Most Britons like wind power, but the minority who don't exert a painful electoral grip on the Conservative party. The only solution is to ensure those who live with the turbines also profit from themPoliticians are slaves to opinion polls, goes the conventional wisdom: not in the case of wind farms. Two-thirds of us think more wind turbines are a good idea, even when sited close to our homes and even if we live in the countryside.
Yet, as I revealed on Sunday, George Osborne's Treasury is fighting hard to slash the subsidies to onshore wind farms, while Lincolnshire county council wants to all but ban them.
See full Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2012/jun/04/wind-farm-power-opposition
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