A unanimous recorded vote by Huron East council will send a resolution protesting the use of prime agricultural land for industrial wind turbines to the province and municipalities across Ontario.The entire article can be read at the Goderich Signal Star site:
The motion, presented by McKillop Coun. Bill Siemon, points out that the Ontario provincial policy statement states that prime agricultural land shall be protected for long-term use in agriculture, a fact that was recognized in the recent review of the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program which prohibited solar ground-mounted projects over 10 KW being located on prime agricultural land.
It goes on to state that the same consideration should be given to the impact of industrial wind turbines on prime agricultural land, expressing “frustration and serious concerns with the Province of Ontario’s disregard of the provisions of the Provincial Policy Statement with respect to the impact of industrial wind turbines on prime agricultural lands.”
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Huron East protests use of farmland by IWTs
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I saw an interesting study recently which claimed that IWTs raise the evening temperatures at ground level ....the theory is that this occurs because the IWTs force more air downward which creates more mixing of the colder boundary layer that forms closer to the earth as the evening progresses. More IWTs means more mixing with the boundary layer which means higher temperature.... and this means more drying out of the soil. Of course, that problem can be solved by more irrigation. Here’s what I figure... the IWTs will make just enough electricity to run the pumps that are now needed to irrigate the soil which was dried out by the IWTs. Make sense? In the mean time, farmers are finding that other crop production is down, the cows aren't producing as much milk and according to the news clip in Australia, chickens are now laying eggs with no yolks. http://www.todaytonightadelaide.com.au/?page=Story&StoryID=1394
ReplyDeleteYup, farmers who think that they are going to be making a few more bucks with the IWTs on their property might be in for a big surprise.....