First, an Iowa farmer who leased land to Spain-based power developer Acciona had 230 acres of his land polluted with shards of wind turbine blades and toxic substances after three turbines on his land caught fire in recent years. The company offered him a one-time compensation payout of $230,000 or $1,000 per acre, but he’s suing. Why? the land is not usable for all possible crops now and may not be for many years.
This a really important case as it highlights the risks landowners take on when they lease their land for industrial wind turbines. It’s an industrial land use with plenty of risks like fire and collapse, plus leaking of toxic chemicals, and more important, the company does not care. There may be details in the contract that lets them off the hook for damages like that, and the landowners own insurance may not cover the damages.
This may be important information for landowners.
Read that story here: Iowa farmer sues after repeated fires in wind turbines contaminate cropland with debris
Second, Canadian energy economist Ross McKitrick gave an interview about Net Zero, and as regards wind power specifically gave the following amazing analogy.
“Wind power is like building a railroad with a section of three miles of missing track every 10 miles,” he says. “It may be cheaper but it doesn’t work.”
That is IT. What a great way to describe the intermittency and unreliability of wind turbines in Ontario. Use it!!!
You can see the entire interesting interview done by Freedom Research here: FREEDOM RESEARCH PODCAST #10. Professor Ross McKitrick. Cheap Renewable Energy and Other Ridiculous Climate Change Myths.
Energy issues have come up often in this federal election but we will caution anyone believing that the current Prime MInister actually cancelled the “carbon tax”—he didn’t, he simply reset it to zero, so it could be reapplied at any time. And, when he says that his party will support Canada’s new energy future, you will note he NEVER says natural gas—he means wind power. He commented last week that he wants to carry on the “energy transition” in Canada.That means more $$$ for less reliable power.
For more information on the impacts of wind power, please use our “What you need to know” page (from WCO) as a resource—It’s got the latest and best information for you whether it’s health, economics, environment, wildlife or water.