Two letters - Once again wind turbines have been rejected on the Isle of Wight.
Please, think about your children (oh wait you're old, selfish people who no-one would fuck who will soon be dead so I suppose it has little effect on you) before you start calling them a 'highly damaging project'. That's how I'd describe your manifesto, or perhaps the regime that should be implemented to change your thought processes. Whilst, yes, they are a modern sight in the middle of a beautiful countryside field, so are dog bins (and I imagine you are strong bashers of anyone unfortunate enough to leave dog shit around), but they can be made beautiful. I'm guessing, based upon your belief that you are superior, wholesome beings, you're going to love contemporary 'high' culture, like Anish Kapoor and Anthony Goldsworthy; how about a collaboration with him to render the turbines truly beautiful objects? Your claims that wind turbines will endanger wildlife? Complete bullshit. Whilst I am a strong objector to the concept that any project can be completely sustainable, this does not mean that all should be abandoned because of a slight environmental impact which they may have, which will be completely offset by their positive environmental impact. Wind turbines turn to slowly to machete birds into the smithereens as you love to describe; a few wind turbines are going to have much less impact than all the people who go tramping up the Downs do, going to view the environment which you are claiming these turbines will ruin. So if they do indeed work at reducing the number of people who go up to these natural areas, then surely, by your logic, they will be a force for good - negative environmental impact will have been decreased, at least. But overall, ThWART, next time, please consider the fate for all of the next generations who want to inhabit this truly beautiful island. We are already witnessing the terrible consequences of global warming and rising sea levels in Bangladesh, I don't want to witness a similar phenomenon on the Isle of Wight.
a very angry young person, with a view to the future.
Dear Isle of Wight Council,
I am absolutely amazed at your audacity to dare to claim once again that you are truly dedicated to the concept of "EcoIsland". And I think that I am well and truly within my rights to place that within inverted commas; it now appears to be as much of a myth as unicorns and the Loch Ness Monster. What good will recycling our tea bags do in the greater scheme of things when we are still being forced to discard plastic in general rubbish because a lack of plastic recycling facilities on the island? I know that you claim that it is burnt in a waste generator, but do I really want to be breathing in plastic fumes? No thank you. So much for claiming your dedication to the preservation of this island (80% of which is covered as an AONB) - first you waft toxic fumes caused by burning plastic all over it, and secondly you discard once again the prospect of us generating huge quantities of energy from wind power. The money wasted on that complete eyesore visible from the island (aka Spinnaker Tower) could have been spent much more effectively on the construction of 8 wind turbines on the Island. Try that for sustainable development. Similarly, do not complain about the massively scary levels of 'NEETs' on the island if you are not prepared to encourage appropriate level employment through the use of government-funded schemes such as the building of these wind turbines would have produced. Firstly you completely mess up our education system (which had been increasing exponentially but has now plummeted once again, particularly at Key Stage 3 level), and then you do not provide jobs at an appropriate level to the education level of islanders, outside of the seasonal industry of tourism, which is diminishing in size by the year. Your actions really do exasperate me; Mr Pugh, please stop wasting time and council money on your wedding, and instead focus on the real issues at hand - education, sustainable development and technology, and the reality of your policies. And as for you, Mr Turner, please realise when the time has come for you to step down, I think retirement has been beckoning for a long time, and allow someone who will really stand to represent the future of the island to replace you.
From a very tired, but desperate nonetheless, inhabitant.
