LOCATION/TYPE

NEWS HOME

[ exact phrase in "" • results by date ]

[ Google-powered • results by relevance ]



Archive
RSS

Add NWW headlines to your site (click here)

Get weekly updates

WHAT TO DO
when your community is targeted

RSS

RSS feeds and more

Keep Wind Watch online and independent!

Donate via Paypal

Donate via Stripe

Selected Documents

All Documents

Research Links

Alerts

Press Releases

FAQs

Campaign Material

Photos & Graphics

Videos

Allied Groups

Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005.

News Watch Home

Wind turbines will hurt wildlife and water 

Credit:  The Chronicle, 10 August 2011 ~~

Maybe some facts would help answer Ms. Starr’s recent questions about ridgeline wind.

Will they harm wildlife? The experts say, “Yes.” Especially vulnerable are birds (particularly eagles and hawks) and bats. Vermont just listed two bat species as “endangered.”

Will they harm water quality? The experts say, “Yes.” These intact mountains are big filters providing our communities below with clean, clear water. Putting 450-foot turbines on ridgelines requires building roads. This screws up the filtration pattern. Look out below! Here comes some muddy water for your well.

Will the noise drive some people crazy? Increasing medical evidence says, “Maybe, due to sleep deprivation.” In the case of the Lowell wind proposal, would you – as an abutting landowner – like to be told you can’t sleep with your windows open? “Get a fan, preferably one with a pedal. Save electricity.”

Will ridgeline turbines decrease area property values? Studies from the Midwest say, “Yes.” Do some people find them interesting? Sure. And some people would find ridgeline Ferris wheels interesting. Some people find trainwrecks interesting. Pick up a copy of “Grand Theft Auto.” That’s “interesting” for some people.

Will wind turbines bring tourists who shower us with money? Who knows? Will other tourists turn around and go back to Massachusetts without buying so much as a slice of local cheese? Who knows?

So, why do we have a billboard law? Some people like billboards don’t they? Why do we have a bottle law? Some people pick them up for pocket change, don’t they? Why is Act 250, (as bothersome as some people find it) often given credit for helping stabilize Vermont’s economy during difficult times?

The basic point is that few would argue that they find living in Vermont to be a good thing because its landscape is fundamentally unaltered and beautiful. And that clean, cold water just keeps on flowing off the mountains – free – without turbines. Anyone want to argue with that?

Steve E. Wright
Craftsbury Common

Source:  The Chronicle, 10 August 2011

This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.

The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.

Wind Watch relies entirely
on User Funding
   Donate via Paypal
(via Paypal)
Donate via Stripe
(via Stripe)

Share:

e-mail X FB LI TG TG Share


News Watch Home

Get the Facts
CONTACT DONATE PRIVACY ABOUT SEARCH
© National Wind Watch, Inc.
Use of copyrighted material adheres to Fair Use.
"Wind Watch" is a registered trademark.

 Follow:

Wind Watch on X Wind Watch on Facebook

Wind Watch on Linked In Wind Watch on Mastodon