Windmills on the early morning horizon
Now that I have moved back to Ontario, I have seen quite a number of windmills as I understand this province did a big push on promoting green energy. There is a large group of people who are quite against them and others who are all for them. What you see mostly are farmers north of Toronto, agreeing to have these windmills erected in their fields and they either get a piece of the ownership or are paid out every year a certain amount or percentage.
Living in juxtaposition with an old farmstead
What I am surprised as though is how many people find these things objectionable. I guess to me, green energy sure beats fossil fuels and I would rather have a windmill in my site and on my property than a coal mine or a natural gas plant. I know there are a number of issues from the speed with which perhaps they have been going up without appropriate studies on any long term issues, as well as how to store or deal with the excess electricity they produce if there is not the capacity to take it into the existing grid.
Still think it looks better than this
But as I was driving back to the ugly sprawl of suburbia from having been up north in Singhampton, I still found these installations majestic and clean in their simplicity, grace and power. I don’t think we will ever have agreement on any sort of development and the NIMBY (not in my back yard) syndrome always exists. But as long as we want to plug in our computers have light and heat our homes, I think we have to accept these efforts and changes in development. Remember, at least they are green, renewable sources.
Personally I find them majestic
Christ. I hope theres a better way to be in touch w you as you travel. Have you looked at your home page on this thing? The guy to your right looks like a stalker. I’ll call before you go, love to hear your laugh, so laugh lots.
I think that is funny. a stalker – that’s a good one. I like your e-mail address.