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Originally Posted by Picidae  Nightranger, perhaps it would be appropriate for you to declare an interest as someone who works for the RSPB?  |
I think your memory is short (LOL). I used to work for the RSPB but I am currently a volunteer at Marshside and not paid by the society. To set one part of the record straight though, my views on wind farms are through making my own mind up on the subject. In fact, I still reserve judgement on the RSPB's precise position on the subject but I can tell you that the society is not pushing wind farms quite in the way you think. If anything, the society has no choice but to support some form of renewable energy and as the British government will not throw its weight behind bringing down the cost of solar power, the only vaguely acceptable option is wiond power, at least for the moment.
I was talking to another volunteer a few months ago and he was under the impression the RSPB had changed its policy on wind farms but I am not aware of this being the case either. As far as I can tell, the society retains the right to judge each proposal on merit. As I said previously, I think there is a real danger that most people fall on one side or other without recourse to be ready to accept the other argument when better information comes along. I doubt if wind power is the whole answer nor should it be but we cannot wait for the politicians to get their a***s in gear.
Did you know that one of the country's leading manufacturers of solar cells ceased trading recently (my thanks to Mark Avery for pointing this out in his blog)?