Hello ENTS, There is another major wind project currently going?through the permitting process?on private lands in Northern NH. I just attended the public hearing and was pretty appalled by the amount of potential impact, the over abundance of local political support, and the lack of sound scientific information presented both for and against this project. Along with the cutting of old growth spruce/fir forests and the new creation of?12 miles of 50 to 100'?wide?roads along the very top of?several ridgelines, this project will have a likely detrimental impact on countless species in the area.
The proposed mitigations for this project?are somewhere between pitiful and none existent. Unfortunately the proper hands have been greased and there are few local citizens in this area to complain. Even worse this is only the first and smallest of two proposed projects by this company alone. I am all for alternative energy when developed and sited responsibly. But the very few remaining undeveloped ridgelines in the northeast are definitely not the proper place for large scale wind.?Northern New England lends itself to small scale, localized energy projects as apposed to these Wall Street financed cash in and cash out constructions deals. I just hope?the local population and politicians realize this before it is too late. Tim? -----Original Message----- From: DON BERTOLETTE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:51 am Subject: [ENTS] Re: FYI: E-M:/ Wind farm in old growth next to Nordhouse? Mark- To say nothing of how little it would take for terrorists to take out power across wide segments of the US.? What do the power people not understand about ARPANET (the strategy of communications that the Internet is loosely based on)? -DonRB > Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:32:14 -0700 > Subject: [ENTS] Re: FYI: E-M:/ Wind farm in old growth next to Nordhouse? > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > > > I've been lurking here for a while and saying nothing, as I'm young, > inexperienced, and can contribute little...but this is something I CAN > say something interesting about. I have a number of relatives who work > in the power industry, and they all complain that the whole eastern > power grid (the U.S. & Canada on this side of the Rockies) is very > vulnerable to power outages. Because of these huge, centralized, and > widely distributed power plants, and the very few transmission lines > having to span vast distances, the loss of just a few of the big lines > could bring the whole system crashing down. Massive centralized power > has the whole grid engaged in a perilous tightrope act. Even aside > from the damage to ecosystems, the whole system is doubleplusungood. > > My $0.02, > --mark > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
