The following pictures were just recently captured of the effects wind development has on a small rural town. Here is a short explanation by the photographer of what he saw:
"A few weeks ago a friend of mine and I went out to take photos of the new wind turbines put up by Enbridge in Bruce Township, near Kincardine. It was the first time we had been back to his old neighbourhood and he kept remarking on the drastic change to the landscape. We visited a number of his old neighbours who now live beside turbines. Everyone will recall how nobly, and a great expense to themselves, some of the people of this township fought at the public MOD hearing where they were ridiculed and belittled by the Enbridge lawyer and obviously ignored by the chairman.
The photos are revealing in that they demonstrate the enormous number of transmission lines that have been added to these quiet country roads. The photo of the transformer station illustrates the huge footprint taken up by a wind turbine development on the landscape. With its interconnecting transmission lines, it fragments the natural habitat.
The photo from the screen door is taken at the house of a farmer who was forced to sell his farm at a considerable discount because of the arrival of the wind turbines. He feels fortunate, however, to have sold it at all. Many other houses in the district have been for sale without buyers for many months."
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ummm....where are the pictures?
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