As I was researching the Criterion Project and Clipper Windpower to become more educated on the effect that building these large wind turbines will have on Garrett County and the Deep Creek Lake area I discovered the site http://www.stopillwind.com/.
The http://www.stopillwind.org/ site stats that it was created to provide information and educational resources for the public. The site is opened by the following paragraph:
Windpower promises much as an alternative to fossil fuels. However, those who make public policy should realize that if something seems too good to be true, it almost always is. Windpower's promises should be factual and rigorously validated, not self-serving wishful thinking. At a minimum, since no regulatory mechanism presently exists guiding the industry's deployment, government should mandate standards for siting huge wind generators which eliminate threats to wildlife, protect heritage views and property values, and allow nearby residents the quiet enjoyment of their property. Stop Ill Wind seeks to illuminate problems associated with the windpower industry and suggest means for correcting them. If windpower is to have a meaningful role in helping society achieve more beneficial, healthful means of producing electricity, its corporate agents and supporters must act responsibly—and be held accountable when they do not.
http://www.stopillwind.org/ also post:
The Top Ten False and Misleading Claims the Windpower Industry makes for Projects in the Eastern United States
1. Industrial wind developers are interested only in providing a public service. Their primary purpose is to take advantage of extraordinary income sheltering opportunities... More...
2. Windplants do not harm wildlife. Despite industry insistence this won't happen, it already has... More...
3. Windplants will reduce the mining/burning of fossil fuels and lessen dependence on foreign oil. The wind industry in the East will not put much of a dent in our reliance on fossil fuels. More...
4. Windplants are highly efficient and provide power for significant numbers of homes. Wind technology is relatively feckless. More...
5. Locals who oppose the wind industry are NIMBYS. One of the most persistent hypocrisies from corporate wind... More...
6. Windplants will generate significant local revenue and increase property values. ...two recently constructed windplants... have contributed virtually nothing to the local tax base. More...
7. The wind industry will create many local jobs. This is a cruel untruth, especially in economically depressed areas... More...
8. Wind technology is noiseless and creates few disturbances. Large wind turbines... create profound noise reverberations extending out... More...
9. Wind technology consists of "windmills" on "wind farms." The reality is that they are mammoth industrial factories... More...
10. Those who are concerned about windpower are not true environmentalists. The facts demonstrate otherwise. Notable environmentalists who have studied... More...
If you are concerned about the effect that windmills will have on Garrett County I Strongly suggest checking out this site.
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