Save the D-Day Beaches

Lord of the dance, a watercolour by Angela Kelly

Please sign the international petition:

NO to windfarms off the D-Day beaches - go to http://www.epaw.org/ to sign the petition, and add your comment if you can.



This is the comment that Angela Kelly, artist and Chairman of Country Guardian, left after she had signed the petition:

"I am 82 years old and knew young men who went to fight in France including some who did not return. My late husband, an architect, was in the Royal Engineers and fought in the Battle of Caen. He cared deeply for the environment and was committed to the battle against industrial wind farms till he died in1999. An electricity supply that imposes great damage on the environment and its ecology, needs a secure back-up supply, but doesn't produce power when you need it is worse than useless. Shame on the French government that they don't respect the memory of the thousands who gave their lives. I continue to campaign. www.countryguardian.net"

www.wind-watch.org

Don't forget to visit this website regularly:

Here is a link to an interesting article (by Peter Behr of ClimateWire, www.nytimes.com) found on their website:

http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/04/25/fickle-winds-intermittent-sunshine-start-to-stress-u-s-power-system/

Spring time in rural Devon

More to come on the website, but this was yesterday, taken from a small road near Middle Marwood. The turbines destroy all your sense of scale. Walking towards them earlier, from a different location, reminded me of walking towards mountains when crossing a desert... in the desert, you think the mountains are close but they may be fifty miles away. With these turbines, you think they are close by, but that is because they are so big in comparison with everything else in the landscape.

"New figures show the lights may go out sooner than we thought"

"Figures published last week reveal that the moment when Britain’s lights start going out may be much closer than previously predicted."...
A must-read article by Christopher Booker in today's Sunday Telegraph:

Priors Hardwick and Wormleighton

Earl Spencer plans to erect 13 giant wind turbines near two small and historic villages, against the wishes of many of his own tenants - read more about this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/8335690/Earl-Spencers-plans-for-wind-farm-generate-fury-among-his-tenants.html

Roger Helmer's blog

Those who think that saying "offshore not onshore" is a good tactical ploy to use when opposing onshore wind power have not usually done much research on the subject. If you are of this persuasion, look at the photographs on these two links for the Tiree Array and Llandudno.

Roger Helmer, MEP, has spoken out before on the wind power issue. This article is a good one, and highlights many of the problems connected with offshore wind power:

http://rogerhelmermep.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/meeting-the-main-man-of-areva%E2%80%99s-wind-energy-programme/

Here is one interesting quote from the article: "One large array in Denmark with a planned operating life of 25 years required all the turbines to be replaced or substantially repaired within eighteen months. "

Do read the full article - and the amusing Comment from Barking Spider, re the "Chris Huhne array"

More on the blimp

http://www.druimba-sayno.com/

Go to this website to see photos of the blimp flying, plus some really shocking images of the proposed turbines. How can anyone call themselves "Green" and support such devastation!

Please read their plea for help - even if you do not live in Scotland, it does not mean that you don't care about it!