The emerging battle against wind generated power rages on. As I noted in this earlier posting on the topic, President Bush says our nation is "addicted" to foreign oil and that we must pull out all the stops in a quest for alternative energy. What could be better than harnessing the wind? We must all work together in this effort, right? Sure…
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Apparently, if the pattern that I see developing (starting with the wind farm off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard) continues, the answer to our energy supply woes is NOT harnessing the wind. Turns out, it’s bad for the environment! Back in January, EnvironMental Whackos expressed concern about a wind farm project in Berlin NH, which has since been nearly destroyed by vandals. Then they enlisted the NH state government to bog down a proposed wind generating facility in Lempster with red tape threatening its economic feasibility.
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Now comes the latest from the Caledonian Record Online from St. Johnsbury, VT:
The Vermont Public Service Board has nixed a proposed wind project on East Mountain in East Haven almost three years after EMDC filed a petition with the board to build four 329-foot-tall wind turbines at the former U.S. Air Force radar base. EMDC is the parent company of East Haven Windfarm. In its decision released Monday, the board wrote that EMDC had failed to provide studies showing the effect the project would have on birds and bats..LED [Lyndonville Electric Department] had a contract with East Haven Windfarm to buy the electricity generated from the project at a 5 percent discount. Now, the village-owned utility will have to look elsewhere for future power needs.
Yes indeed. Maybe they can dam a river…oops, can’t do that anymore- the Environ Mental Whackos don’t want any built, and want to see all present ones gone too. Bad for the fishes. Wood burning perhaps? Nah- that would "kill" trees and, besides, burning wood makes emissions- can’t have that. Dittoes for coal. Nuclear… ohmygod…pant, pant… NOT THAT! I guess the good folks of the Lyndonville Electric Department are just stuck with foreign oil. That way the birds will stay safe, which, after all, is what it’s all about, right?
