Sir,
I live in a quiet rural area and I have not brought the city with me. I live as the people around me do. I take part in rural activities and help out when ever asked. We get a jet a day for a few seconds, I sometimes hear a tractor or chain saw. In general it is quiet. Yet the powers that be seem intent on imposing city values onto us. New roads cutting into agricultural land brings them closer to homes, wind turbines and the inherent noise and vibration, pylons marching past our homes, reservoirs of water (and drowned villages) and an LNG pipeline.
What for? So that city dwellers can consume more food than they need, use gas guzzling vehicles when public transport would suffice (at least they have that), consume electricity wastefully, waste water, and heat their homes extravagantly.
Yet where do they want to come after their week of work - to the countryside. What for? Peace tranquility, slow pace. Yet their demands are destroying the countryside and it is being consumed by greed and selfishness.
Chris Tomlinson from the British Wind Energy Association said on 'Farming Today' that amenity to surrounding homes was taken into consideration when planning wind turbines. I have been informed that objections on the affect on humans do not hold water and if objections are based solely on this they do not win. Bats, badgers and birds have more rights.
Also, no-one believes the effect until it is experienced. We are battling with a private developer against two 105m high turbines in the Cyffig area of Whitland, which will be 400m away from my home and within 600m of 12 other homes. I will have shadow blackout on the light part of my home and shadow flicker for six months of the year from 1600-2100hrs March -September and will experience vibration noise of 30db at night. Roll on sleepless nights. If this is NIMBYism you try it! If this is progress, I want none of it.
Vivienne Morris,
Cyffig,
Whitland.