Resource Library Category: Videos (46 items)
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Wind Turbine Land Agent
Source: kitfox8532
Hello, my name is Gary Hoopdeedoopdee and I represent the Acme wind turbine company from Spain.
Hi, my name is Jim — what can I do for you?
I have a great opportunity for you. I want to lease your land to put up a wind turbine. I only need one-quarter on an acre for the turbine and I will pay you a nominal fee. I have a simple eighty-five-page lease for you, so just sign on the dotted line.
Wow! this lease looks very complicated, and I noticed you are putting all my two hundred acres under lease.
This is so that we can do what we want, wherever we want, whenever we want, on all your land for the rest of your and your children’s lives. This lease is for one hundred years.
Turbines are large machines — what will my neighbors think? I’d better talk to them first.
No! don’t do that. Our contract must remain secret. Your neighbors and friends will quickly develop an affliction we call turbine envy. They may bring peer-reviewed papers to you and say turbines are dangerous and noisy, cause shadow flicker and loss of property value. They will probably stop talking to you. you must disregard all this information and only listen to me and read what I give to you. I know what is best for you. Here, take my pen.
Is a five-hundred-foot-tall turbine really safe one thousand feet from a home?
Of course! A young doctor at the health department did an extensive one-week review of the materials we supplied to him and concluded that there is not a problem living near a turbine. Pay no attention to anyone who says anything negative about turbines! Now it’s time to sign the contract.
Not yet! I want to check all this out first.
Time is of the essence! Think of me as the mother ship and this is your only chance to jump on board! A lot of others in the area have already signed on. This is your only chance to save the world! If I leave without this contract signed I will not come back, so sign here!
Just a minute! what about the noise and shadow flicker you mentioned?
Turbines are quiet! Discount any information from others who live near turbines with complaints of sleepless nights, jet engine sounds, vibrations, and shadows in their homes that resemble someone turning the lights off and on for hours, as well as people abandoning their homes due to illness. They’re all hysterical! You should only listen to me — now sign.
I see that by signing the contract I am under a gag order — but what happens if my neighbors have problems?
We would consider this an anomaly and ignore it, but this is what courts and lawyers are for: They should plan on a long and expensive legal fight. And by the way, Acme wind is an LLC with no assets, so I don’t know who they would even be able to sue. Let’s get this lease signed.
I will not sign! Get out of my home and off my property and never come back! I will not do this to my friends and neighbors!
Alright then, I will be back in a week to talk more!
Wind turbines and health — videos from Clinton, Ontario
Source: Middlesex Wind Action Group
Health Studies Before Wind Turbines —
Dr. Robert McMurtry MD FRCSC FACS speaks to a large gathering in Clinton, Ontario about the health issues that are arising in Ontario homes that are close to wind turbine developments. He stresses that a full independent epidemiological study is needed before these developments are installed, but unfortunately the Ontario government is trying not to listen, and people continue to become ill. The only recourse left is to take the provincial government to court: Support the Ian Hanna Lawsuit.
Ian Hanna Wind Turbine Lawsuit (2 parts) —
Ian Hanna explains his legal challenge against the Ontario Government to a large group in Clinton, Ontario. This lawsuit challenges the fact that the Ontario government did not follow the precautionary principal when implementing the Green Energy Act’s wind turbine setbacks to rural homes. If successful it will stop current planned projects and force proper medical studies which we are confident will lead to set-backs of a minimum of 1.5-2km. This will kill many projects plus perhaps force rectification/compensation for built projects.
Victims Before Wind Turbines —
Tracy Lamont from St. Columban, Ontario, speaks to a crowd in the town of Clinton on September 16th, 2010. Tracy’s family is trying to sell their home because they know that their young son cannot tolerate the noise from the wind turbines that are proposed to be 550m from their home.
Impacts of Wind Power on the Northfield Ridge
Source: Groom, Carol; Smith, Annette; and Luce, Ben
Annette Smith of Vermonters for a Clean Environment and Ben Luce of Lyndon State College are guests on the Carol Groom Show, Mad River Television, Waitsfield, Vermont, August 17, 2010. They cover the many issues of industrial wind development on mountain ridges, including the many impacts on communities and the environment.
Brown County landowner regrets signing on with wind developer
Source: Koltz, Dick
Dick Koltz speaks about regretting signing on with a wind developer, and explains the color “green” when it comes to wind developers. Video from public forum at VanAbles, Town of Holland, Brown County Wisconsin, February 18, 2010, by courtesy of Better Plan, Wisconsin.
