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38. Someone was sending me emails and website links that claimed windmills were...

Mon May 20, 2013, 04:14 PM

May 2013

...making people crazy. Somehow afflicting them with disorientation or ADHD or some such. People buy this crap! They actually believe it!

I have family that live very near 800+ windmills. And while some of their sanity is jokingly in question - this was so long before they ever moved there. IOW, the wind farms have naught to do with any psychological or mental issues people have. They do not make noise. They do not cause harmful 'air vibrations' that affect people's mental health. But there is propaganda out there which seeks to make such claims - of course with little to no credible resources or research to back it up. I figure the Kochs are behind it - or someone else in the oil, coal, and gas industries.

It's such a load of hooey.

Where they live, sheep, cows and emus (yes, emus) live, graze, sleep and sun themselves beneath the windmills on the wind farm. It has no ill effect on them or any communities of humans living nearby. Most of the folks who live there don't mind the windmills at all and a field of them is quite beautiful.

It will be a damn hard sell with me, based on my personal experience, to convince me that wind energy or wind farms are in any way dangerous to humans.

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The goal was to make wind politically "toxic,"... [View all] SidDithers May 2013 OP

k&r n/t RainDog May 2013 #1

And some gulible folks here carry water for the Koch brothers. FSogol May 2013 #2

Not gulible, they are looking to make a quick buck. Rex May 2013 #52

Including, even many of them don't realize it, most of our resident climate doomers. n/t AverageJoe90 May 2013 #62

Easy to spot. Just look for the 401k label. nt raouldukelives May 2013 #83

What I find interesting is... jberryhill May 2013 #3

Same here. If GE wants to do the right thing, more power (heh) to them. n/t FSogol May 2013 #4

Yes this doesn't bother me either. alarimer May 2013 #58

When I break wind, it's usually toxic. Apophis May 2013 #5

So the "nuanced" opinions actually came from the RW Koch bros? DevonRex May 2013 #6

Shocking nooz, eh?...nt SidDithers May 2013 #7

Seriously, this could knock the earth off its orbit. BlueStreak May 2013 #8

.oh.my.dog. Whisp May 2013 #41

The same people who claim this malarky will also say climate chage is a hoax. MindPilot May 2013 #79

You should read Duncan Birch's new book BlueStreak May 2013 #82

lol NT ctsnowman May 2013 #91

Living in coal country, with the highest cancer rates in the nation... Pragdem May 2013 #9

+1 LisaLynne May 2013 #42

Or solar power for that matter? AverageJoe90 May 2013 #63

K&R nt abelenkpe May 2013 #10

Not at all surprised siligut May 2013 #11

I blame his "hair" zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #15

True, wind is certainly the nemesis of Trump's do siligut May 2013 #16

Indeed zappaman May 2013 #17

Looks like a dying tribble. Rex May 2013 #54

His "hair" Lordquinton May 2013 #23

when it comes to the Donald zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #33

go where? "his hair?" Lordquinton May 2013 #36

ah, I read it as refering zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #37

Great post! Matariki May 2013 #12

K&R octoberlib May 2013 #13

Flashing Blades Of Subsonic DEATH!!! Ikonoklast May 2013 #14

At some point, wind needs to compete without tax credits badtoworse May 2013 #18

why? oil still isn't 'weaned off' tax breaks. HiPointDem May 2013 #22

Agreed. HappyMe May 2013 #26

We don't generate electricity with oil, it's a transportation fuel. badtoworse May 2013 #27

With natural gas Kolesar May 2013 #30

Funny. I've got an oil burning power plant right by my house in Florida. Fuddnik May 2013 #84

yes we do. & even if we didn't, so what? HiPointDem May 2013 #40

It's true we burn a small amount of distillate oil in peakers... badtoworse May 2013 #45

... HiPointDem May 2013 #46

Deducting operating expenses and depreciating equipment and wells is not a subsidy badtoworse May 2013 #48

Do you actually know anything about subsidies? kristopher May 2013 #55

Let's agree on what is and is not a subsidy badtoworse May 2013 #80

IER? Seriously? No wonder you express rightwing views... kristopher May 2013 #92

Would it have made a difference if I cited the Energy Information Administration? badtoworse May 2013 #93

