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Wind Power – Green or Greed
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
I am all for alternate energy, energy that will lessen our footprint on the earth! I am a messenger of the truth, in the absence of truth our families our environment and our health become greatly compromised!Are Wind turbines Green? In small individual installations for single home usage I believe YES! Big Industrial turbines that stand 300 to 450 ft tall in clusters and rely on the grid to run NO! They claim they are 100% green, then how come they have to rely on the grid, they need electricity to run! Some say when we have a blackout we don't have to worry WRONG!! Power goes out wind turbines don't RUN!
Are they healthy? A resounding NO......there is now something called Wind Turbine Syndrome – google it, check it out , Dr. Nina Pierpont, a medical doctor, has Clinical studies into this
HYPERLINK "http://www.ninapierpont.com" www.ninapierpont.com
Turbines should be at least 2 miles from our homes
Read testimonials of residents in Meyersdale,PA goto
HYPERLINK "http://www.wind-watch.org" www.wind-watch.org
These problems are WorldWide!
noise – mechanical and low frequency have caused head aches, sleepless nights to near blindness in some cases.
VAD - Vibroacoustic Disease, or VAD, is a chronic, progressive, cumulative, systemic disease. Exposure to high-intensity/low-frequency sound and infrasound can lead to Vibroacoustic Disease.
Loss of wildlife, remember this is just the beginning. What happens when more are put up? Studies in the Appalachian Mountains have found large numbers of bats killed by wind power turbines. A 2004 study estimated that over 2,000 bats were killed during a seven-month study at a location with 44 turbines. A 2005 report estimated that about 2,000 bats were killed during a much shorter six-week study period at a location with 64 turbines.
One study estimated over 1,000 raptor deaths per year. Such large numbers of raptor kills due to wind power have not been documented elsewhere in the U.S. A study in 2001 estimated that over 90% of the raptors killed annually in the U.S. by wind power turbines occurred in California.
What did the local Kruger firm do at the Port Alma Wind facility? They did their own study of bats..how nice .. Check out their study out on their website if you wish
But here it is : 5 different days in Oct to Nov they spent 10 minutes each day for a total of 5 days – a whole 50 minutes of studing the Bats! WOW .. What a slap in the face to us.....remember bats eat 1000 times their weight in mosquitoes!!!
We NEED BATS!
Property devaluation : some properties have gone down as much as 50%
Safety: Blade speeds from tip to tip reach 200 miles an hour causing ice throws of up to 1700 feet from the turbine. This study done by Professor Matilsky, Dept of Physics at Rutgers University
Lets get to the effectivness of the Monsters:
Denmark, the poster child for wind energy and the producer of many has 6,000 turbines supplying a population of 5.3 million. These turbines produced 19% of what the country used in 2002 yet no conventional power plant has been shut down and their output of C02 greenhouse gas went up! They have stopped erecting more in their homeland. They are the biggest supplier of the machines to sell elsewhere in the world though.
In Europe over the years research has shown that wind turbines have a 20% efficiency rate. Many countries have put a halt to wind turbine growth and some have de commissioned facilities..WHY? A new world to sell to North America!
North American wind companies are saying they are going to be around 30%
Hummm..... same turbines yet 10% more efficient then Europe? and really 30% efficient at 2.5 million dollars per turbine , If you or I worked at that rate we would be FIRED!
Almost every country to the east of us have stopped adding wind turbines, and in some cases shut them down . California population 35 million with 14,000 turbines (2.5 million ea.) produced half of 1% off their electricity in 2000.
It seems we are instead of doing our research into the big picture we are throwing these Monsters up and creating another environmental problem. It's an easy fix right – we don't have to change our way of life, we can still drive our cars, throw out our garbage, buy food from outside our local area, Hey just throw up a Wind turbine!
Think about it!
We have to do our part for green house gases, Wind Turbine Factories known as Wind Farms are not the answer they are just another problem that is only going to get worse!
Go to HYPERLINK "http://www.wind-watch.org" www.wind-watch.org for more info on the real truth!!!! Or our local site HYPERLINK "http://www.ckwag.org" www.ckwag.org GET INFORMED!
Thanks for reading, Greg Foster
Quote of the Week "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."
Sir Winston Churchill
Greg Foster, owner of Choices4Wellness has a long history in the Natural Health industry. Since 1987 Greg's goal has been to own and operate his own store. While working toward his goal, he was a sales associate for Prolab a sports nutrition company. Greg also worked as a personal trainer and helped people achieve their fat loss and fitness goals, while also teaching them that these goals were about a "whole" lifestyle approach and the benefits of supplements and healthy food choices . Always teaching that it's about FAT LOSS not weight loss, Greg is now able to live out his dream of owning a health food store so that he can better meet the needs of his clients. Greg has a personal training room at the store where he has one on one time with his clients. They range from teenagers to couples that want personalized time and attention to achieve fitness goals without the busy atmosphere of a gym, where sometimes your precious work-out time is gobbled up by socializing and waiting your turn on the equipment.. It is during this time that Greg is able to recommend lifestyle choices to enhance your work-out routine & a positive mental attitude. Being a father of 3 boys, ages Trevor 18, Chad 10,and Shane 9 , Greg is sympathetic to living a busy life, and helps to make fitness goals realistic as well. At 41, Greg Foster , has embarked on a journey of entrepreneurial spirit, meshed with a passion to see people lead healthier ,happier lives. Truly, a business combination for success. Kim Iles, the manager of Choices4Wellness, is no stranger to the Natural Health Industry. She formerly founded and owned Alternative Choices from 1993 until its closing in 2004. During those 11years, Kim achieved many levels of business experience. She was on the board of directors for the CHFA (Canadian Health Food Association) as well as developing and franchising her Alternative choices concept. Kim's real passion however is with teaching, providing lectures, and spreading her knowledge of natural health through out Chatham-Kent and beyond. Kim is a mother of a 22 year old daughter , Nicole and a 17 year old son, Jordon . To Choices4Wellness, Kim also brings her knowledge of the water purification side of the business. Kim is a former owner and co-founder of Pure Choice Water Centers. The new store located inside of Choices4Wellness is appropriately named Choices4Water with a slogan "water you can believe in", offering state of the art purification better tasting and at better prices than the old business she left behind. Kim has always been a familiar voice on the radio, as well as in the newspaper, as she believes education and creating awareness is vital to getting people use and accept natural health products to create wellness and a lifestyle that enhances their lives.
