“I agree with Phillip Evans, I'm sick of the older generation selling out my future with their sense of entitlement to an unchanging countriside. What does peak oil matter so long as Mr and Mrs X have the perfect view out of their country cottage that they worked so hard for?
Sadly, thier comodification of the countriside - their "right" to their second home, their "right" to their unspoit view, their "right" to their 4x4 is destroying communities as well as the earth itself.
I grew up in the Neath valley and I often walk in the area the Pen -y- Cymoedd windfarm will cover. I love and respect this area greatly, but I don't want to see it fosilised into some sort of untouchable heritage park. I see windfarms on the hills as elegant symbols of hope, of a humanity believing it has a future.”

“Piers Guy, the head of Nuon UK lives on a farm near Penzance.This is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which means no wind farms can be built there.In Glyncorrwg we have been campaigning for 3 years with our MP Hywel Francis and the Neath Port Talbot Council for AONB status for this area.This has been ignored by Nuon who are only interested in profits. In response to Stuart's comments.I live in Glyncorrwg I do not want subsidised electricity I want to enjoy the beauty of the landscape and to be left in peace.For years this area was scarred by coal mining and many local peoples health was seriously affected by working in the mines.Local people should agree to a wind farm in their area and not have one imposed on them by a Dutch controlled firm such as Nuon. The Glyncorrwg Action Group has been fighting against wind farms since 1993.We have read the arguments for and against wind energy and we are not convinced about it being effective and value for money. Many wind farms are not built in windy areas!The solitary wind turbine on the M4 at Reading is 7% efficient.Sadly the taxpayer foots the bill for this folly.They are effective in large concentrations offshore some 30 miles from the shore so they are hardly visible.Holland is not building large wind farms onshore because of public opposition and is now building wind farms offshore.As they can't build onshore in Holland Nuon are now turning to areas like Glyncorrwg to dump these unwanted projects. Wind farms only produce electricity for part of the time and have to be backed up by conventional power stations so what is the point of them.Gradually people are seeing through the arguments that they can effectively combat climate change.The most effective way is to insulate existing buildings in the UK.This is good value for money and would provide a large number of jobs.The last thing Neath Port Talbot wants is to have another major energy scheme dumped on it,there are enough problems in the area without this. This wind farm is unacceptable and insulting to the people of Glyncorrwg and of Wales. This is massive visual intrusion. Nuon is based in Amsterdam,we cannot see anyone in Holland accepting a similar proposal. We object to this proposal for the following reasons: *Too many Turbines :84 on publicly owned forestry land, along the ancient Coed Morgannwg way and through the widely acclaimed bike trails as well as overlooking our village. *Turbines are too high. At 475 feet they would dominate the landscape. *Ugly. Turbines are ugly and would be a blot on our landscape. * Turbines are too near to homes. We believe as in Scotland there should be a minimum distance of 2kms between houses and turbines. *Proliferation. The Upper Afan Valley already has a wind farm of 16 turbines at Ffynnon Oer. Three developers wish to build in this small community and we believe every area should share the burden of renewable energy. It is not fair to dump more on our area. This is totally unacceptable. *Deter tourists. Glyncorrwg has picked itself up after years of neglect and we are attracting hundreds of bikers, fishermen, walkers and bird watchers. They come to enjoy the beauty, the peace, and the unspoilt area. This development would have a serious effect on the tourist trade which is our hope for the future. Threat to wildlife. Birds, some of them rare, will be killed by the blades and wildlife will be threatened during the construction phase. Pigeon racing is also very popular here and these birds may be at risk from the turbine blades. *House prices will fall. For years house prices here were very low. In recent years they have increased significantly and this wind farm would impact on the greater affluence generated by the increase in house prices. We have read the research on this matter, but in the real world, will people want to move to Glyncorrwg to live with a wind farm? *Noise and the effects on health. We know turbines are noisy - we have visited 2 wind farms to ”

“This huge Wind Turbine Power Station will do nothing, zero, zilch, to avert climate change and very little at all to provide any quantity energy and even that will be erratic. What it will do is provide the developers with an annual nest egg of many, many £ millions of pounds of subsidies from our public pockets. We are being taken for idiots when they offer us a few beads back of our money.”

“Industrial scale wind turbines as a form of energy generation compare unfavourably with other alternative methods of power generation (including renewables). They are an expensive and short-term option, involve a massive footprint, and produce only a tiny amount of power in an unreliable pattern. Arguments about the validity or otherwise of industrial wind turbines aside, isn't anyone concerned about the fact that the final decision will be taken not by locally elected councillors, but by those who are unlikely to know the area well (and who are unlikely to be relying on the local electorate to provide them with their next job!)?”

“Wonderful! I love stopping to look at wind farms when driving through the country - they're magnificent, awe-inspiring and amazing! People go on trips to the Netherlands to see old windmills; one day people will come to visit the wind turbines. They should build a visitors centre next to it. They could encourage schools to visit to learn about energy, our use of it and the environment. Can't wait. And no, this is not tongue-in-cheek, I mean it!”