All Entries in the "Letters and Opinion" Category
Wind company and Ontario government appear to mock Renewable Energy Approvals process
An announcement by industrial wind developer WPD Canada, supported by the Ontario government, appears to make it clear to residents across Ontario that the regulatory process currently in place for granting and appealing wind projects is a mere “rubber stamp” formality. WPD has announced that it will be establishing a facility to construct more than […]
Duelin’ Dalton: Eagles, a lame duck and desperados
The other night while organizing files on my Wind Turbine research and listening to an Eagles (band) album, a song came on that epitomized the current situation regarding Dalton McGuinty’s “outlaw” prorogued government, particularly in reference to the Green Energy Act legislation and the effect it has had on my perceptions of the state of […]
Plan for fewer fire halls is a plan for more risk.
Any business that intends to remain viable needs to develop a long range plan to manage its assets effectively. This especially applies to municipalities given the current state of the economy. County Council is to be congratulated for setting up the Master Fire Plan Committee which spent many hours considering options to meet current standards […]
Turbine-induced MPAC devaluation?
MPAC advises that my South Marysburgh property’s value has decreased $4,000 since January 1, 2008. This surprised me, because my home is not within sight of the proposed turbines, and was not constructed until April 2010! Could it be that my MPAC assessment is based on already-declining market values of comparative County properties that are […]
Sale of land at McFarland Home property premature
Letter/Opinion by Pat Zolf I strongly support the idea of creating an aging in place community on the McFarland lands. This 25 acre jewel of a site is the ideal place for developing an attractive residential community housing seniors with a variety of needs….ranging from independent living to long term care. But first of all […]
Council’s mid-term review of priorities
During November, Council will conduct a mid-term review of priorities. As preparation, Council will meet in closed session on the evening of November 20 and morning of November 21 for an education / training session to discuss Council / staff, Council / Council and Council / Mayor roles, relationships and responsibilities. Such a closed meeting […]
CanWEA’s Robert Hornung tells wind industry “We need to do a better job in telling our story”
At the recent Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) conference in Toronto, Robert Hornung CEO, CanWEA told industry representatives that “we need to do a better job telling our story”. Is he, as an industry association representative doing a better job? I ask you to decide. As a test of Hornung’s expressed wind industry virtue I […]
WPD supplier full of wind or hot air?
I happened upon a interview of Andreas Nauen (AN), CEO of REPower Systems, by Giles Parkinson of the website RenewEconomy (RE). REPower entered the Ontario Industrial Wind Turbine (IWT) market last year with sales to the developers of two projects near Oshawa and is contracted to supply the 29 generators for the WPD project in […]
Wind factory transmission line route a 29km monstrosity in the making
If eventually approved, WPD’s 29 turbines will each require connection to the planned sub-station at Royal and Dainard roads. By itself, that’s many kilometres of wire on posts (and construction damage and demolished trees), mostly affecting South Marysburgh. But from there, a large portion of the rest of the County gets to share in the […]
Industrial Wind Turbines will cure cancer, save kittens and create world peace
There have been a quite a few exaggerated claims regarding Industrial Wind Turbines (IWTs) in the media as of late. I suspect that they have a lot to do with the upcoming U.S. Presidential election and the ominous financial consequences to wind turbine industries with the possibility of cancellation of the Federal Production Tax Credit […]
