A tree that looks remarkably like a wind turbine could be the answer to objections from country dwellers who disapprove of the unnatural appearance of windfarms. The new species, which was discovered quite by accident, growing in the back yard of a genetic engineering agency, could reach a height of 146 metres and develop three pale cream branches capable of rotating at 32rpm in a 10-knot breeze.
The hope is that forests of these trees, which have given the Latin name Windfarmicus Grandis Tribranchis Foolnobodicus, will quickly supplement or even replace the traditional drab green woodlands.
The late Jimmy Savile is not involved in this sub.
