“I read in the Daily Mail today 8/1/2009 a letter from a Eddie Bolton regarding a wind turbine that is to be erected at the Eden Project. I would have liked to have added my name to a protest about this, but no address was given on the letter to send protests to. In the area that I live in they have erected wind turbines and they are a real blot on the landscape and only if it is extremely windy do they generate a small amount of electricity. They spoil an area of beauty and they look awful. So I know how you feel. Good luck with your protest.”

“sad, that people slate and slander something that has evolved from the waste savaged pits of cornwall, ah well when energy prices are so expensive you cant afford to heat your homes and you fought every wind turbine / green project around bathe in our own glory.”

“I think Eden has done wonders in changing general publics oppinion towards various environmental issues. As for the ice rink and the concerts... cant you see that this is a means for attracting the younger generation, who may not normally want to see a giant greenhouse. Once at Eden, they can be informed, learn etc.

As for the entry fee... why dont you keep an eye in the press for the locals for a fiver offer? as attractions all around the UK go, the entrance fee is the going rate, and if it means the staff there can get a half decent rate of pay brilliant!

As for the wind turbine, I wholely support it. In time to come technology may improve, and there may be other means to obtain greener energy
, but for now a wind turbine for Eden is the way.”

“J from Tregrehan.
As I understand it, local residents get free tickets for the concerts? The noise is monitored all night long and stops at 11pm. Do you really suffer that badly from it?

Are you entirely anti-fun or just fun a mile away from where you live?

I'm quite sure Bonfire night will create more noise pollution for you and certainly create more environmental damage and worry wildlife.

As for your charity point. Look on wikipedia for a simple explanation. Lots of charities are "not for profits" and some aren't.

This is a pretty shoddy bit of journalism, by the classically anti turbine WMN group, designed to increase tension. And well done: it worked.”

“Eden seems utterly unconcerned about noise the amount of noise generated for local residents due to concerts, I find it hard see why they would be too interested in any local opinion. We are good for cheap labour & that's about it. I still don't quite understand how Eden qualifies as a charity seeing as I thought they were "not for profit" organisations?”

“I find it truly remarkable that as wind farms are being erected across the UK for renewable energy or trying to find more sustainable ways of developing
new technologies like wave power to save us all from an energy crisis in the future,the government is already preparing to build new smaller nuclear power stations in the UK with business representatives from the nuclear industry and contractor's already disscussing when to implement the new age of super mini power station's. I find it just a farce when people are trying to find new ways to create some sort of new energy development, then the BIG BUSINESS agenda of the british government decide to do the classic double standards and support both renewable & nuclear....what a joke!”

“Ok Mark, when you were a few hours¿ young, did you widdle in your nappy or did you know how to get to the dunny by yourself?

Eden is an evolving project and maturing slowly but surely. Believe me they have made mistakes in the initial setup and did learn from it, and still learn from every endeavor on a daily basis. In that aspect I could easily say, Eden is learn & think and think & learn.

It could be that, Tim Smith is ready to take responsibilities to a very personal level in order to clip the yearly £500k carbon footprint, step away from fossil fuels and create a 'Greener' Eden? I would say that¿s pretty ¿rooted¿ if it is a saving.
Perhaps we should support him in building a nuclear plant ...eh?

At this day and age, credit crunch, soaring bulk/business- fuel prices for years to come a mill could be a good alternative.

Perhaps the promises in the meeting were golden mountains made from "buffed brass". And we actually deal with an Eden which doesn¿t run as effortlessly as we might believe which has found another solution to clip their £500k pitfall every year. Minus the investment of the windmill. Wouldn't You want to say; ¿Go for it Tim, you got my blessing!!¿

Think & think again.

PS. "-particularly as it is below the water table so why wouldn't water turbines be an effective way to reduce Eden¿s massive bills?"

Ehm Nigel, Water runs down into the pit which is below water table level. The problem is getting the water out of the pit, not more in .. that costs energy....duh

PPS. I agree with Dave, developing solutions, not prestige building.”

“Local residents would do well to google the expariences of the Davidsons of Deeping ST Nicholas before agreeing to an Industrial Wind Turbine, within 400metres of their homes, or anything like. Also Google Wind Turbine Syndrom, by Nina Pierpoint USA.”

“Get back in your pit, Smit.

You're letting Adam and Eve down very badly.

To be an honest and truthful reflection of an archetypal EDEN,
ZERO electricity consumption should be your goal.

Why isn't it?

There's a trade description issue here.

The Sun;The Moon;The Earth.”

“Firstly. What a shambolic bit of journalism this is; purely designed to ignite tension within communities. Smit did not say he would shut it down for good - as the article suggests - he merely said under certain weather conditions it could get turned off if it was being a nuisance.

But then what can be expected from a historically anti turbine Western Morning News and associates?

As for some of the points made by Nigel from Wadebridge and david from St Austell - what rubbish. How is £5 too much for a whole year entry? One and a half pints in the Molesworth Nigel? Not even entry to the Regal! What is your point apart from proving you don't know anything?

As for Mark in Lostwithiel.... Have you not noticed the massive rise in fuel and energy prices over the last few years? Do you not want to be self sufficient with your energy so you can escape the shackles of the energy companies? I am not turbines greatest fan but i do admire the effort to be self sufficient with energy if only to leave more in the grid for people like Mark, Nigel and David to carry on using their computer to write rubbish like this.

Those who want to give up using energy then please carry on complaining, if like the rest of us you feel you want to take some responsibility for your energy hungry ways then support this project. But don't stop here: support other projects, be it wind, wave, solar, geothermal and so on. We need them all if we are to crack the oil addiction.

Love you”