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Wind turbines, more proof of lack of Liberal R & D

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Hamilton, ON, Canada / AM900 CHML | Hamilton’s News Talk Leader
February 11, 2014 07:00 am

The West Lincoln Glambrook Wind Action Group has been fighting against wind turbines for years saying their interests are not being considered because the Liberal government has taken away powers at the local level leaving them unrepresented and vulnerable.

The result, many communities are unwilling hosts, but the turbines are built anyway.

Lots has been said about the distance or set back these turbines must be from residential buildings and property lines.

The action group says the current guidelines say the turbines must be back from properties lines at least the height of the turbine at its hub.

The Ministry of the Environment has measured, and three of the five turbines are in violation, against the wishes of the neighbouring properties.

The MOE says it will try to rectify the violation with the neighbours, which really means, we’ll write you a big cheque with taxpayer’s money to look the other way.

Whether you agree or disagree with the citizens, clearly there was not enough research done before these projects were started and there certainly isn’t any follow up inspection during construction or after the fact.

You think moving power plants was costly, wait ‘till we see what this Liberal screw up ends up costing us.

I’m Scott Thompson.

Listen to Scott talk to Tim Hudak regarding the West Lincoln wind turbines and wind energy in Ontario.

https://soundcloud.com/am900chml/tim-hudak-february-12-2014

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Residents demand wind permit cancellation

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Grimsby Lincoln News Amanda Moore Febuary 12, 2014

WEST LINCOLN — A discovery by a West Lincoln property owner has stalled operation of industrial wind turbines in West Lincoln — for now.

A spokesperson for Ontario Environment Minister Jim Bradley confirmed via email Monday the ministry is aware that three of the five HAF Wind Energy turbines are in violation of setback requirements. While the turbines are 550 metres from the closest home, three do not meet property line setbacks established by the ministry.

“It appeared to the blind eye that they were too close to my property,” said Anne Meinen, a Beamsville resident who owns property in West Lincoln.

Meinen took her concerns to the West Lincoln Glanbrook Wind Action Group, which helped her determine the distance of the turbine from her property.

Group chairman Neil Switzer said the group used a range finder to establish the setback distances to ensure they didn’t encroach on the host property. They found four setback infractions, with the largest affecting Meinen’s property.

The 95-metre tower is 27 metres too close to her property. Meinen said the ministry’s allowance for the three turbines to be built is unacceptable.

“This is not a pro or con wind turbine issue,” said Meinen. “The issue is that somebody built something contrary to regulations and encroaching on my property lines … there are regulations regarding the setback distance from property lines for a reason, including ensuring my ability to enjoy my property, for my safety and the protection of my property values, amongst others.  For this turbine to be constructed where it was, is completely unacceptable and I await word from (the ministry) on what they plan to do about it.”

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Global warmists aim to disempower America

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By Ron Arnold Washington Examiner                                                                             | JANUARY 23, 2014

Erich Jantsch was an Austrian astronomer and technology forecaster, the one man who can plausibly be branded as the scientist who corrupted science into today’s global warming monster.

As one of the seven men who, at dinner on the evening of April 8, 1968, founded the Club of Rome, he possessed the gravitas to evangelize his radical belief that science cannot be neutral.

In order to prevent ecological and social collapse, Jantsch said, Western countries must halt their economic growth and surrender their goods for equitable distribution throughout the world. The alternative: “an eventual worldwide class war.

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In Ontario – Wind Energy Meeting Silences Public

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Posted at No Frakking Consensus by Canadian author and journalist Donna Laframboise

http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2014/02/07/wind-energy-meeting-silences-the-public/

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As Investments Turn Sour, Wind Energy Sector in Germany Begins to Crumble in Wake of Solar Industry Collapse

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By P Gosselin on 4. Februar 2014

German alarmist site klimaretter.de here reports on the latest negative developments now hitting Germany’s wind power industry. The latest to be hit is wind-turbine transmission manufacturer Bosch Rexroth AG, which announced it will slash 210 jobs and give up a production plant in Nuremberg.

