So Much Wind
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So Much Wind

The Myth of Green Energy

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So Much Wind

The Myth of Green Energy

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The energy crisis is one of the most pressing and significant problems the world has to face. With limited resources of fossil fuels left, and the additional political and environmental issues that surround their use, it is clear that life on earth cannot continue as it is without the development of alternative sources of power. In Britain, many are rightly wary of expanding the nuclear energy programme. The UK Government's policy of support for wind energy and its attempts to achieve 20% electricity generation from renewable sources by 2020 has been lauded by many, yet described as "a fatuous obsession" by others. Scotland's targets are five times more ambitious and therefore invite intensive scrutiny. The time has come to expose Scotland's green energy myth. The truth is that wind turbines violate the principle of fairness by transferring vast amounts of money from the poor to the rich. They despoil our unique landscape and environment; they risk plunging the nation into a devastating energy crisis and through noise, the flicker-effect and vibration, they abuse the health and welfare of people and animals which have to live near them.They are visual monstrosities that produce a trickle of electricity at vast cost to the consumer and they do not significantly reduce CO2 emissions.

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Publisher
Birlinn
Year
2013
ISBN
9780857905857
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Renewable Power Resources
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. So Much Wind?
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Foreword
  7. Author’s Preface: The Rape of Scotland
  8. Chapter One: So much wind?
  9. Chapter Two: Democracy Blowing in the Wind
  10. Chapter Three: The New Clearances
  11. Chapter Four: The Financial Scandal
  12. Chapter Five: Impacts on Landscapes and Tourism
  13. Chapter Six: Impacts on Human and Animal Health and National Security
  14. Chapter Seven: Are Offshore Wind Farms the Answer?
  15. Chapter Eight: Impacts on Marine Ecosystems, Forests and Peat Bogs
  16. Chapter Nine: The Myth of ‘Green Jobs’
  17. Chapter Ten: Alternative Energy Sources
  18. Chapter Eleven: Sensible Environmentalism
  19. Bibliography
  20. Endnotes