I was listening to a debate about the proposed Airport on the Thames Estuary today. A couple of days ago I also listened the the Prime Minister saying that he was so passionate about our wildlife and countryside. Nobody in either interview pointed out that if you build an airport on an estuary you have to shoot thousands of geese, and keep doing this every year until they stop coming, i.e. until they are extinct. When geese are migrating they land on estuaries in huge numbers. Oil refineries etc are not a problem for them, (unless they are leaking) but air traffic IS! Bird strike is also a problem for the planes of course which is why all the geese who use the estuary need to be culled, if planes are to take off and land safely. How is this 'loving wildlife'?
Sadly as our country is quite small a new airport or exspanding an existing one is bound to create a problem.It would be a good idea to build a new one on the lines of Hong Kong or Kobe in Japan ,built off the coast, create a new island just for the airport.It never seems to be a problem in other countries they just build them .Of couse it would be a good idea if jets could be like the harrier jump jet and do vertical take off, no need for a runway in fact if your street was wide enough they could drop you off at home and cut out so much extra cost .