UK campaigners in green energy standoff reject 'nimby' label

NIMBY, Nature In My Backyard.

Typical Miliband arrogance, riding roughshod over ordinary people, denigrating them instead of listening to their argument. The very reason so many government projects waste vast sums and fail. Cheaper, better and faster alternatives just aren’t sexy enough for a politicians ego.

It's classified as national infrastructure now, so the public opposition is pretty much stuffed.

There is no zero-damage option. Electricity is a fundamental necessity and it will have to be generated somehow. If you turn off fossil, you will need solar and turbines - lots of them and soon. Doing anything offshore costs more and is tougher to maintain. You can only shift power with cables. Somewhere will have to be dug up.

The UK used to be covered in windmills generating power and it will be again. Assuming broke and broken Brexit Britain can find the materials, the labour and the money to pay for it.

There is nothing "green" about the so-called green agenda. During their limited lifespan, the easily damaged windmills and solar panels deliver sporadic, unrealiable energy, after which they turn into toxic waste. The only winner here is China, which manufactures essential parts of them and supplies the rare earths, extracted under horrendous conditions from the earth in China. But yes, its NIMBY.

Wind power in the UK generates about 20%-30% of total power on most days zero coal burning.

https://gridwatch.co.uk

There is nothing "green" about the so-called green agenda.

What a load of nonsense. Wind turbines are repairable and almost completely recyclable. And nobody will be fighting any 'wind wars'.

MAGA nuts aren't smart enough to understand that fossil fuels won't last forever. That's why they are called 'non-renewables'. What do you propose we do when they run out? Worry about it then?

Keep your dirty little political games out of progressive science.

@Zaphod As someone who is clearly concerned about getting the green economy perfectly green, what do you suggest we replace wind turbines and solar panels with?