Blueyes1119
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Former Oxford Hills, Turner, and Lewiston resident. Still interested in the area.
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I Agree, But What About?
I agree with Ms. Gray pointing out the alternative of thorium. However, her reference to world population brings me to three of my favorite alternatives to wasting money on useless wind turbines. First, investment in smarter ways to use existing energy and conserve far more than we do, world-wide. The $4 million average cost of a single industrial trubine can purchase and install a huge number of energy saving sensors, switches,computer programs to save energy. Second, there can be no talk about global climate change without talk of serious, cost-effective world population control. Third, more carbon can be sequestered and water conserved by re-vegetating the world by planting trees and regional appropriate vegetation than miles upon miles of useless wind turbines.
Shill
From Merriam-Webster: Shill:"to act as a spokesperson or promoter". You, Mr. Woodbury, are a shill. Ms. Barnett is a victim who is fighting for her rights and the rights of her neighbors to not have their health and well being injured by the noise impact of an industrial site being built on top of them.
Right from the Windustry
What you see as "facts" are highly disputed and come right out of the Windustry play book. There is absolutely NO sound scientific basis or economic viability to the wind folly and the windustry is predatory to our beautiful state.
Have you been there?
This home is on Mountain Road in Mars Hill. The owners were part of the group who sued First Wind over verifiable noise problems. The turbines behind this home are less than 1,000 feet, far closer than any turbines should be built to dwellings. I have stood in the yard of the next neighbor and seen dBA readings on a decibel meter go from 46 to 58 as I listened to the incessant roar, thumping, and creaking.
Mars Hill was originally licensed for 45 dBA and in response to neighbors' complaints, the DEP gave First Wind a variance to 50 dBA. Our state government sided with a failed project instead of enforcing its license provisions and protecting its citizens! At a hearing with the Lincoln Town Council, the First Wind representative was asked what lessons were learned from the project in Mars Hill. To my amazement, the response was (paraphrase, but it is on tape) "We learned that turbines should not be built so close to people." None of the 40 turbines of the Rollins project in Lincoln Lakes are as close to homes as Mars Hill, but as soon as the turbines began testing, there were noise complaints.
Lastly, your use of these two contrasting photos is preposterous.
Problems with First Wind
Problems with First Wind go way beyond just this dust-up over the deregulation law. Beneath the veneer of public relations lurks a company with huge financial problems, desperate to keep churning enough to stay afloat, using questionable ethics and tactics. This company is not good for Maine and its people.