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And fourthly, the lack of evidence that wind energ...

2009-09-10T13:57:49.044-04:00

And fourthly, the lack of evidence that wind energy on the grid actually provides enough benefit to justify its cost and impacts.

A proud NIMBY is often the spouse to loud NIMBY.

2009-07-30T12:04:20.568-04:00

A proud NIMBY is often the spouse to loud NIMBY.

I wish geneticists could identify and isolate the ...

2009-07-30T08:46:42.927-04:00

I wish geneticists could identify and isolate the gene for nimbyism, and then eradicate it. What the hell is " a proud nimby " ?

I have a share in the wind turbine in Toronto. Ver...

2009-07-29T15:59:13.231-04:00

I have a share in the wind turbine in Toronto. Very often I have sat under it. Virtually noiseless. Loss of occassional bird, but, alas . . . small price. Didn't cause me years later to bleed from the colon.

I'd like to see wind turbs on the tops of skyscrapers -- beanies.

I am beginning to wonder if the people who claim t...

2009-07-29T12:36:51.966-04:00

I am beginning to wonder if the people who claim to be made sick by the turbines/hydro wires/other environmental agents aren't just your basic garden variety hypochondriacs.

The me-me-me movements of our era, compounded by the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, pop psychology, media and advertising interests, have only encouraged those of us prone to picking at imaginary zits.

Hand sanitizer anyone?

I still await to be convinced about the health thr...

2009-07-29T10:24:47.791-04:00

I still await to be convinced about the health threats from this technology and the Hydro lines issue which has been around for decades without resolution.

Two things: When I heard Paul Gipe, noted wind pow...

2009-07-29T09:36:07.296-04:00

Two things: When I heard Paul Gipe, noted wind power proponent, some months ago talking to Matt Galloway on CBC Radio, I became so enraged at the arrogance of the man and his haughty dismissal of anybody who would dare question his catechism that I wrote him an e-mail. The reply I got came from Marion Fraser -whom I believe to be Marion Botsford Fraser who handles enviro-matters at The Walrus. She said I was rude -which I was, but not as rude as Paul Gipe. Not by a long shot. The issue, by the way, was the naysayers on Amherst Island near Kingston.

Secondly is the dramatic change taking place along Canada No. 1 in southern Saskatchewan. I spoke to a man who farms 2,500 acres near Swift Current and he refuses to sell out to "the Bay Street lawyers" who want to turn his wheat field into a wind farm -as so many of his neighbours have done. He sees it as a fundamental change in the delicate prairie eco-system and accuses his fellow farmers of short-sightedness of the worst kind. He claims a turbine can be heard and felt from two miles away.

The bottom line is not about the environment -it's about money. There's huge bucks to be made on these things -bucks from sappy, feel-good government grants mostly. And "Bay Street lawyers" smell all that sanctimonious money coming in from all over the country. Then there's consultant money -check Mr. Gipe's website. Manufacturing money. Maintenance money. And the worst kind of money of all: The pittance sell-out money to desperate prairie grain farmers to lease their land to something that will never go away.

Call me a NIMBY on this one, Ben. A proud NIMBY at that. Sorry, I just can't buy into the mantra.

DJC