Comments on: "New York's Thousand Islands Are Being Ruined" (Letter to Sen. Schumer on the blight of government-dependent windpower)

By: William

William — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:03:26 +0000

To the Bozo who thinks wind generated power is unreliable and expensive, evidently you haven’t factored the cost of mountian-top removal into your kilowatts per hour. Or the cost of mercury in our fish, or acid rain, or thousands of tons of fly ash breaking loose into rivers. What is the cost of global warming? What is the cost of rises in sea level? What is the cost of flooding and increased tornadoes? What is the cost of climate change? Consider the real cost of fossil fuels and it is really much more expensive than wind turbines.

By: Craig Goodrich

Craig Goodrich — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:29:31 +0000

I know and love the Thousand Islands region. This is utterly pointless vandalism. Not mentioned is the fact that this hideous phalanx of utterly useless monsters has also destroyed the atmosphere of the waterfront in Kingston, Ontario, a major center of Great Lakes recreational sailing.

Since when is natural beauty and tranquility a “renewable resource”?

By: Roger Bailey

Roger Bailey — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:08:31 +0000

Interesting what you can do with a long lens. The first picture is taken from the water at sunrise at an angle roughly N 30 E. The second from a point on land a mile or so to the south at N 20 W with an long telescopic lens, perhaps 500 mm. The wind towers are across the St Lawrence, closer to Kingston than Cape Vincent. Can you see them from a few select points along the NY coast? Yes, but not in your face as pictured. I grew up in Kingston and know the area. The winds are strong in the afternoon. As a kid I often had to bike into them. In those days I could take the ferry to Wofle Island, bike across, take the ferrry it Cape Vincent and phone home to say Hi Mom, I am in the US! Times have changed. But this is one area where wind power makes some sense. Get over it.

By: A Concerned Citizen vs. DOE on Windpower (can we stop the hype and talk turkey?) — MasterResource

Sat, 16 May 2009 06:02:06 +0000

[...] Editor Note: This letter from a U.S. citizen/taxpayer to the U.S. Department of Energy is an example of grass-root opposition to government-dependent windpower. For a previous post along the same lines, see “New York’s Thousand Islands Are Being Ruined” (Letter to Sen. Schumer on the blight of govern…. [...]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:05:44 +0000

Tom Stacy-can you clarify what you mean by “thermal power facilities”? Do you mean geothermal? I would agree that there is some promise there, but in places like Florida (where I live!) I don’t think it would be much use.

By: Tom Stacy

Tom Stacy — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:27:59 +0000

The real message of NIMBY . . .
Next
It
Might
Be
You.

Wind Energy: 2,800 times the industrial sprawl and 6 times the cost of affordable, emissions (including CO2) free, thermal power facilities – per unit of guaranteed capacity. Not in my back yard!

By: Ed Reid

Ed Reid — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:10:06 +0000

Chip,

Thanks.

By: cknappenberger

cknappenberger — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:29:18 +0000

BANANA — build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything.

-Chip

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:38:22 +0000

If I wanted an industrial site in my backyard I would have moved to New Jersey not to this area. But to add insult to injury these stupid machines are not only ugly and destroy the natural beauty of the area they don’t deliver on what is promised. Once they are here, then what is the chain of events that will happen…my bet is it aint going to be pretty. I wouldnt want to take a vacation here and have to look at those things. I will vote with my wallet.

By: rbradley

rbradley — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:12:36 +0000

Ed,

Remind us what “BANANA” stands for?