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Originally Posted by astra
Do you mean they say coal energy plants are less harmful for the environment than wind farms?
Omg. Until I traveled to the Netherlands I didn't suspect how widely wind farms are used. Then we went to Austria. The same.
Maybe British like birds more than anyone else in the world?
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Well, with coal plants the birds won't fly themselves to death against those blades...
There are a decent amount of wind mills already there. But they weren't allowed to add more because the electric net couldn't have it and those 3 coal plants were already planned and the birds might kill themselves against the blades... They also wanted a "green plant". Same reason for denial as the wind mills (except for the birds, naturally...)
What I never understood is how they say we, the consumer, should make our carbon footprint smaller. Do you really think it will make a difference if the big companies don't make theirs smaller? If you see the amount of light, in the dark, just to light up a building... Or to keep a shop lighted to discourage thieves... And the street lights that keep burning at full light all through the night on the highways... (Belgium is the worst in that respect)...