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Grievances aired over wind turbines on Vinalhaven (Wind Power Alert)
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| 8/21/10
| Heather Steeves
Posted on 08/21/2010 11:29:03 AM PDT by paul in cape
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The granole-types who live on the island voted 383-5 in favor of the turbines 2 years ago. This week over 100 showed up to complain.
Serves them right.
Anyone who lives in a town contemplating these monstrosities, please share this article.
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To: paul in cape
To: paul in cape
Poor misguided people.Where’s my violin,the little one.
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posted on
08/21/2010 11:32:22 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop thinking about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: paul in cape
No Escape
To: paul in cape
A big supporter of wind energy in Maine Jonathan Carter and green activist opposed all types of energy projects including the construction on a new LNG terminal.
Now that the turbines are up and running, changing scenic views, and making noise, Carter has come out against-you guessed it-wind turbine projects.
As reported on FR some months ago-the greens strongly support solar power but when a large solar plant was to be built in the desert, the green activists OPPOSED THE CONSTRUCTION OF POWER LINES from the site to towns and cities where people live.
To: paul in cape
Drove through parts of Texas last year. Mile and miles of wind turbines. What a waste. Didn't do anything for the scenery. Of course, they probably produced all kinds of electricity. Sure they do.........
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posted on
08/21/2010 11:41:12 AM PDT
by
animal172
(Where are you America?)
To: paul in cape
Now if they would just quit buying those CRAPPY FRUMP-FRUMP WINDMILLS, and go with a more advanced technology that Takes MUCH LESS ROOM , Is much easier to maintain, and has absolutely no problem with abrupt wind direction changes, then there is equipment like this already available:
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posted on
08/21/2010 11:43:33 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The Last Boy Scout)
To: UCANSEE2
To: paul in cape
Lol. Coal and nat gas are bad. Hydroelectric is bad. Nuclear — never! Wind generators are noisy. Let me guess: solar panels are not eco-friendly. They scar the land.
Does anyone see a pattern here? The enviro nuts and politicians want us living in caves. And by the way, we aren't allowed to have a fire in our caves to stay warm. It pollutes the air.
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posted on
08/21/2010 11:55:28 AM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: paul in cape
I don't believe I've heard Vinalhaven's mostly yankee inhabitants referred to a "granola eaters" before, and I doubt they are. Wind power makes sense on an island with high average winds and the earlier vote reflected that. The current unhappiness is with the noise, which apparently was not described honestly before the vote.
No whining there, just Mainers pissed off at being misled.
Incidentally, if you want granola eaters, try around Bath: the Hobbit infestation there is incredible.
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posted on
08/21/2010 12:00:37 PM PDT
by
Grut
To: Grut
I am no expert on wind turbines, but even I know they emit an awful lot of noise. Those who wanted the turbines should have done their own homework rather than take the word of experts [or whoever it was that mislead them].
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posted on
08/21/2010 12:17:41 PM PDT
by
bohica1
To: paul in cape
I live about 5 miles from a series of 10 turbines. I pass them every day. They are on disused industrial land that will never employ people again, because of the ridiculous environmental liability laws in NY State. So, there might as well be windmills on the land making money for someone.
From a few hundred yards away, they are completely silent. If wind turbines are making noise, something is wrong.
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posted on
08/21/2010 12:20:39 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: UCANSEE2
Now if they would just quit buying those CRAPPY FRUMP-FRUMP WINDMILLS, and go with a more advanced technology that Takes MUCH LESS ROOM , Is much easier to maintain, and has absolutely no problem with abrupt wind direction changes, then there is equipment like this already available
If what you say is true, why doesn't the market fix the problem? Don't markets work? If not then why if this technology is so great isn't it widely adopted? Please explain.
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posted on
08/21/2010 12:21:17 PM PDT
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough.)
To: animal172
Drove through parts of Texas last year. Mile and miles of wind turbines. What a waste. Didn't do anything for the scenery. Of course, they probably produced all kinds of electricity. Sure they do......... Spoke with some ranchers/farmers around Post, TX not long ago where there are a lot of wind "farms". Quite a few had moved off the land (those that were fairly close to the turbines), all sorts of problems cropping up. I saw first hand empty houses, nice ones, unable to sell them because of this developing problem of living near the turbines.
The rotors create inner ear problems in some folks due to sudden pressure changes and harmonics (yes, there is science on this) among other phenomena, some weird stuff happening health wise. I know there are FReepers that are up on this better than I am for sure.
Add insult to injury, quite a few turbines were rotating but not producing due to lack of maintenance. They didn't want to shut down the rotors because by leaving them turning gives the impression of producing power.
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posted on
08/21/2010 12:23:48 PM PDT
by
brushcop
(CW4 Matthew Lourey CW2 Joshua Scott/ Kiowa pilots KIA Iraq '05. Thank you for our son's life.)
To: paul in cape
They want to build 1800 windmills in Maine covering virtually every mountain top in the state. It will ruin hiking and tourism as well as the health of anyone near them.
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posted on
08/21/2010 12:34:34 PM PDT
by
mombi
To: paul in cape
"Vinalhaven is a town located in the Fox Islands in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,235 at the 2000 census. It is home to a thriving lobster fishery and hosts a summer colony.
Betcha the lobstermen didn't care about building windmills. The artsy-fartsy bunch are the perps here, getting what they asked for, and getting it good and hard.
To: Grut
Last hobbits I had a conversation with from Bath were a couple of iron-workers one night outside a bar. Not nice people but no granola eaters, that's for sure.
To: dhs12345
"The enviro nuts and politicians want us living in caves. "
No, they don't. They want us dead.
They want the whole planet.....for themselves.
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posted on
08/21/2010 12:48:38 PM PDT
by
stboz
To: mombi
They don’t want people living in the mountains or near the mountains.
To: paul in cape
i don’t think there are many granola types of that island-those are hard working people mostly fisherman/lobersterman
it’s the day trippers who are the granola types
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posted on
08/21/2010 1:06:13 PM PDT
by
MissDairyGoodnessVT
(Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
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