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Well, I must be a little brown man with big ears, and my neighbours as well, because the solar panel and windmill companies came knocking a few years ago and we all had the opportunity to hook up and start screwing our fellow citizens. But most folks declined the opportunity because they didn't want to be part of the problem. I said most - there were a few who didn't think or didn't care about about their contribution to Ontario's decline.Quote:
Originally Posted by welsh
I'm not going to get into a discussion of your personal ethics. My point stands.
Mine and my neighbours' stand higher.Quote:
Originally Posted by welsh
Well the city folk want the turbines so bad I have a great solution for it. There's lots of wind to catch on top of all those high rises and condos in the city, let's just mount those ugly eyesore's on all the buildings downtown and surrounding urban areas, that way they get the windmills they so desperately desire, the city is already ugly so it doesn't make the landscape any worse, you can't hunt in the city so it won't effect us hunters in any way and as a bonus everyone gets to enjoy pristine countryside! Everyone wins, but somehow I think when those ugly POS's showed up in the city where the urbanites could actually see them there would be quite a bit of NIMBYism going on.
Maybe they will build a gas plant so they don't have to have windmills.
Im proposing we take all unemployed people and put them in a hamster wheel to produce power. pay them lower than what it costs to sell the energy generated. This ought to be good for any political platform out there: Reduce unemployment rate, produce cleaner energy, promote healthy active lifestyles etc. its just win win for all.Quote:
Originally Posted by glen
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Public sector hamster wheel runners? Before you know it, their union would have them on the sunshine list and hydro rates would go up again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deer Wrastler
Wind turbines are no more of an eyesore than the high voltage powerlines that have crossed our otherwise pristine countryside for decades.
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those transmission lines are also needed to transport what the windmills produce at uncompetitive costs. Apples and oranges. What little energy the windmills produce is sold off at a loss. The people connected with this scam make great money on it from the manufacturers to landowners to liberals but they only raise the cost of hydro for everybody else. Not only do they reduce property values they are a bad investment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mcfasio
Wind turbines don't produce atmospheric emissions that cause acid rain or greenhouse gases. Wind energy doesn't pollute the air like power plants that rely on combustion of fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas.