RESIDENTS OF OCOTILLO AND BOULEVARD SPEAK OUT, SHARE SAFETY FEARS AFTER TURBINE BLADE FALLS

[nadinbrzezinski]

352. My problem with *industrial wind*

Is how close to people it is being put.

That is the main, major, greatest beef.

Also distributive is being fought by utilities every where from here to Tuesday. They don't want it.

If industrial wind is so great...I want it in La Jolla Shores, top of users, great winds.

I want it two miles down the road, great winds.

No, that won't happen, because we are sacrificing back country communities that are not well connected politically. Or have the money for that matter.

That is my other major beef with it.

Mind you for daring to say that, I am called names and told I am not in favor of green energy, which is a crock of bullshit. I want those people to tell these back country communities that they are disposable.

So no, I am no longer a fan of industrial wind, one bit. Does it have a place in the basket? Assuming of course the dark side is there, yes, and in spite of line loss...very much away from human populations, even back country hamlets. In places like the Tejon pass, that are both windy and away from people.

Also many of the sites being fast tracked, don't meet requirements for wind production, so mark this space...lawsuits will happen since these companies lied to the Feds. This will only pollute that well and will make people less likely to want it, even at the right place.

And for that we will all pay.

By the way...did you know these things use water? And in Ocotillo they need to truck it in since they don't have enough in the underlying aquifer? Did you know the company did not produce the 7.5 topo map, and relied on GPS to grade roads, changing the hydrology of the area?

Not best practices, and if (when) the Elsinore fault goes, they might topple since they are on top of the fault, and not designed to earthquake standards. I will drive to photograph that...I swear.

These are the things that make you go...hmmm....