BBC News says that the would-be developers of Brontë country's wind farm have claimed that the turbines 'will not discourage visitors to moors once loved by the Bronte sisters'. As if that was what was at the heart of the matter.
Calderdale Energy Park is applying to construct 34 turbines on Walshaw Moor, between Hebden Bridge and Haworth - the village associated with Brontë tourism.
As a nine-week public consultation begins, chief executive Christian Egal told objectors that the development would provide "cheap, reliable and stable" energy.
Campaigners who oppose the plans for the West Yorkshire moorland said that the wind farm would turn the scenic area into an "industrial complex".
The South Pennine moors and Pennine Way have long been associated with writers Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, who were raised at the parsonage in Haworth, now a museum, in the 1840s.
Speaking about the literary tourists, Egal said: "They will still come. Of course the turbines will be visible, but it will not affect the number of people visiting Top Withens. We expect the impact on the landscape to be moderate and acceptable for this area."
Top Withens is a ruined farmhouse that is thought to be the inspiration for Emily Bronte's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights.
Egal added: "Wuthering is an old Norse word that means "high winds", so it's not surprising that the site is very suitable for a wind farm." (Spencer Stokes)
That only goes to show that they have no clue about anything at all beyond numbers and economy. Of course tourists will come, but the point is that a literary landscape (not to mention the consequences for local fauna) will be wrecked. Hopefully, those in charge of granting the permission or not will be less short-sighted and will turn it down once and for all.
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Wuthering Heights 2026 a 3/5.
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Wuthering Heights 2026 to
Wuthering Heights 1939.
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