WIND POWER - A BLIGHT ON THE AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE
On the 3rd of March 2007 the central Victorian community of Smeaton, with nearby hamlets of Campbelltown, Kooroocheang, Werona, Ullina and Moorookyle were given only one weeks prior notice to a meeting held on this date at the Smeaton Bowling Club.
Submitted
2/07/2007
By
brade
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Updated
2/08/2007
What’s involved?
THE TRUTH ABOUT WIND POWER
Say NO to destroying the beautiful Spa Country and its communities:
Why?
1. Interrupts the habitat of flora and fauna
2. Disturbs ground animals
3. Noise and vibration
4. Enormous amounts of cement must be put deep into the earth as a foundation 5. Roads and transmission lines
6. Disrupted water flow
7. Fragmented wildlife habitat
8. Shadow flicker
9. Subsonic noise
10. Strobe lights day and night
11. Visual intrusion and distraction
12. Degradation of social and natural environments
13. Misplaced taxpayer monies
14. Unproven benefits
15. Unable to directly reduce greenhouse gas emissions
16. Unreliable contracts
17. Comprise of resident’s quality of life
18. Run at low efficiency
19. Unreliable in the generation of energy
Wind ‘farms’ are implemented in the name of environmental care, but people need to do more research into their viability and efficiency. Too much faith is being put into their ability to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We strongly believe that the dubious benefits of wind turbines at Smeaton are far outweighed by the negative effects of their installation. Let’s think bigger about how we can clean up our environment, and more importantly, how we choose to live and use energy. We all know the damage caused by quick solutions to complex problems. Remember the cane toad and the carp...
Let’s not make more mistakes for our children to clean up. In 20 years time these dysfunctional, obsolete, 144 metre-high skyscrapers set in over 600 tonnes of cement will remain on our landscape forever more.
I want to do this!
