his support for the Bickleton Against Turbines group here.

Marche du Mont Saint Michel le 26 Septembre 2009

Nowhere, nowhere in the world - no matter how beautiful, no matter how precious, no matter how unique - is safe from the wind menace.
Now the Mont-Saint-Michel, known all around the world and classified as a Unesco World Heritage site is threatened.

Go to the sos-montstmichel.info website to learn more about the organisation of the international march to be held on September 26th in protest against this desecration.

If, like me, your French is not good, use Babel Fish - type the website address into "Translate a webpage."
Go also to the Unesco site for more about Mont Saint Michel and other World Heritage Sites.

Scotland

We have heard recently from Neil McKinnon, who lives in Scotland, about yet another proposed wind farm development, this one in the Standingfauld, Muthill area of Perth and Kinross.

This is a link to a map of Scotland from the website viewsofscotland.org - the map has a 2005 date. An up to date map would look much worse.

Here also is a link to a map of the general area, I believe the proposed wind farm (6 x 100m turbines?) would be between the A822 and A823 roads.

More on the energy shortfall

Jonathan Isaby on the Tory Diary section of the Conservativehome blog has more to say on this subject. There are some good comments, including one by John Webley, from Kent, with a link to his earlier contribution on the blog.

Blackout Britain

For anyone who remembers the 70's, and the days when you had to fill a thermos in the morning because your power was about to be turned off, the latest headlines about future power shortages in Britain such as this one in the Daily Mail will be rather worrying.
And for anyone who says wind is the answer, just remember how still and calm it can be during an extended period of high pressure in the cold mid-winter.