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Windmills no good for land
Credit: Nov. 19, 2024, news-gazette.com ~~
Look across the farmland from Danville to the Quad Cities. What do you see? Nothing but windmills!
Central Illinois has some of the best farmland in the entire world, and look how politicians have decided it should be used. I’m partial to this part of the country since I was born on a farm and lived on a farm nearly all of my life.
Piatt County vetoed wind mills by a large majority, but our governor decided that didn’t matter. Now you can’t look in any direction without seeing one. These towers are huge and have a massive carbon footprint, plus are extremely expensive.
They have a life span of 25 years average and they can only generate power when the wind is blowing. On windy days, any extra power is wasted. Can’t the government find a way to reserve the extra energy produced and not build so many of these eyesores?
Windmills in the United States kill millions of birds a year. There is much more farmland destroyed than just where the windmills are located. You have to have an access road. You have to dig up huge amounts of soil that mixes in with the fertile, loamy topsoil. Huge trucks and heavy equipment are needed to put up the windmills.
This compacts the soil and breaks down the tiles used for drainage. Once these windmills are installed, this soil will never be productive again, as the concrete will not be removed. The oil leaks can also ruin the soil.
NANCY DODGE
Mansfield
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