Sept.9 - Wind Energy is "blowing" across the election landscape

Wind - it is a part our lives & hopefully part of our energy future.
Yes; politicians seems to have lots of hot air too.
Too bad that although the Liberals have started a good idea with the Green Energy Act they have allowed large corporations to step all over our rural neighbours and destroy their quality of life by putting huge wind turbines only 500m away from homes instead of 2 km as they have mandated in Australia.
Too bad that the PCs would kill green energy when around the world, and especially China of all places, wind turbines are sprouting like mushrooms as countries see peak oil is coming soon.
Too bad that more people cannot understand the Green position the although Wind is our potential friend that, just like hurricanes, too much, too close is a bad thing.
So let's hear it for the Green party position in wind that ONLY communities can own wind farms- they do the financing, they get the contracts from corporations to install and maintain the wind farms and they BENEFIT from the monies earned. You know it is amazing how an 'ugly' turbine becomes beautiful when the profits go into your own pocket.
For more see the Ottawa Citizen editorial board view of the Green approach at
http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2011/09/08/weird-green-energy-policy/
and here are some quotes form
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/MacLeod+would+kill+Gower+wind+farm+proposal/5374510/story.html

"The Tory candidate in Nepean-Carleton wants a controversial wind farm project slated to be placed in North Gower killed.
Lisa MacLeod, the incumbent for the riding, told the Citizen editorial board that her stand was not only because of her constituents' adamant opposition to the project, but stemmed also from a fundamental objection to Liberal clean energy plan, which she claimed was contributing to high hydro rates in the province.

Kubanek said the Greens also opposed the North Gower project only because they didn't believe in corporate involvement in clean energy production. They believe that wind farm and other renewable energy projects should be undertaken by community groups, not corporations.
"We are convinced that for the next 20, 30, 40 years, we are going to need to have wind and solar energy. The Liberal plan is a great idea, totally flawed execution," he said."

Here is an interesting article about a Chinese company getting a piece of the action:
Chinese wind company eyes Dufferin

http://www.orangeville.com/news/article/1078011--chinese-wind-company-eyes-dufferin

This is shaping up to be a key local issue so stay tuned!