WITH the Newcastle Herald being one of the best avenues for communicating with and enlightening Novocastrians, I call on Oceanex, BlueFloat Energy and any other tenderers for the wind farms off the east coast to publicly dispel any fears whatsoever that these wind farms will have absolutely no effect on the annual migratory path of the whales and/or ramifications for any other species. With hundreds of chains being anchored to the seabed, they should proclaim and guarantee there will be no such effect. Failing a definitive and unambiguous denial, Novocastrians can make their own assumptions or assertions.
They will no doubt read this very public challenge, or be told about it, and whilst satisfying this request they might also publicly enlighten us all with documentation as to the type and amount of oil each and every one of the hundreds of turbines off the coast holds to keep the gears etc lubricated; the frequency required to service each individual turbine; the type of craft that is to be used to attend each farm, and the nature and frequency of such service required by each. They might also include the life of the farm, the environmentally friendly disposal costs for the infrastructure, etc.