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Klimaretter writes that the reason behind the move is “the changing wind market“, which according to Bosch-Rexroth spokesperson has seen immense fluctuations.

Because 2013 saw 10 gigawatts less wind energy power installed than a year earlier, ‘capacities have to be scaled back’.”

The layoffs come on the heels of Bavaria’s move to restrict the installation of wind parks in its idyllic countryside. However, the company claims that Bavaria’s policy had no impact on the decision.

Bosch Rexroth is just the latest in a series of setbacks the wind energy industry has seen over the last months. Germany’s solar industry has already collapsed and wind energy is just the latest victim in Germany’s rollback of renewable energies. Spiegel here writes that Germany’s solar industry has shedded half its jobs in the last two years alone!

– See more at: http://notrickszone.com/2014/02/04/as-investments-turn-sour-wind-energy-sector-in-german-begins-to-crumble-in-wake-of-solar-industry-collapse/#sthash.cjhhcC2W.dpuf

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Day of Protest @ Queen’s Park!!!

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Date: Feb. 24
Time: 11:00 am
Place: Queen’s park, Toronto
 Hi Everyone!         Why don’t we, and a thousand or so, of our closest friends, to go to Queen’s park, and protest the Liberals, the GEA, and the reprehensible way that the Lib/NDP parties have treated rural Ontario.
 I would also like to invite people who want to complain about electricity rates, corruption, or any of the other issues related to the windscam.
It wouldn’t be hard to get the numbers up, if every unwilling host community sent a dozen or so people, we would reach close to one thousand people!
 I am hoping we can rally the troops together for a rip-roaring protest, to let the Lib/NDP know, that we have had enough of their lies and corruption, and we are going to fight them every step of the way.
If everyone can let me know if they are able to organize a few carloads, or even a busload, of protesters, I would greatly appreciate it!  We will also need some riveting speakers to get the crowd motivated.  Lisa said she will bring out the Conservatives who are at Queen’s Park that day, to welcome us, and speak to us.  With the promise of an election getting closer….we need to let our voices be heard.  There is a huge agricultural conference going on that day, and there will lots of press available.  This is an excellent opportunity, to educate the public!
Please let me know, if you are able to work with me on this important endeavor!
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Will The Overselling Of Global Warming Lead To A New Scientific Dark Age?

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Patrick Michaels  Forbes  Feb. 3,2014

Will the overselling of climate change lead to a new scientific dark age? That’s the question being posed in the latest issue of an Australian literary journal, Quadrant, by Garth Paltridge, one of the world’s most respected atmospheric scientists.

Paltridge was a Chief Research Scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO).  The latter is Australia’s equivalent of the National Science Foundation, our massive Federal Laboratory network, and all the governmental agency science branches rolled into one.

Paltridge lays out the well-known uncertainties in climate forecasting. These include our inability to properly simulate clouds that are anything like what we see in the real world, the embarrassing lack of average surface warming now in its 17th year, and the fumbling (and contradictory) attempts to explain it away.

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Wind Warriors – The wild world of anti-wind farm activists.

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by John Budinsky

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One might come to suspect that Ontarians simply hate electricity, in all its forms. The ongoing scandal following the Province’s 2011 cancellation of the planned Mississauga gas power plant is a fine example of the immense public outcry that inevitably blights any Provincial attempts to increase energy production. Led by a vanguard of enfranchised middle-class activists, the groundswell of organised protest groups never fail to make their mark. In the case of Mississauga, the conflict boiled over and put an end to the proposal, at great financial and political cost.

A simultaneous struggle has been simmering in rural Ontario for the past decade, where community organisers from across the province are virulently resisting the growth of wind farms. Unlike their suburban counterparts, this immense network of individuals and groups opposed to wind power seem to be fighting a losing battle. Backed by generous provincial incentives, every new turbine signifies another minor defeat. But new projects continue to recharge the movement’s base while galvanizing its long-time members.

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