Posts Tagged ‘Wind Turbine Syndrome’
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’.
6 Comments »Write Harper and Raitt to Demand a Response to the Inappropriate Conduct of a Someone at Natural Resources
I did last night. Below is what I said. Please write as well and demand something be done about the inappropriate actions of a member of the Public Service. Their lack of compassion and caring in my opinion makes them unfit to be a public servant and hurts the image of the Canadian public service.
Below is the text of my email:
TO: pm@pm.gc.ca
CC: RaittL@parl.gc.ca
SUBJECT: Immediate Action Required – Inappropriate Behaviour By Natural Resources Canada Staff
TEXT: To Whom It May Concern,
Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources Has a ‘Gartner Lee / AECOM’ Moment and Gets Caught
Folks may remember when one of the resident asses working on the Toronto Hydro proposal for an offshore wind test platform at Gartner Lee / AECOM decided to use the name Anne Mometer to insult me on my blog, and was subsequently outed, giving me the opportunity to go after ‘her’ employer and their law breaking client – Toronto Hydro Energy Services. Actually – both Gartner Lee and Toronto Hydro Energy Services violated the law literally hundreds of times together (To Gartner Lee / AECOM and Toronto Hydro again – as this is totally provable, I would welcome any response your Counsel has in this regard – but because we all know you did violate law hundreds of times together, it isn’t actionable as it is simply a statement of provable fact.)
It seems there are still eco-bullies in high places who know so little about the internet they don’t get why their highly ignorant and insensitive comments get them in hot water. Natural Resources is probably the most inappropriate place for someone to be belittling an individuals moving and painful experience. As such, I hope the comment results in an individual finding themselves removed from the public service.
First read this post about Barbara Ashbee having to abandon her home due to the health effects of a poorly planned wind project, and then view the totally insensitive comment from some Ottawa based hack who could choose to help residents, but instead decides to mock them.
Below is the comment the cowardly individual from Natural Resources left.
Please let me know when the property comes up for sale. Since everyone claims that property values will decrese, I will expect a bargain basement price!
Not only does this person not know how to spell but I checked the IP address of the originator of this comment and lo and behold:
OrgName: Natural Resources Canada
OrgID: NRC-41
Address: 580 Booth Street
City: Ottawa
StateProv: ON
PostalCode: K1A-0E4
Country: CA
Author : (IP: 132.156.196.29 , 132.156.196.29) E-mail :
URL :
Whois :
http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=132.156.196.29
Here is the Wind Concerns Ontario post on this incident.
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