IOW you don't believe climate change is real. kristopher May 2013 #99

I guess we'll have to disagree. badtoworse May 2013 #100

we must not be reading the same links. HiPointDem May 2013 #66

There are two sides to every story. Try these badtoworse May 2013 #71

there are plenty of direct and indirect tax breaks and subsidies for oil & gas; the link i HiPointDem May 2013 #96

The link just took me to Google badtoworse May 2013 #97

the link took you to the results of a google search for gas subsidies. the natural gas industry HiPointDem May 2013 #98

or ethanol grantcart May 2013 #88

Why? EC May 2013 #31

What tax credits do gas, nuclear or coal fired plants get? badtoworse May 2013 #44

Are you kidding?.. n/t EC May 2013 #47

No badtoworse May 2013 #49

Do your own research EC May 2013 #51

See Post 48 badtoworse May 2013 #53

Again, do some research EC May 2013 #57

When we generate 20% of our electricity from wind jpak May 2013 #65

Not going to happen, but you can dream about it. badtoworse May 2013 #81

That sounds like a capitalist idea! More important to gtar100 May 2013 #102

There are plenty of capitalists in the wind industry already badtoworse May 2013 #104

Toxic wind only when it blows coal fumes nt Progressive dog May 2013 #19

Or "Agent Orange" LondonReign2 May 2013 #20

Someone tell the Dukes, uh, I mean the Kochs, about Wind Fracking. kentauros May 2013 #21

Warning to Republicans and some crooked Democrats Jack Rabbit May 2013 #24

Be careful Sid, you'll get a double Iggy. GoneOffShore May 2013 #25

FEAR THE WIND CANCER!!!!!!!!!1111!1one backscatter712 May 2013 #28

And oil isn't surviving on "handouts".. n/t EC May 2013 #29

What, no CAPS ??? Trajan May 2013 #32

Damn, you're right... SidDithers May 2013 #34

A level playing field might require Oil companies to give up Ilsa May 2013 #35

Someone was sending me emails and website links that claimed windmills were... Triana May 2013 #38

Yeah, it's really weird. LisaLynne May 2013 #43

Sing it Triana..... MAD Dave May 2013 #59

Hundreds of years of windmills in Netherlands and East Coast of England. HooptieWagon May 2013 #60

Its a fact that windmills are making people crazy. grantcart May 2013 #89

+1 Triana May 2013 #94

The FF industry isn't the only source. kristopher May 2013 #39

Wow, who knew this plot would take this kind of twist? Rex May 2013 #50

Looks like somebody's got some 'splaining to do. Codeine May 2013 #56

They just don't care. Fuck 'em all. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #61

This is what repugs have done since the 1980's jpak May 2013 #64

and China MindPilot May 2013 #74

K&R! sheshe2 May 2013 #67

My, my....nt msanthrope May 2013 #68

From now on, jurors should hide any post pintobean May 2013 #69

I'd say that maybe GD Hosts would lock those threads... SidDithers May 2013 #70

You've documented the "shtick" very well....nt msanthrope May 2013 #72

Bad luck hide in that insufferable thread...nt SidDithers May 2013 #76

Every once and a while you gotta take one. 'Insufferable' is a good word. msanthrope May 2013 #78

Least County Times, BREAKING: WINDFARMS CAUSE TORNADOS MindPilot May 2013 #73

Nailed the schtick perfectly... SidDithers May 2013 #75

I'd respond, but your on my iggity list. MindPilot May 2013 #77

So, if wind needs to compete on a level playing field NewJeffCT May 2013 #85

This is a much larger story than people realize. On August 2nd Romney lost the election on this grantcart May 2013 #86

Good post... SidDithers May 2013 #87

This post should be an OP. FSogol May 2013 #95

The Koch criminals - how did I guess? Initech May 2013 #90

yup..... madrchsod May 2013 #101

K&R nt Zorra May 2013 #103

K & R Scurrilous May 2013 #105