Opponents of wind farms say there's a downside
Okay, so windfarms aren't good, because there's some vibration that goes through the ground that might cause headaches, and other problems. I wonder who funds the nonprofit group National Wind Watch. I have not been able to find that out. I've always questioned "research" conducted by "nonprofit" organizations, especially since so many are actually created by the companies that would make a profit if the "research" looks favorably towards the product that they manufacture.
In VT, a company was denied the ability to build a windfarm. This group probably had a say in it, although I'm sure it was mostly done by those "not-in-my-backyard-igans". Has any alternative come up? Not in this state. Now we pay 15/kWh and Vermont Yankee (a nuclear power plant) is no longer limping along, but rather dragging itself slowly along, begging for someone to please let it die. Centeral Vermont Public Service (CVPS) has also been buying power from Canada and recently had a dispute over the renewal of the contract, leaving CVPS to scramble for something, anything, to help alleviate the already taxed electrical system.
I bet those who complained about the windfarm now complains about how expensive electricity is here. Well, duh! Do you think they can pull electricity out of their backside? Okay, maybe they can out of cows butts, but here, organic farming had first dibs.
So now CVPS is planning on using other alternatives such as solar panels and hydropower (watch the EPA complain about that). There's also a state law that if you create more power (as in you have your own means of generating electricity) than you can use, CVPS is required to buy it from you. Too bad there hasn't been that much Sun this year.
I do wonder, if the people of National Wind Watch use Cell phones...
Okay, so windfarms aren't good, because there's some vibration that goes through the ground that might cause headaches, and other problems. I wonder who funds the nonprofit group National Wind Watch. I have not been able to find that out. I've always questioned "research" conducted by "nonprofit" organizations, especially since so many are actually created by the companies that would make a profit if the "research" looks favorably towards the product that they manufacture.
In VT, a company was denied the ability to build a windfarm. This group probably had a say in it, although I'm sure it was mostly done by those "not-in-my-backyard-igans". Has any alternative come up? Not in this state. Now we pay 15/kWh and Vermont Yankee (a nuclear power plant) is no longer limping along, but rather dragging itself slowly along, begging for someone to please let it die. Centeral Vermont Public Service (CVPS) has also been buying power from Canada and recently had a dispute over the renewal of the contract, leaving CVPS to scramble for something, anything, to help alleviate the already taxed electrical system.
I bet those who complained about the windfarm now complains about how expensive electricity is here. Well, duh! Do you think they can pull electricity out of their backside? Okay, maybe they can out of cows butts, but here, organic farming had first dibs.
So now CVPS is planning on using other alternatives such as solar panels and hydropower (watch the EPA complain about that). There's also a state law that if you create more power (as in you have your own means of generating electricity) than you can use, CVPS is required to buy it from you. Too bad there hasn't been that much Sun this year.
I do wonder, if the people of National Wind Watch use Cell phones...
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