Guardian: "I can't single-handedly build a new Jerusalem," said John Hayes, the Tory energy minister, last week, "but I can protect our green and pleasant land." What was he on about? Windfarms. He wants them stopped because he says locals don't like them. But that isn't always the case. Take Samsø, a pretty island off the coast of Denmark. In the late 90s, Samsø's 4,000 elderly farmers were famous for their early crop of new potatoes. Smothering their isolated Eden with windmills was far from a priority....
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/05/windfarms-community-ownership
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