They recently held a public consultation meeting in the Isle of Man on the subject of a proposed
wind farm in the north of the island. I for one would love a
wind farm. I think they look cool and are without doubt a good thing for the environment.
I have it on good authority that this meeting was attended by the Island's most famous resident (since Sir Norman died). John Rhys-Davies was in the house.
As everyone made the protests against sustainable energy with the usual complaints of 'It's unsightly' 'Babies will be born with no limbs' and 'It's gonna be noisy fella' Mr Davies
was
harbouring a fear that was slowly bubbling to the surface. The bubble had to burst.
'If we build a
wind farm on the Isle of Man, it will be a key target for terrorist'
What? The respected actor famous for his role as
Sallah in Indiana Jones thinks that terrorists are going to try and blow up a
wind farm on the Isle of Man? A
wind farm that will power 1 in 8 homes on an island famous for having cats with no tails. They obviously don't have bigger targets that would cause much more widespread disruption. No.
Osama is sat in a cave somewhere on the Pakistani border shaking his fist at the infidels who dare to have no speed limit on their roads.
But residents of
Ellan Vannin need not worry; if the
wind farm gets blown up we can just hook the
Laxey Wheel up to the grid and we will be back on target for reducing greenhouse emissions in no time!
Apparently it was a genuine concern for
Treebeard. He can't possibly have just been worried about the effect it would have on his house price. Not the man who voiced the ultimate environmentalist.
Sorry John but I think your digging in the wrong place.
