The real and whole debate about wind turbines in our lakes is about to unfurl. The emotions about the technology and about alternative resources is thick. On one side we all want to live on a safer, cleaner, greener planet. It's easy for us, especially in lieu of all of the hype and promotion that is hurled our way from anxious politicians and profit hungry equipment manufacturers. We all want to believe. And we should. The real difficulty though in bringing this technology on is going to depend upon our own objectivity and clear judgement when it comes to deciding on the most viable and conscientious way to deliver and implement it. As always we have to do our own research in order to make the most responsible and future reaching choices. One thing that we do not want to do is to destroy one good thing to bring about another. Whats the sense in that.
Before us is a very important choice and we only get one shot at it so we have to get it right. We can continue to build land based wind farms that help stimulate local economies and do not draw the ire that the lake based factories do or we can buy into the Provincial governments hype to plant over 700 of them into Pigeon Bay and Lake St. Clair. There are only two reasons that the government wants to put them in these great lakes: This will be the first fresh water installation in the world that will create a large optic for Dalton McGuinty's government (do we really want to be their guinea pigs) and they do not have to pay royalties to land owners because they can plant them in crown based lake beds for free. If Southpoint wind and the provincial government are allowed to get away with this we will all have to live with the legacy for many years to come. It will be at the expense of our local ecology and our economic well being. Here are a couple of clips to start us along that path. Please review them very carefully:
Please take some extra time to learn about the pros and cons of offshore wind farming.
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