Comments on: Look Who is Fighting Against Wind Power! http://www.marylandgreenpower.com/greenpower/uncategorized/look-who-is-fighting-against-wind-power/ Putting More Green in Your Wallet Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:37:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guru (@mdgreenpower) http://www.marylandgreenpower.com/greenpower/uncategorized/look-who-is-fighting-against-wind-power/comment-page-1/#comment-1115 Guru (@mdgreenpower) Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:26:19 +0000 http://www.marylandgreenpower.com/greenpower/?p=32#comment-1115 Imagine if the Dutch or other medieval European countries had the same attitude towards the old, wooden windmills they constructed to ease the process of producing flour? "It's ruining the landscape, what if a bird hits it, it will take away employment from the people who are grinding wheat using stone tools." Similarly, progress in alternative energy has the potential to: 1) Take away jobs from the fossil fuel industry but create local manufacturing, construction and service jobs - the wind turbines must be frequently maintained; 2) Create eye-sores on your landscape. You think wind turbines are not attractive? How about constructing a coal plant instead? Enough said. 3) Kill birds in the propellers. How many per years? Maybe a few. However, how much damage does acid rain caused by SOx (various oxides of sulfur) and mercury cause? How much do you like eating seafood? How about tuna? The higher up the food chain the fish are, the more toxins accumulate in their fatty tissue. Finally, consider the human cost of this pollution. Conclusion: Can we stop complaining about wind farms? Imagine if the Dutch or other medieval European countries had the same attitude towards the old, wooden windmills they constructed to ease the process of producing flour? “It’s ruining the landscape, what if a bird hits it, it will take away employment from the people who are grinding wheat using stone tools.”

Similarly, progress in alternative energy has the potential to:

1) Take away jobs from the fossil fuel industry but create local manufacturing, construction and service jobs – the wind turbines must be frequently maintained;

2) Create eye-sores on your landscape. You think wind turbines are not attractive? How about constructing a coal plant instead? Enough said.

3) Kill birds in the propellers. How many per years? Maybe a few. However, how much damage does acid rain caused by SOx (various oxides of sulfur) and mercury cause? How much do you like eating seafood? How about tuna? The higher up the food chain the fish are, the more toxins accumulate in their fatty tissue. Finally, consider the human cost of this pollution.

Conclusion: Can we stop complaining about wind farms?

]]> By: Who is Funding EnergyCitizens.org? http://www.marylandgreenpower.com/greenpower/uncategorized/look-who-is-fighting-against-wind-power/comment-page-1/#comment-905 Who is Funding EnergyCitizens.org? Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:42:11 +0000 http://www.marylandgreenpower.com/greenpower/?p=32#comment-905 [...] have already seen who was fighting wind power in Nantucket Sound, and a website denying the science behind Global Climate Change with 3 Shell Oil advertising [...] [...] have already seen who was fighting wind power in Nantucket Sound, and a website denying the science behind Global Climate Change with 3 Shell Oil advertising [...]

]]> By: mgpc http://www.marylandgreenpower.com/greenpower/uncategorized/look-who-is-fighting-against-wind-power/comment-page-1/#comment-334 mgpc Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:19:02 +0000 http://www.marylandgreenpower.com/greenpower/?p=32#comment-334 Conspiracy theorists were right: "They" were fighting wind power! Conspiracy theorists were right: "They" were fighting wind power!

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