Not uncommon, these monsters catch fire when their transmissions fail. Ouch, could start grass and brush fires!
Video of Ontario Premiere Kathleen Wynne
as a child
Wind Turbines a scourge on Ontario
Amen!
Like jails, hospitals, group homes, airports, industrial parks, generating stations, army bases and shooting ranges, chicken farms and plants, upwind factories, you name it...
I think we would have to look at these items individually.
They don't normally build jails in people's back yards. In the area of a city yes, but I can't think of one put next to homes.
Hospitals, same thing, I haven't seen any built at least in my area where they have intruded on homes and a lot of people are kind of happy to have a hospital so close.
Group homes, some even for the mentally handicapped have been opposed, but that's mainly people's lack of understanding and fear.
I won't go through all the others except to say that shooting ranges aren't near homes......too dangerous. Chicken farms they're in the country and country people are not only use to them but there is really no problem because they're in long unobtrusive and quiet buildings.
Plants???? Upwind factories???? You lost me on those.
The government has no right and I don't care what they say, to impose turbines or anything else on someone who will be either harmed by the existence or lose money from property values from its existence. A lot of people in the cities are all for wind turbines. Good. Let them be built in their backyards on neighborhood and see how long that lasts! It's easy to applaud something from a war to turbines when the applauders don't have to live with it.
A good cross section of thoughts on wind turbines.... (it's unfortunately not the full documentary but it's still good)
The extent of "harm" to persons or property values is relative though. And related to people's personal points of view. I knew some people who lived literally almost right under some of those high tension lines and they claimed to have "looked into it" and said it didn't bother them a bit to be raising young kids there. For some reason, what is "harmful" to one person turns out to be not so bad for someone else.
The government does have the right to impose whatever they deem necessary and they do exercise that right. I can think of several situations right off the top of my head where a neighbourhood group has gotten up in arms over something the government has done or allowed. IMO, these groups are often as not trying to have their cake and eat it too - buying lower value real estate located next to airport etc., and then complaining after the fact, trying to get rules changed, sound barriers built, etc.. But there are many examples where people are legitimately trying to prevent disruption to their lifestyle and these windmills are just another case. "Not in My Backyard" is fine - but this stuff has to be built somewhere... Unfortunately much of the direct connection that we once had to democratic decision making is breaking down. Provincial bodies are taking over a lot of functions that used to be more local, whether it be in health, education, roads, what have you...
Bordeaux Prison, with residential areas less than 200 ft from buildings.
I believe in a 'first come first served' basis. In other words.........no one, private individuals or government has the right to change someone's enjoyment of life, or risk their health or safety.
Those who buy a home near a factory or an airport or a highway and then want to have this or that changed for their own convenience are equally as wrong because they knew what they were getting into and if they didn't ......they should have. A buddy of mine in BC lives on a road which has an auto wreckers and scrap dealer. Along comes a family and builders who want to put in a subdivision of upscale homes but they knew the homes wouldn't sell with the auto wreckers right across the street. So they tried everything to get rid of the family that had been there three generations since 1954. The leader of the family that wanted the subdivision even called neighbours and didn't ask, they TOLD him what to say and basically it was that they should contact the council and support the closing of the wreckers. My friend taped the phone calls just in case someone tried to say he agreed but he didn't agree at all. He sent me copies of the tape and it was not surprising how cold and greedy people can be. My friend told them to pound salt and not to destroy a family for the profit of others. The subdivision never happened and all is well in the neighborhood again.
When it comes to wind turbines these monsters are intrusive. They tower over people and their privacy, not to mention the noise and the loss of view (which many have bought their homes for) and of course loss of property value. 'First come, First served'....the homeowners were there first.........find another location! Many other things can find another location, prisons, airports (if there is a new one) etc etc. The only reason the government imposes these things on others is because it's convenient for them.
Those who belittle others by using the word NIMBY should remember that it also stands for Next It Might Be You.
Whatever happened to democracy? We never really had it, not really. We just have a form of democracy. True democracy would put an end to the reign of many politicians and they would be relegated back to where they belong as nothing more than employees of the people, instead of little kings and queens with psychopathic dictatorship mindsets that have often sold their integrity off to the highest bidder.
McGuinty is a coward. Wynne is trying to plug up a sinking ship. However Hudak is a disaster behind the drapes waiting for his call on stage which I hope he never gets. The NDP, I swore I would never vote for them again after Rae, but our political system demands that we vote for someone and I am leaning that way just to keep Hudak out. We need a totally new political system, but the Catch22 is we have to get it legislated by the same kings and queens we want to dethrone. Of course we could revolt but we're Canadians and polite and we ask first if we're allowed to.
Ontario’s debt is spiraling out of control. It has been over five years since the budget was last balanced and 13 years since Ontario’s debt clock actually counted down instead of up. Premier Wynne says that it will be another four years of deficits until they balance the budget. Maybe.
Enough is enough.
A budget is expected in the coming month, which could very well be followed by another general election.
The time is now to make debt, deficits and the fiscal future of our children the main campaign issue.
That is why the CTF wants to launch our Bankrupting Ontario campaign right now.
The Bankrupting Ontario campaign will consist of billboards, bus stop ads, online ads and even ads in bathrooms. We want to blitz Ontarians – particularly in key swing ridings – with messages about Ontario’s debt levels and the consequences of our debt.
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