Re: Which Dim Lib emits the most greenhouse gases?

I find it an even more offensive form of elitism. Nothing more.

There's been a wind farm nearby here for several - maybe 10 now? - years, & I saw another one earlier this summer, also nearby. A large one is in planning stages for up on the Tug Hill plateau - east of Lake Ontario, but they first want to study deleterious effects on wildlife - spec. birds & bats, since a bunch have been found dead beneath present windmills.

Personally, I don't find windmills to be a blight on the landscape - rather aesthetically pleasing to me, but also want them carefully studied & thought out before going up.

Cathy

I hear tell they kill migrating birds. We need to study this more.

Would you like a wind farm next to your house? For me, no I would not.

"he campaign to stop the wind farms was started by Cape Cod merchants and wealthy landowners. It's also opposed by almost every town government. Sen. Ted Kennedy, who has a home overlooking the proposed wind farm, also opposes the project. So does one of Martha's Vineyard most famous residents, former CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite."

Well, being a Conservative, I have NO problem with Wind Farms. But the two that were proposed in my county were shot down in flames, the company has given up any further development plans, and most of the opposition came from the same Liberal k00k whackos that are the first ones to yell and scream about coal and oil fired plants. COVE: Citizens Opposed to Virtually Everything.

That's why it's surprising, considering where you live and your, um, 'views', to hear you raving about them! Wish there were more like you! Then maybe some PROGRESS could be made!

Hey, um, did I ever ask you if you're married...? ;)

And there was a Conservation company that did a study on wind farms and the effects it would have on two proposed wind farms in Mass, the mentioned Cape farm and another in Heath that said this is a wive's tale. It was published in the local paper a year ago, but I can't get a reference to it.

They generally put them in uninhabitable ares, like steep hillsides, etc.

Sure! Bring 'em on! But the COVES* in my area that do all the yapping yap even louder when a solution is presented!

(* Citizens Opposed to Virtually Everthing)

Agreed.

I wouldn't mind if I could see it from my house. The ones I know of - & the other one mentioned to be in planning stages - are out in the countryside, not smack next to anyone's home. People can see them - up on the hill - from their windows, but they're not *right* next door.

Cathy

Whereas I find it kind of odd that you think people to the left of center would likely be against them.

Yeah, ages ago. ;-) I didn't give you an answer.

Cathy

BTW - look at a population map of the Tug Hill plateau, if you can find one. OTOH, nevermind a pop. map, a plain old road map would be fine. A wind farm up there would be seen by *very* few people. See the empty place in the middle here? That's the Tug Hill plateau.

See my response to dh above. One company was commissioned to find places in Franklin County that would be favorable to wind farms, and found three areas that were sufficient, and got thrown out of all of them by the same Liberal Granola k00ks that wanted renewable energy in the first place!

They finally gave up and went home.

I wish all you Libs would come here and spend a year or so, so you can see what *REAL* Liberals are like! ;)

Um...still didn't...

AHA! Is that where you're at?

When I was married to my first wife, her sisters were living in Oshawa, ONT and we used to stop in Watertown for refreshments.

You must have some kind of AWD vehicle, eh? It snows like HELL there!!!

Nope. A bit too desolate. And though I like snow, there's a limit. ;-) Last winter they got absolutely hammered w/snow - even more than the usual deal - & that's saying something!, incl. the more populous (it's all relative) towns along the fringes of the Tug.

See above. ;-) Yep, lake effect galore. If I lived up on the Tug Hill, I think I'd actually, truly need an AWD. With a *lot* of clearance.

Cathy