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The hypocrisy of wind power in Ontario
Here is a delightfully satirical article on the idea of placing industrial-scale* wind turbines right in downtown Toronto. People may think the scale is cartoonish but they would be WRONG. The newest generation of large-scale wind power generators are as … Continue reading
Posted in green energy, wind farms Ontario
Tagged Dirty Business, Dirty business book, Green Energy Act, health effects wind farms, hydro bills Ontario, noise wind farms, noise wind turbines, Ontario Liberal government, wind farms, wind power and the environment, wind power ONtario, wind turbines, wind turbines in Toronto
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Big wind: how “dirty” is it? Read this
Dirty Business: the reality of Ontario’s rush to wind power is all about how the Ontario government fell for the claims of Big Wind, about benefits to the environment, the economy, and wind power’s role in saving lives from dirty … Continue reading
Posted in green energy, wind farms Ontario, wind power
Tagged Books & Company Picton, cost-benefit wind power, Dirty Business, Dirty business book, Frankfort ME, health effects wind farms, health effects wind turbines, realwindinfoforme, Wind Concerns Ontario, wind developers bully tactics
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Rural Ontario stunned by new developments
Ontario’s rural communities are being rocked by sequential announcements that existing proposed projects are now being intensified (one is actually DOUBLING) and that projects thought dead are now proceeding, and do not have to adhere to setbacks as prescribed in … Continue reading
Posted in green energy, wind farms Ontario, wind power
Tagged Arnow wind project, Canadian Auto Workers, cost-benefit wind power, Dirty Business, Dirty business book, Dirty Business book on wind power, Green Energy Act, Markdale Standard, Owen Sound Sun-Times, Samsung wind power, Saugeen Shores, urban-rural divide, wind farm Kincardine, wind farms Ontario
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The Dirty Business of wind power: 2 more Ontario municipalities vote against
This past week saw two more Ontario municipalities pass resolutions for a moratorium on industrial wind power development, and one voted to impose a 2-km setback for any wind power projects. Chatsworth and Tavistock, both facing wind projects, voted for … Continue reading
The urban-rural divide in Ontario: how did it happen?
From today’s Toronto Star, a letter to the Editor referring to a column last week. Re: McGuinty plugs the cabinet holes, Column, Oct. 20 Martin Regg Cohn’s column demonstrates why us peasants from the rural hinterlands have completely different mindsets … Continue reading
Dirty Business: Ontario’s wind power rush revealed
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 … Continue reading
Posted in green energy, Uncategorized, wind farms Ontario, wind power
Tagged cost-benefit wind power, Dirty Business, Dirty Business-the book, Green Energy Act, Ontario government, Ontario Liberal government, Ontario wind power, Parker Gallant, Tom Adams, Wind Concerns Ontario, wind power and the environment, wind power development Ontario
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