Following the protest by Dorset Against Rural Turbines (DART) outside the public exhibition for the proposed Wind Farm in East Stoke held in Wareham yesterday, the local support group ‘Say Yes to Wind Power’ has hit back.

Janet Payne from ‘Say Yes to Wind Power’ has dismissed DART’s accusations that the turbines will ruin the views over Purbeck and will not be efficient.

Their only argument against it is it’s going to spoil the view; I think it’s complete ‘nimbyism’, it’s selfish to object to it. Climate change is the biggest thing that we’re facing at the moment and we’ve got to go with wind. It’s clean, it’s renewable, it’s free. It’s a quarry site, it’s a brownfield site and wind turbines are better than other possibilities it could be used for.

Peter Barker, also of ‘Say Yes to Wind Power’ made the following statement:

We have looked at all of DARTs arguments and found them to be groundless in relation to this project. Their only real concern appears to be that they do not want to look at them. Most people now realise that wind is an essential part of our toolkit in tackling climate change. Let DART protest, they are just showing that they do not care about the World we leave for our children.