By Technology Correspondent Jon Quick
The picture shows an artist's impression of the first stage of the giant wind farm that is to be built in the shallow waters of Helford creek, adjacent to the village of Helford, on the Lizard peninsula.
Initially, there will be only two turbines (each 400 feet tall), but eventually there are expected to be some two hundred.
A spokeswoman for the new Cornwall Unitary Authority said that the site was "ideal".
In most areas, she said, locals objected strongly to the intrusive nature of the colossal structures on the landscape. However, because Helford village consisted almost entirely of second homes, it remained unoccupied for most of the year, and therefore she anticipated that there would be few objections.
"How can people object to their view being spoilt if they're not there to see it in the first place?" she asked.
Jon Quick is the Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
GIANT WIND FARM FOR HELFORD
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Bleddy brilliant! That should push the house prices down a bit!
ReplyDeleteI really hope this is a joke!
ReplyDeleteGo ahead Cornwall, destroy what your visitors come here to see. Then what?
ReplyDeleteDo you think with no visitors you won't have to wait so long in the fish and chip shop queue to get served? There won't be a fish and chip shop.