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OT: Moorabal/Lal Lal wind farm 14-May-2009 At 10:58:31 PM davids

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Hi James
You make an excellent point about land owners, and that was the main problem with the windfarm proposals some years ago, including Bald Hills. There was no community unity on the issue, and no weight given to the effect the windfarms would have on decreasing local amenity. I support wind farms generally but couldn't support a wind farm (or 'wind factory' to quote David Bellamy from the meeting in Foster Hall) on the beautiful Porm coast. Sure it is a NIMBY response, but if locals don't fight for their local areas beauty, then who will? It was an incredibly divisive issue for the Sth Gippy community.
Basically wind farms were recommended for where there was the most wind, regardless of the beauty of the area (and tourism areas like the Prom coast do depend on those vista. Now it would seem that other factors like community views and effect on other local businesses carry some weight.
David