Hey

The state goverment is attepting to errect 4 different wind turbines near gladdy road on the roof of the somerton slsc for a 12 month trial.

These turbines will be 4m above the roof highest point so say about 15m + off the ground level and up to 20m off sea level, and will range in diameter from 5.5m to 2m

The state goverment have rushed it though council as a confidential item and there is some talk around the neighborhood that it is a done deal before it even goes to community consultation.

There are two public consultation periods at the somerton slsc the first scheduled for tuesday 1st september 4-8pm with the official presentation at 7pm, and saturday 5th september from 10am-1pm

I urge as many of you to attend as possible as i personally belive this is going to look absolutly disgracefull and that wind turbines should not be erected in a suburban area.

Secondly i worry that if this gets through, it will set a precedent for what they can do and over the next few years and these turbbines may start appearing all the way along the coast


As consistant beach goers, i believe this should be a concern for everyone as we want our coast to stay attractive.

I hope to see as many of you as possible and if anyone wants more info they can contact me on 0401737294 or pm me

Thanks

Jarrad

better them than a nuclear power station and waste u have to deal with for the next x00,000yrs

I agree that turbines in residential areas are (can be) ugly, however they may become something that people learn to love. Jetties where considered eye saws until about 100 years ago when people started photographing them, they then became an attractive part of the beachscape.

Likewise there are many people that think 30 kites in the air destroys the beachscape, even though everyone on here loves it. I would like the believe that rows of turbines harnessing green energy for the city may have some attractive attributes.

Also, the cost and return is negligible right now. Currently most wind farms use more energy to produce and maintain than they ever generate, however with out prototypes we will never reach a technological level where they will, hopefully, become a green power supply.

a little now for a lot later I think

fellas


im one for green energy but this is not the way to do it.


i will upload some photos of the proposed tubines for ur info.

the proposed turbines are all extremely diferent shapes and sizes.

if you can make it down tuesday, i would be interested to hear ur thoughts and opinions

Heaven forbid that we should harness wind power! Oh noes... what will they think of next?

Seriously, I would much prefer to see windmills than power stations, any day of the week.

Seems to be a few nimby tossers around, how will this be so evil? Why aren't more been put up along the coast, along with seagull sashimi restaurants would give SA some valid carbon credits, you wowsers worried about getting ya kites caught after some fail?

luv
istt

its good to see that so many people have an opinion on issues like this

To be honest I thought they would look alot worse than this. They aren't that big and hopefully won't be noisy.

Not a fan of the tax payers paying for it (especially now I'm a tax payer!!!) haha

big wind turbines only just make a positive impact on energy and these are loacted in the windest parts of australia

these 4 wind turbines comined will save not even $1000 of electricity per year... and cost is 300k


i believe that there are smater ways to renewable energy... solar termal, hyrdro

I agree with tom on this! We seem to be to conservative on issues surrounding aesthetics, energy, and water. While I was in Holland last year, the North Sea is full of Windmills! A beautiful sight while kiting in freezing waters. A couple of small winds turbines on top of the club rooms are nothing compared to a energy hungry de-sal plant! Who paying for that aswell?