"Tell the more naive or lazy elements of the public that you've found a solution to a currently fashionable environmental issue and they will invariably believe you, it's easier for them, even if the solution is absurd jiggery pokery staring them in the face."
Since writing about the environment, and particularly when I've spoken out against wind energy, I've been criticised by many who have accused me of being a mouthpiece for one or other organisations or industries. The accusers tend to be faceless trolls or sometimes just angry people sitting in darkened rooms. Just for the record, I'm not paid by the nuclear or fossil fuel industries to write about my opposition to wind farms, I do it all by myself - and for free. Nor am I aligned with any political party, frankly I don't hold any of them in particularly high regard. And neither am I associated with any crackpot conspiracy theorists or other cranks who might co-incidentally share an opinion I have voiced. In fact this suggestion really offends me - there is no room for conspiracy theories in my world - simple facts speak for themselves without dressing them up in conspiratorial clothes. And I treat those spouting venomous words from their sad little conspiracy hideaways with utter contempt. Oh and finally, I'm not a climate change denier - how, why and to what extent the world might be warming up due to human activity is really not my focus - I just know that wind farms won't help us out of a crisis, they'll just fan the flames and add to the problem. When I started my blog, little did I know it would take me on this journey. I was led by instinct and intuition and quickly found a voice. However there were many who wanted to pull me aboard their bandwagons - and they came along surprisingly quickly, trying to get me labelled in some way and boxed off so that I wouldn't step out of line. And I resisted. Labels are not my thing, and living outside of the boxes - well that really confuses people. Which brings me back to my original point. Just because I don't like wind energy doesn't make me a sheep or part of someone's club. What happened to people thinking for themselves? If more of us thought for ourselves as individuals instead of letting others speak for us then we might make some progress. Change comes through free thought and not from lamely accepting a preset agenda. That just makes us compliant robots. Tell the more naive or lazy elements of the public that you've found a solution to a currently fashionable environmental issue and they will invariably believe you, it's easier for them, even if the solution is absurd jiggery pokery staring them in the face. For example, fill the horizon with wind turbines, spin a few lines about how they are the solution to global warming and many people will find the sight of them comforting. Never mind that it's all a grim fairy tale that is destroying the very nature about which the beguiled onlookers claim to care. It's a fools paradise. They gallantly relinquish their plastic straws to save the planet but would be happy to see them recycled into turbine towers and blades which slice up birds and pollute the earth. So, although I am constantly accused of working for others and being a mouthpiece for various organisations or ideologies, I'm not - I remain fiercely independent, I have to be. And when I campaign against wind turbines or when I petition to save wildlife, I am doing so as an individual. And thankfully I am supported by a large number of individuals, each thinking independently. We might be mere ripples in a big ocean but slowly and surely the ripples are making waves.
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Lyndsey
29/11/2018 12:18:13 pm
I despise the wind industry too.
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29/11/2018 12:59:39 pm
Hi Lyndsey,
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willie ross
29/11/2018 02:18:22 pm
Hi, You say " I don't see a need to link climate and the fight to stop wind farms. It's not about that for me. They are not interconnected."
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Lyndsey
29/11/2018 02:54:13 pm
I agree. Even if we don't link wind energy to climate change others do. It is their 'justification' for allowing the wind industry to trash our communities, wildlife, wild land and seas. Part of our fight is to expose the truth and that wind turbines will not save the planet or give us energy security. The green lobby is wealthy and most people don't bother to research anything and are happy to believe those with the biggest wallets and access to the media.
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29/11/2018 02:25:03 pm
Good for you, especially for voicing your concerns about that which we have observed too; the conflating of anti wind with climate denial. It lends support to opposition of all sorts stating that we are climate deniers because we oppose wind.
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Angela Shiells
29/11/2018 02:51:14 pm
Thank you for your measured, common sense approach Jason. It is very reassuring in these fraught times when everybody seems to be panicking and getting nowhere!
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David
17/12/2018 02:11:45 pm
I have studied climate for about the last 50 years and have not found one iota of evidence that CO2 causes the climate to change. Furthermore, it can be shown that the so called Greenhouse effect doesn't actually exist. A greenhouse heats up because heat loss by convection is stopped by the glass canopy. Also, by analysing the cyclic components that govern long term climate, the present warm spell is to be expected and is a precursor to the slow descent into the next ice age, which will take about 5,000 years to reach its coldest point.
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Michael
15/2/2019 09:05:51 pm
I agree with your standpoint. Another crucial point you touched on is that many conservationists, governments etc are solely focused on Climate Change and that if we fix that everything will be OK We often hear it said that it's the greatest threat to wildlife and so on. This is a clever ruse that obviates any personal responsibility for what happens NOW. The way we're going with habitat destruction and pollution, most of the life on this planet won't have to worry about Climate Change as they'll already be extinct when it happens.
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