The Lake Hayes Project, a windfarm for the Lammermaul Range [ or however it is spelt]

The extract of the Turner book in the Otago Daily Times doesn't sway me for one moment. What is needed for this country is a balanced supply of power from hydro, wind and sea.

It would be better also if he didn't call the Meridian heads nasty names, that is being childish and typical left wing style of attacking the person rather that the idea. I looked for sensible arguments and found nothing but wooly thinking, shades of the NIMBY attitude.

The New York Times today [11.8.8] has an interesting article contrasting Denmark with America which in recent years has made itself independent of imported oil to a large degree thanks to wind power and changing people's habits. We cannot rely on wind to provide a constant supply, but neither does hydro, and oil and gas is running out ... so the sensible solution is to have all three and hope that collectively they will meet our needs. Conservation comes from the increasing prices and replacing our housing stock with energy efficient dwellings.