Comments - FIRST WIND: Home values will not be negatively affected by the arrival of a wind farm - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-28T20:23:04Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A62149&xn_auth=noJust thought of a scene from…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2015-10-05:4401701:Comment:683722015-10-05T00:27:30.092ZLong Islanderhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LongIslander
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<p>"Especially important is the warning to avoid conversation with the demon. We may ask what is relevant, but anything beyond that is dangerous. He is a liar, the demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us. But he will also mix lies with the…</p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Just thought of a scene from the movie "The Exorcist".</p>
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<p>"Especially important is the warning to avoid conversation with the demon. We may ask what is relevant, but anything beyond that is dangerous. He is a liar, the demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack is psychological , Damien. And powerful. So don't listen, remember that, do not listen."</p>
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</div> Sun Edison cries poverty when…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2015-10-05:4401701:Comment:682872015-10-05T00:27:13.310ZLong Islanderhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LongIslander
<p>Sun Edison cries poverty when looking for TIF's yet somehow has money to buy off an ever increasing number of so called environmental groups in Maine.</p>
<p>Sun Edison cries poverty when looking for TIF's yet somehow has money to buy off an ever increasing number of so called environmental groups in Maine.</p> Kathy Sherman, We are under-…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2015-10-04:4401701:Comment:681972015-10-04T16:03:35.852ZBarbara Durkinhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/BarbaraDurkin
<p>Kathy Sherman, We are under-represented. </p>
<p>MA DEP, as you note, has purview over environmental noise by wind turbines, But they are most unhelpful. </p>
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<p>Kathy Sherman, We are under-represented. </p>
<p>MA DEP, as you note, has purview over environmental noise by wind turbines, But they are most unhelpful. </p>
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<div style="left: 575.2px; top: 216.88px; font-size: 20px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.968132);">The DPU process is predicated upon the Mass Department of Environmental Protection’s (MassDEP) so called ‘Health Impact Study’. The process MassDEP employed and the document produced are seriously flawed. A biased panel reviewed cherry picked materials.</div>
<div style="left: 120px; top: 240.48px; font-size: 20px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.972141);">Among the most egregious flaws are the following:</div>
<div style="left: 555.2px; top: 287.28px; font-size: 20px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.959089);">the panel only met two times, did not follow the scope document, did not review all materials submitted to MassDEP from the public (which included peer-reviewed scientific articles and evidence of direct links</div>
<div style="left: 120px; top: 357.68px; font-size: 20px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.98454);">between wind turbines and adverse health impacts) and did not conduct a field trip to interview people in MA within one hour of Boston who are experiencing health problemssince wind turbines were constructed nearby.</div>
<div style="left: 547.799px; top: 425.88px; font-size: 20px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.842003);">MA Energy and Environment Secretary Richard Sullivan’s September 2011 comment foretold the study findings of no harm before the process commenced</div>
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<div style="left: 532.401px; top: 568.74px; font-size: 20px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.9289);">While the panel's work will be valuable in the creation of setbacks and other standards for windenergy projects, the Patrick administration does not believe at this point that there are major</div>
<div style="left: 120px; top: 596.74px; font-size: 20px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.918136);">health affects from turbines, Sullivan said.</div>
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<p></p> Comment posted at 3:52 PM, 10…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2015-10-03:4401701:Comment:681902015-10-03T20:04:54.179ZMary Kay Bartonhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/MaryKayBarton
<p>Comment posted at 3:52 PM, 10/3/15 = "Waiting to be approved":</p>
<div class="post-message" dir="auto"><p>WOW Mr. Baldwin! How stupid do you think people are? Real Estate 101 - LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!</p>
<p>I attended a meeting here in Western New York State a number of years ago now, at which Mr. Ben Hoen was doing a presentation trying to convince the community of the same kind of deceitful wind industry propaganda that Mr. Baldwin is spewing here. I held up a picture of a some…</p>
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<p>Comment posted at 3:52 PM, 10/3/15 = "Waiting to be approved":</p>
<div class="post-message" dir="auto"><p>WOW Mr. Baldwin! How stupid do you think people are? Real Estate 101 - LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!</p>
<p>I attended a meeting here in Western New York State a number of years ago now, at which Mr. Ben Hoen was doing a presentation trying to convince the community of the same kind of deceitful wind industry propaganda that Mr. Baldwin is spewing here. I held up a picture of a some homes surrounded by industrial wind turbines, and asked Mr. Hoen if he would buy one of these homes and move HIS family into one of them. It was no surprise to anyone that Mr. Hoen refused to answer the question.</p>
<p>I live in Wyoming County of western New York State where there are 308 industrial wind turbines now littering the once-beautiful rolling hills throughout 5 (five) Towns here. Property values have definitely been negatively impacted, as many homes near or within the footprints of the wind factories are selling for less than assessed value - if they sell at all. The only thing that has been reliably-generated by these giant, bird-slaughtering LEMONS is complete and utter civil discord, as lawsuits persist here. The Wyoming County tax rate went up AGAIN for the 12th year in a row now - another 9.68% this year - in direct correlation with the installment of wind factories here. Population in Wyoming County continues to decline - as more and more people leave the area. Not to mention, the average residential electricty rate has climbed nearly 50% since 2000, again, in direct correlation with the installment of industrial wind factories across rural New York State.</p>
