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Here’s what we see. John or Jane farmer has been steward of a chunk of farmland for generations. Somewhere along the way, because farming is a treacherous and cyclical business, and because sometimes disasters happen, or prices drop, or someone gets sick, the farmer might have sold an acre or two along the road to … Continue reading ““They Don’t Own the View”. Farmers Voice Frustration with Anti Clean Energy Newcomers”

What it’s like when your boss is barking bonkers. Antifaxxers are working together.Fox News spreading doubts about Vaccines, Climate change, renewable energy, science and verifiable fact in general. Trump joins in with claims that wind turbines cause cancer. Wind Turbines have been blamed for everything from Headaches, to Herpes, to Hemmorhoids, to “vibrating lips”. The … Continue reading “Why Get Vaccinated? When it’s Wind Turbines that Cause Measles, after all…”

We are now in the age of rapid deployment of renewable energy. The cities, states, companies, and countries that move fastest to run their economies on fuel that is abundant and free, will clearly lead the new century.  The cheapest energy available today comes from wind and solar, with some competition from natural gas, – … Continue reading “Defending the Wind”

The best lack all conviction, while the worst  Are full of passionate intensity. – WB Yeats Observing public meetings relating to wind turbines over the last year suggests strongly to me that a well organized, noisy minority can be mobilized to intimidate the larger community. It’s a symptom and sign of the current state of … Continue reading “Are Wind Opponents a Noisy Minority?”

If we’re going to deploy renewable energy systems, we need to learn from the mistakes of the past and be pro-active about emerging issues. One such issue is the impact of wind energy on bats. It’s not the Armageddon anti-winders would have you believe – but it is real, and combined with other, greater threats, … Continue reading “Going to Bat for Bats”

Toronto Globe and Mail: A Health Canada study has found no evidence to support a link between exposure to wind-turbine noise and health effects reported by people living near the towering structures. The Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study, conducted over a four-month period in 2013, involved more than 1,200 residents in Southwestern Ontario and … Continue reading “New Study Confirms (again): “Wind Turbine Syndrome” is Bullshit.”

Above, see interviews with landowners around Australian wind turbines where an outside group of right wing fossil fuel interests has been trying to create the illusion of negative effects, health and economic, of wind energy. Take a listen to the actual voices of wind turbine hosts. I live near one of the midwest’s largest wind … Continue reading “Wind Turbine Syndrome is Bullshit – DownUnder Edition”

The Age: The inaudible sound caused by wind farms is no worse than that from other rural and urban environments and does not affect human health, a review by the Victorian Department of Health has found. Some groups claim the inaudible noise from wind turbines, known as infrasound, can trigger health problems including dizziness, headaches, … Continue reading “Yet Another Study: Wind Turbine Syndrome is Bullshit”

All manner of vapors, demonic possession, bad juju, soured milk and frightened horses have been blamed on wind turbines, especially by phony, fossil funded “grass roots” organization that are, let’s say, tea party top-heavy in their views. If a fraction of it were true, we’d be seeing thousands of body bags coming out of Germany … Continue reading “Wind Turbine Syndrome is Bullshit”

When they’ve had a chance to live around wind turbines, and find out that they are quiet, clean, do not cause headaches, or herpes, as windbaggers claim – they quickly figure out who’s been lying to them. Renewables International: A new survey finds that the wind turbines in Freiburg, Germany, are once again very popular … Continue reading “Wind Turbines: To Know ’em is to Love ’em.”