Comments on: MPP resumes call for moratorium on wind energy development

By: joanne

joanne — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:11:32 +0000

These massive turbine are destroying the natural envoirment but killing the hawks owls that keep the rodent populations down, the turkey vultures that clean up the dead carcasses and the bats that keep the mosquitos down.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:31:00 +0000

Unfortunately Paul, due to its intermittent nature, wind turbines are not closing the coal plants. The small amount of coal that we use is being replaced by natural gas. In fact, the more wind energy you install, the more fossil fuel we will have to burn. That is why Germany is building 26 coal plants.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:26:28 +0000

I have to disagree, Louisette. There are plenty of credible studies if you really care to look. I recommend you look at the 18 studies used by the clinical epidemiologist Dr. Arra in the report done for Dr. Lynn in Owen Sound. All the studies were peer-reviewed and published.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:22:02 +0000

A significant number of the Chinese wind turbines are not even hooked up as they don’t have the back up generation available.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:36:44 +0000

There will not be an earthworm around the turbines. The destruction of bats and other birds were not mentioned. The loss of wildlife and the tourists attraction areas on superior north would be destroyed. property values? No one cares. Money talks. FN claim this and yell about that but pay them and they be quiet. Pathetic.

By: Sparky

Sparky — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:19:12 +0000

I’d be willing to bet that most, if not all, of those people that are posting pro wind comments here are either urban, or do not have to look at these eyesores, and put up with the indirect health effects that so many people suffer from…My reply to them would be for them to take up residence near these things, and then, after a period of time, let’s see what your thinking is then…Have you ever talked to any of these people that are suffering the ill effects of these things??.. Didn’t think so…..’Nuff said….

By: Mary-Lynn Cooper

Mary-Lynn Cooper — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:36:42 +0000

Louisette, Don and Paul…please contact the people of Kincardine that have walked away from their homes. I’m sure they would gladly rent it out for the summer and you can ‘live their nightmare.’ It WAS a lovely area for summer vacations. So is China.

By: Patti Kellar

Patti Kellar — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:16:02 +0000

Well, it would seem most the above comments are pro wind, so here goes the opposite viewpoint. Germany just announced it has increased its C02 levels this year due to the coal plants they needed to build in order to support intermittent wind so that puts a bit of a dent in the theory that we are going to save the planet by having wind turbines. I would also venture to guess that none of the pro wind supporters have 511 ft. monstrosities erected less than 550 metres from their homes. So they really don’t have to worry about any negative health impacts occurring to them or their loved ones. Make no mistake, there are negative impacts – check out Ill wind reporting’s website for further information. You might want to review what the Bruce County Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Hazel Lynn, recently found in her peer reviewed literature study as well. Calling this information not ‘credible’ shows signficant lack of research. None of the studies she reviewed showed no impact, in fact quite the opposite. The closer you live to a turbine, the more distress you will experience. Further studies are needed. If you have lived long enough, you might remember everyone used to say that tobacco didn’t cause ill health either. You might want to consider calling it GREED power because if you did your homework, you might find out that all the rare earth minerals mined in China required for the turbine generators, isn’t quite as green as you might think. Again the only thing truly green about this is the money that is being made while people’s concerns are being ignored. Check out the number of health complaints uncovered by the Freedom of Information Act. Don’t ignore the amount of new evidence coming to light worldwide. People do not abandon their homes and farms because they want to. There are 28 reported abandoned homes in Ontario and those are the ones that are talking. Wind companies have gag clauses that prevent others from speaking out. Ask yourself the easy questions such as if it is so green, why are there clauses preventing lease holders from speaking out about ill health, shadow flicker, stray voltage, etc???? Just saying……

By: Laura Griffin

Laura Griffin — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:50:10 +0000

There’s a HUGE difference that you’re overlooking, Louisette. People make the choice to smoke or drink Red Bull.
Wind turbine neighbours have absolutely no choice whatsoever in having these 500-foot industrial machines rammed down their throats. Through the greed of the wind industry and landowners, innocent people are getting sick and they often have no recourse other than to abandon their homes and properties. There are 24 families up near Kincardine alone who have walked away from their homes because no one wants to buy these properties.

By: Elizabeth Barr

Elizabeth Barr — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:26:03 +0000

Louisette, Don and Paul are simply trying to shout down people who are demanding that Dr. Arlene King answer for her failure to include in her report the large body of evidence of indirect harm to health from industrial wind turbines.