Dirty Business: the reality of Ontario’s rush to wind power
Finally, wind power in Ontario explained. And it’s not pretty. Or “green.”
Ontario’s government counted on “renewable” sources of energy such as wind and solar to create jobs after the failure of the auto sector. But at what price? Wind power generation is now being seen around the world as an expensive boondoggle, in which money is spent by the billions to create an unreliable, inefficient and expensive source of power.
What is the situation in Ontario? Why didn’t the lessons learned by Germany, Denmark and Spain get any attention? Why did Ontario, with its vast expanses of unused land, opt to put huge industrial power generation projects next to homes and communities?
“Urban Ontario, including city-bound journalists, are largely unaware of the corrosive effects some wind developments are having on communities, neighbourhoods, even families. This is expropriation without compensation.” –Tom Adams
Why you need to read Dirty Business:
-Ontario’s power “megaplex” explained
-the truth about the subsidies for industrial wind power complexes
-what it really means for farm owners
-how wind power developers persuade property owners to lease their land for industrial use
-wind power and the environment–not as advertised
-the fate of democracy in Ontario, when the Green Energy Act deprived communities lof their right to plan development
Authors: Tom Adams, Parker Gallant, William Palmer, Margaret Wente, Rick Conroy, Dan Reid, Michael Trebilcock, Ross McKitrick, Dan Wrightman, Wayne Gulden, Carl V. Phillips, Michael McCann, Norris Wilson, Dan Scharf, Jane Wilson, and Stephana Johnston.
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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. All of rural Ontario says Thank you. Our lives have been torn apart by this travesty and devastation of our lands. The world is slowly waking up to the boondoggle of Big Wind. I never could have imagined that my province would simply throw away its environmental protections, its wildlife protections and our Canadian Charter of rights and freedoms. ” The right to peaceable enjoyment of our land” All for ego, a false ideology and money. The wind turbines are not clean…they are not green…and they are not cheap.
As a child when I wanted to do something that was not wise or not normally allowed, I would say “but Granny, everyone else is doing it” and she would reply: ” If everyone else is jumping off a cliff, does that mean you have to as well?”
Gratefully yours,
Melodie Burkett
Clearview, Ontario