Don't mix up tidal and wind power
IT WOULD appear many pro-wind commentators are now recognising the public are becoming much more aware of the limitations and absurdity of large-scale wind generation in the UK.
Such that these so-called experts now use the generic term "renewables" or refer to wind and tidal power at the same time, hoping to give wind generation some degree of credibility.
Tidal schemes do not require backup by conventional power stations, as the tides are predictable and guaranteed. Whereas wind power (due to the very nature of the atmosphere) demands 90 per cent backup, otherwise the lights are going to go out… so it really is a no-brainer.
Government should call an immediate halt to the mindless proliferation of wind farms which are being subsidised by the public in their energy bills, bearing in mind wind farms also industrialise and despoil our beautiful and irreplaceable countryside.
Dave Haskell, Pembrokeshire
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