Yesterday we found a news story dated 2010 in which Ian Hanna, past Chair of Wind Concerns Ontario, was quoted as saying: “I have travelled all over the Province of Ontario, and I cannot think of a single area, a single community, that I would like to see changed forever by a wind power project.”
We know today that wind power generation has NOT lived up to any of the promises made for it; we know that wind power generation is a high-impact/low-benefit source of power, that is harming the natural environment, causing health problems for many people exposed to the noise and vibration, reducing property values significantly, and not contributing to Ontario’s power supply. At the same time, the subsidy payments going to the huge corporate developers are causing dramatic increases to Ontario’s electricity bills, affecting business and Ontario citizens. Many people are saying Ontario is on the road to financial ruin because of the green energy policy that supports a rush to building wind power projects.
It is time to stop.
We’ve all been active in our communities, doing what we can. And right now, we all have a chance to make a difference by supporting the Environmental Review Tribunal hearing the appeal of the wind power development at Ostrander Point in Prince Edward County. Even pro-wind commentators say this is the wrong place to put a wind power project.
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