26 Clitheroe Ad ve rtise r S T im e s , Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Wind farm judged on its merits
IT was with interest I read the letter printed last week concerning the pro posed wind turbines near Nappa. Without wishing to comment too
deeply on this individual proposal, I would like to comment on some of the points mentioned. “Wind turbines are not efficient”
may well be true, but then no method of converting one form of energy to another is. Of the carbon burning power-stations (oil, coal or gas) gas-fired are the most efficient at only 55%, which is why electricity costs considerably more than gas, for the same amount of energy, when delivered to your home. “The electricity produced cannot
be stored” - without pumped storage schemes this is true. But when elec tricity from turbines is put into the grid it lowers the load on the other producing power stations, so cutting their fuel demand and decreasing their emissions. “They will be 126 metres high -
the same as a 35-storey building” - these certainly are not small struc tures. The reason turbines need to be large is that the power output is pro portional to the square of the area that the blades dissect. That is to say, if you halve the size of the tur bine you need four turbines to sup ply the same power. “They will stand on top of 200-
metre high drumlins giving a total of 326 meters above sea level” - tur bines, however you regard their effi ciency, need to be in the windiest place possible. As anybody who has
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climbed Pendle Hill will testify it is usually windier on top of hills than in the valley below. “Brightenber Hill will give the
German developer an income of £1.4 million per year in subsidies” - subsi dies are necessary because energy, for now, is cheap. Though the price of oil has risen from $15/bbl to $100/bbl since 1999, it is still cheap, and the cost will continue on an increasing trend for the foreseeable future. If it wasn't cheap we wouldn't, as a socie ty, waste quite so much of it. Leaving aside the climate change
arguments, we need to secure our energy supplies on economic grounds, unless we accept that one day we will switch on the lights and nothing will happen. North Sea oil and gas production
are in decline and we will become increasingly dependant upon Russia, Algeria and the Middle East over the coming years. We will not get any favours from
these places, they will sell their resources for what they can get in a world of ever-increasing energy demand. A diverse supply mix seems to be
the sensible approach with more renewable power. If we don't increase the supply of renewable energy then
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it is a choice between more nuclear or carbon burning. Neither very appealing if built on
your doorstep. Brightenber Hill is jus t one of
many schemes up and down the country and will be judged on its merits, but the argument is one of visually amenity (which is impor tant) versus energy security (also important) and not about whether wind turbines are efficient or how much profit the developer wll make.
DAVID BERRYMAN, Wilkin House, Highficld Rd, Clitheroe
Adjective wrong,
but well meant IN “Thought for the Week” in your edition of March 13th, an elderly widow is described as “little”. While the good reverend's
thoughts were kindly meant, I felt this adjective was inappropriate. The treatment of old and vulner
able people is an emotive one, as readers will have noticed in the recent correspondence concerning a local supermarket, but describing such people as “l i t t le ”, “sweet”.
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“dear” or “poor” does nothing to their dignity or status.
SHIRLEY
M.ADDY The Hazels, Wilpshire
MPs’ expenses
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