Ben Fawkes Nuclear article (Dominon Post Monday 7th) sadlly lacks depth and understanding. Nuclear promoters ignore the 140 Year process costing multiple billions of dollars to decommission a single plant extinguishing any value created in a 40 year lifetime and leaving a three generation future liability.
Even more dangerous was the naive assumption that wind power was the answer. Injection of massive 40 storey industrial wind turbines into quiet rural residential neighbourhoods destroying the amenity values is bad enough. The real worry is emerging evidence of health damage from low frequency infra sound emitted by wind farms recorded by Dr Barry, Dr Piedpont and Massey University. Dr Barry ’s survey paper to UK COGP recorded 81% of wind farm neighbours suffering health effect’s including sleep deprivation, headaches, anxiety, stress, depression and cardiac problems and suicide. Massey surveys showed 80% considered turbines intrusive and 74% unattractive, with effects reaching more than 10 KMs. (All of Wellingtons western suburbs).
Public health issues are tracking, Asbestos, Smoking, Thalidomide, Xrays and Leaky Homes. Inadequate standards fail people and incur massive liabilities.
The Government and Council promoting and permitting these should remember green also means “naively foolish and dangerously gullible”
