We do things differently, here

[tau_iota_mu_c]

Another slightly edited letter published in The Age today. Maybe I should become a media mogul. Original here:
I've just come back from a tour of Europe. Wind farms are everywhere. Near tourist attractions, and along roads where it is particularly windy. Anywhere appropriate, and especially near townships and individual houses, because that's

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[boggyb]

What you tend to get in the UK is the greens simultaneously campainging for vast quantities of wind generation ("build a wind farm and it'll solve all the UK's energy needs!") and campainging against the massive amounts of infrastructure needed ("how dare you consider putting up pylons to connect this new wind farm to the grid!"). It's all rather amusing to watch.

(for the record, I'm in favour of clean/green/renewable energy that actually works)

[tau_iota_mu_c]

Probably different induhviduals involved.