<p>As Milton Friedman correctly stated: "One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions, rather than their results."</p>
<p>Fact is -- If you want to destroy the environment, property values and any sense of civility in your area, just build sprawling industrial wind factories! It works every time! Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.</p>
<p>Learn more at:</p>
<p>Industrial Wind is A NET LOSER - Economically, Environmentally, Technically & Civilly:<br/><a href="http://stopthesethings.com/2015/05/27/hammering-wind-industry-myths-the-in-a-nutshell-version/" rel="nofollow">http://stopthesethings.com/201...</a></p>
<p>Industrial Wind vs. Rural America, Electricity Markets:<br/><a href="https://www.masterresource.org/windpower-problems/industrial-wind-vs-rural-america-electricity-markets/" rel="nofollow">https://www.masterresource.org...</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.WiseEnergy.org" rel="nofollow">www.WiseEnergy.org</a>; <a href="http://www.Wind-Watch.org" rel="nofollow">www.Wind-Watch.org</a>; <a href="http://wwwWindAction.org" rel="nofollow">wwwWindAction.org</a>; <a href="http://www.StopIllWind.org" rel="nofollow">www.StopIllWind.org</a>; <a href="http://www.MasterResource.org" rel="nofollow">www.MasterResource.org</a></p>
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<p><strong>Blatant Unrepentant Liars</strong></p>
<p><strong>I recently sold a property 2.2 miles from a wind project at 1/2 its accessed evaluation( and I was lucky to sell it at all)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Anyone who believes First Wind/SunEdison / Terraform Power is "nummah than a hake" or a past patient of a frontal lobotomy.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In addition , there is a place reserved for liars and con artists like Baldwin, and it is called Hades , where he and the wind industry…</strong></p>
<p><strong>Blatant Unrepentant Liars</strong></p>
<p><strong>I recently sold a property 2.2 miles from a wind project at 1/2 its accessed evaluation( and I was lucky to sell it at all)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Anyone who believes First Wind/SunEdison / Terraform Power is "nummah than a hake" or a past patient of a frontal lobotomy.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In addition , there is a place reserved for liars and con artists like Baldwin, and it is called Hades , where he and the wind industry belongs.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Also please remember this , sellers and abutters of wind project often cannot disclose their losses because of legal settlements that have "Squelch Clauses" designed by the wind company, so the loss is kept secret.</strong></p> I have said this before but I…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2015-10-03:4401701:Comment:682692015-10-03T18:50:35.538ZJim Wiegandhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/JimWiegand
<p>I have said this before but I will say it again. The way the game is played with these scumbags is that they hire shills to do their bogus studies, then they run around like this Baldwin character and let these false studies do the lying for them. </p>
<p>I have said this before but I will say it again. The way the game is played with these scumbags is that they hire shills to do their bogus studies, then they run around like this Baldwin character and let these false studies do the lying for them. </p> Charles Baldwin.........."I’d…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2015-10-03:4401701:Comment:685172015-10-03T16:08:07.538ZJim Wiegandhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/JimWiegand
<p>Charles Baldwin.........."I’d like to point out that there have been multiple studies concerning the impact of wind farms on property values. None of these studies has shown any negative impact."</p>
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<p>Jim Wiegand ........."I'd like to point out that the wind industry has been rigging turbine research since 1985. Since then not a single study should be trusted due to non scientific research methodology resulting in the production of bogus data designed to hide the…</p>
<p>Charles Baldwin.........."I’d like to point out that there have been multiple studies concerning the impact of wind farms on property values. None of these studies has shown any negative impact."</p>
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<p>Jim Wiegand ........."I'd like to point out that the wind industry has been rigging turbine research since 1985. Since then not a single study should be trusted due to non scientific research methodology resulting in the production of bogus data designed to hide the truth."</p> That is a complete falsehood…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2015-10-03:4401701:Comment:682622015-10-03T16:01:52.341ZPineo Girlhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/PineoGirl
<p>That is a complete falsehood - Just ask Gary Steinberg from Lincoln or any one who lives on Vinalhaven. In fact, the presence of a wind farm or plans for a wind farm now have to be noted on disclosure documents when selling real estate.</p>
<p>That is a complete falsehood - Just ask Gary Steinberg from Lincoln or any one who lives on Vinalhaven. In fact, the presence of a wind farm or plans for a wind farm now have to be noted on disclosure documents when selling real estate.</p> There was a study done in Wis…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2015-10-03:4401701:Comment:684372015-10-03T15:55:17.335ZKevin Gurallhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/KevinGurall
<p>There was a study done in Wisconsin that showed an average of 25-40% loss of property value. </p>
<p>There was a study done in Wisconsin that showed an average of 25-40% loss of property value. </p> noise easements acknowledge h…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2015-03-13:4401701:Comment:624132015-03-13T22:20:38.563Zalice mckay barnetthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/alicemckaybarnett
<p>noise easements acknowledge harm...infrasound goes forever?</p>
<p>noise easements acknowledge harm...infrasound goes forever?</p>