Wind Turbines Are A Disaster

From an FCP Supporter:

I attended a showing of the documentary film “Meredith, NY” in Blyth last night.  Excellent.  It basically tells us that the large wind turbine companies are coming into an area and they scout around, then offer people $5,000 to approve of a turbine on their property and “don’t tell the neighbors”.  Eventually, the neighbors find out that others have these contracts.  This pits neighbour against neighbour and the local municipal planning boards against their own citizens or vice versa.  Municipalities need money, but they really don’t get enough for even a new municipal pickup truck.  They showed the size of these turbines…… almost 500 feet high to the top blade tip.  Tip speed 178 mph.  How many buildings are there in Canada that tall?  Only 65 in all of Canada.  Imagine living on the 49^th floor?  The noise of the wind up there is huge. Noise levels are constantly changing and the harmonics of sound difficult to process. The low grade noise drives some people insane.

The concern that I saw visually was the flicker effect.  Picture reading the newspaper at the breakfast table, with a black shadow moving over the page constantly.  Picture eating food, with a shadow moving constantly over your food.  Doing dishes at the sink with shadow flicker, and the reflection  turning of the blades on the TV so you can’t play WII….  Until the sun changes direction and it comes from the other side of the house. 

I have spoken out forcefully against it ( Arthur and Alma) also because of the cost to install, and build them, they are not green.  They are trouble to remove after 10 -15 year lifespan, the large companies are being subsidized by our government – which is picking winners and losers… Think also of the green credits that a company such as Enbridge is getting from the installation of wind, which they can use to offset pollution elsewhere.  It is a negative industry too.  They burn, when struck by lightning, 500 feet up, they explode when malfunctioning, they throw ice in winter and its proven that bat lungs explode because of atmospheric pressure changes.  What about worms?  Land is too hard to work….  Shall I go on?  That’s enough ammunition for now….check out http://www.windconcernsontario.wordpress.com/  It is quite a concern in the rural areas…