The government has plans to double the number of wind farms in an effort to get 20 percent of electricity from renewable sources. Wind farms are gaining popularity as power companies take advantage of generous government subsidies(补贴) and apply to build turbines on windy sites.
Wind power also receives strong support from environmental groups such as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, which believe the cost to the countryside in noise and disfigured landscapes is worth paying for the benefit of reduced air pollution.
Residents, however, argue that having a series of giant wind turbines near their homes transforms a quiet neighborhood into an ugly industrial site.
Among the other unpleasant effects documented by residents' opposition groups are many more visits to the doctor. Angela Kelly, who chairs the anti-wind farm residents' campaign group, Country Guardian, claims they make people ill.
Although wind farms are usually in less populated rural areas, there are no fixed rules about how near they can be to homes. Government advisers recommend they shouldn't be less than 1.5 kilometers from any house, but developers go as close as 500 meters. Although Country Guardian have helped to stop the building of many proposed turbines in the past decade, they say the pressure to build more turbines is steadily increasing.
1. According to Bruce Allen, the wind farm in Furness ________.
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