Duke rants about wind power

The Journal newspaper, widely read in the North East and which has a track record of making virilant attacks about the development of commercial wind farms in the area, has latched onto comments made by the Duke of Northumberland and published three whole pages in its edition of November 30 which are blatantly "anti-wind".

One of the main thrusts of the article, based on a letter written by the  Duke to the newspaper, is the oft-repeated myth that wind energy does little to reduce CO2 emissions.

Even opponents of wind energy such as the Country Guardian organisation agree that this is myth. On page 16 of the Case Against Wind Farms, the author, Dr John Etherington, includes the CO2 issue as being one of "myths of our own making" and urges people not to repeat it.

One wonders how the Duke is unaware of this if he has researched the issues as thoroughly as he claims to have done. The Journal refers to his love of the countryside. Yes2Wind would suggest that those who love the countryside would be wanting to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and the consequent ravaging of the countryside across the globe that climate change is responsible for.

Yes2Wind urges supporters of wind power to make their views known to the Journal. Please refer to the Wind Facts section of this website for further information on the issues of climate change and CO2 reduction.