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Here at Unity Wind we're actively working out who is responsible for it, so that an apology can be extracted.

And some of us find wind turbines to be aesthetically pleasing btw!

We lived for 4 years in a conservation area in Southern France where after 2 years 112 wind turbines were erected which had an enormous effect on the local landscape and wildlife. Countryside, ancient bridges and roads were destroyed to get the mammoth vehicles carrying turbine parts to their sites, wild life disappeared (they do not like the hum produced from these turbines) including the wild boar and birds of prey.

Five years ago we moved to the Spanish/Portuguese border, again in a conservation area where several wind turbines were being planned, luckily a highly respected conservationist who lived in the area proved to the local council that these turbines destroyed the local wildlife (there were protected black stork nests in the proposed area). The local council realised that no amount of money which had been offered them by the turbine companies could compensate for the loss of their beloved storks and rare birds of prey in the area.

Who is going to gain from the erection of the proposed turbine in Bodham? In France, the electric produced was going to Spain - How much did the local French Councils get for allowing the decamation of a beautiful area, we will never know! At least in Spain those elected to our local office were not swayed by hard cash!

However, the cost of removing the turbines will take not the company by surprise. It has to be taken into account from the start as part of the lease agreement.

a. Switch themselves off from the grid into which the production of these methods of generation will feed. Or:

b. Make themselves responsible for the damage that is being done to our world by burning coal and gas or using nuclear fuel to produce energy.

Either we try to face the facts or we live in a dream world. We are going to continue using electricity whatever happens. The only choice we have is how we generate it.

We have all been frustrated by the delays in this project. Getting planning permission is always a long process, but we had extra complications. We had been told from the beginning that the MOD would upgrade their equipment at Trimingham to make turbines possible at North Walsham, but there has been a two year delay on this. While the MOD were saying they would object to our planning application we could not apply for grants to do the necessary surveys.

At last this has been resolved so we are going ahead as quickly as possible. Being given the met mast was a great help. Solar Wheel, who put it up for shares in Unity Wind have also helped. We have recently heard that we will receivbe money from The NatureSave Trust, which will enable us to pay for an ecological survey. So we are moving forward again.

Thanks again for the help your family has given.

I agree the subsidies paid are in effect a tax on coal, oil and gas %u2013 but these industries should pay taxes because they cause society huge pollution problems. It is a scandal that these industries have paid nothing in the past for the costs they pass on to all of us in terms of increasing global warming.

You are wrong about the beneficiaries. We all benefit by clean energy production. The effects of global warming will be felt by all of us. In this area particularly, we have the problem of coastal erosion. Anything to help counter this is good.

The people of North Walsham will also benefit economically from having a community scheme like this one. They can invest to earn from the profits. If they cannot invest they can still benefit, because there will be a special fund to support energy efficiency and microgeneration projects in the area.

Because we chose to do this through the democratic structure of an Industrial & Provident Society, local people can get involved and have their say. Anyone can become a member for as little as £1. Each member has one vote, irrespective of the size of their investment. When the turbines are profitable, no %u2018major%u2019 shareholder can take it over. It is safe with the community.

What freedoms are being fought for by the vandal who attacked the met mast. Is it the freedom to let global warming run unchecked? Or is it the freedom to stop local communities making their own decisions and earning from clean energy production?

We hope that many local communiities will follow North Walsham%u2019s example to have their own turbines. They will be taking responsibility for their own energy use and profiting by it.

Should our proposal succeed, our project will see two wind turbines generating electricity for the local community who may be as involved as much as they wish and directly profit, either by investing (as little as a £1 if they wish to be kept informed of progress) or through a grant system from company profits, destined for local community projects. From the outset we have sought to set up the project to be owned by North Walsham and nearby residents as far as possible (hence the structure we have chosen, namely Industrial and Provident Society).

As for aesthetics, this may be argued exhaustively by either side but the fact remains that on several approaches to North Walsham run-down industrial sites are clearly visible. Unity Wind is our attempt to make a more positive statement about North Walsham and assist in its address of climate change and the significance of local energy supply.

WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY,GO TO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, HAVE YOUR SAY AT THE PLANNING MEETINGS.(THERE HAVE BEEN TWO LOCAL NORTH WALSHAM PLANNING MEETINGS )WHERE WERE YOU ?

WHAT A SPINELESS LOT YOU ARE ,DOING CRIMINAL DAMAGE IN THE DARK INSTEAD OF OPEN DEBATE

or do not drink & drive