Comments on: A Windy Skyline http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/08/12/a-windy-skyline/ News, Politics, Events, Music, Art, Theatre, Restaurants, Sports, Environment, Everything and Anything in Kingston, Ontario. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: barbj8 http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/08/12/a-windy-skyline/comment-page-1/#comment-369 barbj8 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:28:34 +0000 http://www.kingstonist.com/?p=168#comment-369 Most residents of Wolfe Island, myself included, are not against "green energy", and most despise the accusation of NIMBYism. What upsets many of us is the way the Wind Turbines were presented to us. The project has been in the works for years, much longer than we were led to believe. They have been forced down our throats by a selfish and too eager council. Other than the rent paid to the landowners who will be 'hosts' to the obtrusive giants, the residents of the island are getting nothing in return (other than a token tax revenue) as we sit by and watch our beloved island torn asunder. Look up the statistics on the reality of the efficiency of wind power. Theoretically it can be appealing, but the reality is quite different. Only now that the turbines are arriving--piece by piece because they are so massive--are people beginning to realize that perhaps a big mistake has been made. And to quote Joni Mitchell, "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot." Most residents of Wolfe Island, myself included, are not against “green energy”, and most despise the accusation of NIMBYism. What upsets many of us is the way the Wind Turbines were presented to us. The project has been in the works for years, much longer than we were led to believe. They have been forced down our throats by a selfish and too eager council. Other than the rent paid to the landowners who will be ‘hosts’ to the obtrusive giants, the residents of the island are getting nothing in return (other than a token tax revenue) as we sit by and watch our beloved island torn asunder. Look up the statistics on the reality of the efficiency of wind power. Theoretically it can be appealing, but the reality is quite different. Only now that the turbines are arriving–piece by piece because they are so massive–are people beginning to realize that perhaps a big mistake has been made. And to quote Joni Mitchell, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”

]]> By: karim http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/08/12/a-windy-skyline/comment-page-1/#comment-353 karim Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:09:50 +0000 http://www.kingstonist.com/?p=168#comment-353 There will be a public information session this Wed. 7pm at the Prince Edward County Community Centre in Picton. For the record, in general I'm for windmills. There will be a public information session this Wed. 7pm at the Prince Edward County Community Centre in Picton.

For the record, in general I’m for windmills.

]]> By: katyt13 http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/08/12/a-windy-skyline/comment-page-1/#comment-347 katyt13 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:28:43 +0000 http://www.kingstonist.com/?p=168#comment-347 The windmill construction people are using the winter dock to unload and they have a barge at the kingston/wolfe island ferry dock where they often load up their trucks etc. The windmills are hugely controversial on the island and I can see both sides. I can see how it would be upsetting to have the entire skyline changed and the community altered when the Island is a deeply rooted place where many can trace their families back 6 generations or more. The windmill construction people are using the winter dock to unload and they have a barge at the kingston/wolfe island ferry dock where they often load up their trucks etc.

The windmills are hugely controversial on the island and I can see both sides. I can see how it would be upsetting to have the entire skyline changed and the community altered when the Island is a deeply rooted place where many can trace their families back 6 generations or more.

]]> By: Ian Jackson http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/08/12/a-windy-skyline/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Ian Jackson Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:22:53 +0000 http://www.kingstonist.com/?p=168#comment-330 I think I was the only one who commented last time...and I still disagree. This project is a good thing, and the evidenec is not there to prove that their will be a negative impact on birds. Do you know which side of the island their loading and unloading? I'd love to see how big the pieces really are. I think I was the only one who commented last time…and I still disagree. This project is a good thing, and the evidenec is not there to prove that their will be a negative impact on birds. Do you know which side of the island their loading and unloading? I’d love to see how big the pieces really are.

]]>