As the wind farm industry admits that England’s not windy enough, these abominations serve only to mock our leaders’ gullibility By Max Hastings For The Daily Mail Published: 01:46, 7 June 2016 | Updated: 01:54, 7 June 2016 West Devon last week basked in sunshine, with glorious views from the uplands behind the coast towards Dartmoor … marred by a glittering, twirling, silver turbine, visible for 20 miles in all directions. The same scene was repeated on Sunday in Herefordshire, where again I saw a swathe of natural beauty blighted by a giant windmill. Wind Turbines Monuments to utter folly For years, some of us have campaigned against the despoiling of our landscape by these eyesores. Suddenly, belatedly, an unexpected and authoritative voice has made it official: they are a nonsense. Hugh McNeal, chief executive of the wind industry’s trade body Renew-ableUK, no less, says onshore turbines in England do … Continue reading →