When I look out my kichen window I can see two wind turbines and I really like them - they are so elegant and stately and an interesting contrast to the derelict windmill at the farm across the road (did people used to complain when they built windmills?). In the background, behind the turbines, is Drax, the largest coal-fired power station in Europe. I know which I'd rather have on my doorstep so, really, objecting to wind turbines could be seen as NIMBYism - someone will always have to live with power generators of one kind or another.

Drax, incidentally, now burns some wood, at the rate of 20 tons an hour, I'm told - which has greatly increased the price of firewood in this area.