Simple bike ride ends up with intense dislike for wind farms

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n the not too distant past Tony Abbott hopped on his bike and set off for a ride around Rottnest Island.

Tony Abbott once rode past a wind-farm
and has disliked them ever since,
 attacking them verbally and via policy.

His path took him right under the West Australian island’s sole wind turbine, and according to the prime minister this helped him form the view that windfarms were visually awful, noisy and potentially a health risk.

It must have been a particularly offensive turbine. Because in recent times Abbott has launched a number of verbal and policy assaults on wind energy.

But to his detractors this is only part of the picture. His government, they argue, has sought to undermine the entire A$20bn (£9.4bn) Australian renewable energy industry.

Read the Guardian story - “Tony Abbott's fight against solar and wind power in Australia”.