In response to an editorial in the Chestertown Spy on March 25, 2014, Joanne Levesque writes about the lessons learned ih her state when dealing with wind turbine companies.
In response to an editorial in the Chestertown Spy on March 25, 2014, Joanne Levesque writes about the lessons learned ih her state when dealing with wind turbine companies.
Chiming in from Massachusetts and hoping you all pay close attention to the lessons learned in our state.
First off – the wind industry likes to make the focus of any discussion the “scenic” or “perception” argument which results in leaving the more important issues below the radar. I think it is wise to perhaps address the scenic /viewshed issues while noting there are far more important adverse impacts to disclose – study and prepare for.
At a recent EPA hearing Harvard’s Constitutional Law Professor Laurence Tribe made this comment: “Burning the Constitution should not become a part of our national energy policy” . I could not agree more – and from first hand experience the violations are numerous. Private property rights are currently being violated here in Ma as every wind project I have researched was permitted based on serious errors, omissions and mis-representation of facts. Every single one!
Pre-construction reports thrown together by wind industry consultants have proven – by way of post- construction testing and reporting – to have seriously understated the audible noise issues and have refused to address the Low Frequency Noise and Infra-sound Issues. You all are talking farms – I imagine animals are on these farms – in addition to families? Please note that the Massachusetts experiment has been a disaster for families who live too close to industrial wind turbine projects.
In fact, just this week – a study out of Falmouth, Ma – performed inside a resident’s home – has confirmed the presence of Infra-sound – an acoustic emission the increases with the size of the turbine’s rotor diameter. The wind industry has long refused to properly investigate or report on this acoustic energy emanating from industrial scale wind turbines. In fact, the Falmouth report fully supports the acoustic testing performed in Brown County Wisconsin which directly led to the Brown County Board of health declaring (in the fall of 2104) that wind turbines constitute a “Human Health Hazard”.
So, I suggest putting the talk of scenic concerns a bit further down on the list and focus on the serious and insidious health impacts that so many Massachusetts families are struggling to find relief from – once these monsters go up all efforts by state and local officials seem, to date at least, to be to protect the turbine operations and to subvert whereever they can the truth of just how bad the post construction realities are for communities who were sold on a myth –
Lastly, I must agree with the words I read recently – based on my first hand experience at 3 years worth of attending Board of Health meetings and Mass DEP meetings intended to deal with the cries for relief from families who live too close – and those words are:
“Industrial Scale Wind Power Plants = an inefficient system that leads to perverse outcomes.”
Perverse outcomes indeed! I have seen it first hand – and have read many reports that have now proven deeply flawed but were used to gain acceptance. Do your homework and protect your communities from harm! Best wishes – battling the wind spin is a daunting task – why? because so much of what is claimed is false.