Cleveland.com|Letter to Editor|December 27th, 2017
By Other Voices
I am concerned about the proposed wind turbines in Lake Erie. The foreign company that wants to do this is intends to make money off our natural wind patterns by selling electricity to CPP. They do not care about the impact that this project has on us, or the local ecosystem. They just want profits.
Here are my concerns:
1. Placing these unsightly turbines in the lake would have an impact on fish. They could disrupt natural areas that support perch, steelhead, and walleye.
2. They could impact the migratory patterns of birds and local avian species such as bats and terns. They could have a negative effect on local birds like seagulls, barn swallows, and herons.
3. They have been banned in Canada.
4. They are ugly. Who wants to look at an awesome Lake Erie sunset with a wind turbine in it?
5. They create a huge navigational hazard to boaters. These turbines are proposed off a prime boating area NW of Cleveland. The 26,756 registered boaters of Cuyahoga county do not want to navigate around these obstructions during their relaxing day on the lake.
No turbines!
Jim Herold,
North Olmsted
Can you not put email in here as I like to email all friends around the world.
Done- thanks for the suggestion
Great letter, not sure about # 3 as they are NOT banned in Canada! they are still building them here and destroying the water wells by contamination. 16 Families have no or black water and turbines companies are not taking responsibility. Also not to mention that lake Erie is also part of Canada and if environmental effects occur we all suffer!