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Sewell Chan reports at The New York Times that Britain's highest court has unanimously rejected an attempt by Donald J. Trump to block the construction of a wind farm near his luxury golf resort in northeast Scotland. Trump has vowed to stop further development on the project if the offshore wind farm — 11 turbines, which would be visible from the golf resort 2.2 miles away — goes forward. Trump spokesman George A. Sorial denounced the ruling as "extremely unfortunate for the residents of Aberdeen and anyone who cares about Scotland's economic future" adding that the wind farm will "completely destroy the bucolic Aberdeen Bay and cast a terrible shadow upon the future of tourism for the area. History will judge those involved unfavorably, and the outcome demonstrates the foolish, small-minded and parochial mentality which dominates the current Scottish government's dangerous experiment with wind energy."
Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland, withdrew Trump's status as a business ambassador to Scotland last week after Trump called for Muslims to be barred from entering the United States. Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen has stripped Mr. Trump of an honorary degree it awarded him in 2010. Trump's mother was born in Scotland and moved to the United States in the 1930s. "I think I do feel Scottish," said Trump at one time.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Thexalon on Thursday December 17 2015, @03:59PM
And I should point out that he's not the first member of the ruling class to attempt to block a wind farm due to it spoiling his view. Ted Kennedy [reuters.com] did the exact same thing when the view from his family estate on Martha's Vinyard was threatened by a proposed wind farm, and managed to delay the project for 9 years.
And I doubt he'll be the last.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 17 2015, @04:25PM
I think it funny how these turbines sitting several miles offshore (which you'd need to have someone point out to you because you really have to try to look for them) would so completely ruin the scenery that tourism would plummet.
This isn't a ruling class vs. people thing, this is just a people thing. The rich just have an easier time throwing money at it. NIMBY-ism transcends class.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by bob_super on Thursday December 17 2015, @04:41PM
last time I saw an offshore windfarm while standing on the coast, In the Netherlands, it actually looked pretty cool in the distance. You could barely see the blades, but what it did is actually add a feature to the desperately flat grey-on-grey horizon.