Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre: Wind Farms Bad for Health
Below is a write up by Radio Host John Divinski who was kind enough to host me on 98 the Beach last Thursday.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Wind Farms Bad for Health
Regional
by John Divinski
Wind energy in Ontario not only costs taxpayers more, it’s toying with the health of those who live near the turbines.
So says the president of Wind Concerns Ontario John LaForet.
Wind Concerns Ontario is a grassroots group calling on the provincial government to slow down the development of wind farms.
LaForet says the group is not necessarily against wind farms as a producer of alternative energy, but they are against locating the structures near people’s homes.
He says a recent health study shows many of those living near the turbines are suffering from insomnia and stress, among other maladies because of the noise factor 24/7.
LaForet says it’s incredible how wind farm developers can bypass any municipality when setting up a farm, as per the Ontario Green Energy Act.
Group member Bill Palmer of Paisley, says besides the health concerns, there is a huge economic imbalance as well.
Palmer says wind farm generators are getting 145 dollars to 200 dollars a megawatt hour from the province.
The other traditional generators are getting about 32 dollars a megawatt hour produced.
He says the difference comes out of tax dollars.
LaForet urges everyone to write their MPP that this is not an appropriate way to run our energy grid and that the energy policy be re-considered by the government.
Wind Concerns Ontario is made up of a coalition of 34 groups spread out over 21 counties and the city of Toronto who oppose the way wind farms are being allowed to develop in the province through the Green Energy Act.
Below is a similar write up by John Divinski based on an interview with Robert Hornung, the President of CanWEA on August 25th 2009. ‘Wind Energy Group Wants More’.
Tags: CanWEA, Green Energy Act, Wind Concerns Ontario, Wind Farms, Wind Turbine Syndrome
September 3rd, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Copied this off another comment so I did not write this. Could not be worded more true. “All commercial-scale energy sources are subsidized; but all conventional sources provide capacity value. Wind provides no capacity value–specified, dispatchable, steady power on demand. It only provides the grid with sporadic bursts of energy, not energy commensurate with modern power expectations. Modern power vastly improves productivity. Wind reduces it. Trading wind for nuclear, or coal, or natural gas, or hydro is akin to trading Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Sandy Koufax, and Willy Mays for a third string high school first baseman who made the team because of his father’s contributions to the alumni fund. Pretending that zero capacity wind technology is an answer to building a responsive supply to meet new demand is, energy-wise, incredibly stupid. We need more wind projects like a prom queen needs acne.”
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