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If wind power is the answer, then the question must be "How can we do the most environmental damage, with the least results and for the most cost"?
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Letter: Wind power isn't the answer, December 29, 2009 Casper-Star Tribune.
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Wind farms: the monuments to lunacy that will be left to blot the landscape
Alas, despite all the practical evidence to show why wind power is one of the greatest follies of our age, those who rule our lives, from our own politicians and officials here in Britain to those above them in Brussels, seem quite impervious to the facts.
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- Extra Extra... Call me a liar! Clear conscience or regulatory compliance? (2011-09-14) The real fact people - the town boards have been offered numerous reports from credible sources, institutions, acousticians and medical clinicians from around the country, and indeed the world, all demonstrating the plausibility that industrial wind turbines negatively effect human wellness if poorly sited. more »
- Wind farms: the monuments to lunacy that will be left to blot the landscape (2011-09-10) Alas, despite all the practical evidence to show why wind power is one of the greatest follies of our age, those who rule our lives, from our own politicians and officials here in Britain to those above them in Brussels, seem quite impervious to the facts. more »
- Cure for wind farm noise policy gridlock: Back off, but allow easements (2011-09-06) Noise concerns are not obstacles to wind development, if the industry and local and state regulators can move beyond simplistic denial of the problem. Indeed, the continued growth of the wind industry in the U.S. and Canada may depend upon a fundamental shift of attitude, centered on respecting communities that choose lower noise limits, and providing assurances that negative impacts will be addressed if they occur. more »
- Where the Jobs Aren't (2011-09-05) The gigantic public investments in green energy may be stimulating innovation and helping the environment. But they are not evidence that the government knows how to create private-sector jobs. ...There's a wealth of other evidence to suggest that the green economy will not be a short-term jobs machine. more »
- The flap over wind farms and bird deaths (2011-09-01) The extreme position is the one being effectively advocated by the wind power industry: that the industry should receive a blanket exemption from the government's enforcement of these laws. The wind industry's refrain that birds are also killed by other sources, particularly cats, is fallacious. more »
- Wind power fans should admit green's not their color (2011-08-31) Wind energy promoters and enablers are finally waking up to the possibility that the public knows there may be adverse effects from wind power. That puts them about 25 years behind the rest of the country, at least that part of the country that does not fall to its knees when the word "green" is attached to a concept, no matter how inaccurately. more »
- Wind farm? Goodbye neighborhood (2011-08-30) more »
- Living with the negative effects of wind turbines (2011-08-24) As we sit on our patio, we are looking at 31 turbines spinning. The sound is a monotonous sound of whish, whish that can vary in intensity and, at times, has sounded like a train rumbling down a track. I refer to it as irritating, like a dripping faucet. It just never stops, unless the turbine is not running. The beautiful countryside in our area has disappeared, along with the quiet and peaceful county living we once had. more »
- Smith: Whoa! to wind energy development in Vermont (2011-08-22) We are in a fragile economy, with a glut of electricity available in New England at low cost for the foreseeable future. The price of solar energy is declining every day. More than 90 percent of Vermont's greenhouse gas emissions are from heating and transportation. With so much at stake for Vermont, the prudent thing to do is stop, look and listen. Wind developers and our political leaders owe it to all Vermonters and our wild creatures to make sure we get this right. more »
- Dissecting the Carbon Tax; Prevous views reconsidered (2011-08-19) As the country grapples with economic havoc, some are pointing to carbon taxes as a potential solution to the government's revenue shortage. Carbon taxes might be "better" than cap-and-trade or regulations, but then, in a train-wreck, losing a hand is better than losing a forearm, which is better than losing an entire arm. Most would rather skip the wreck. Even in flush economic times, carbon taxes would be bad policy. When economies are already laboring under too much spending, and are at diminishing-return levels of taxation, implementing a carbon tax would be a mistake. more »
- Wind power's niche (2011-08-17) In Michigan's Lenawee County and near the Ohio-Indiana state line, proposals to install wind turbines are attracting organized opposition. It is easy -- but unfair -- to dismiss this as an expression of classic Not In My Back Yard sentiments. If majority opinion and market forces lead to zoning ordinances that discourage developers from operating in an area, they must be respected. more »
- Wind power can be more expensive and dirty than we think (2011-08-16) Wind isn't just unequal in terms of reliability; windmills actually cause more air pollution than coal plants operating as designed. Texas is a nasty reminder of this. Along with other facilities, state utilities often depend on two coal-fired plants to "balance" the wind power, which means they fill in when the wind stops. more »
- The wind-energy myth (2011-08-12) The wind-energy lobby has been masterly at garnering huge subsidies and mandates by claiming that its product is a "green" alternative to conventional electricity. But the hype has obscured a dirty little secret: When power demand is highest, wind energy's output is generally low. more »
- The Party's Over for Big Wind (2011-08-12) AWEA's Denise Bode was right a year ago when she said the wind industry is in distress. Her industry's still in peril today because it cannot survive without mandates and taxpayer subsidies. And unless or until it can, she cannot expect any sympathy from cash-strapped voters. more »
- Winter Island no place for a wind turbine (2011-08-05) Your health is worth a lot more than money. Money can't buy health. So when they tell you that the wind turbine will generate large sums of money, will it be worth losing Winter Island and most importantly your health? I think not. more »