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  1. They should know that our state government is opposed to green energy for philisophical reasons. If they were smart they'd call it a mine for quick approval
  2. Apparently big government and job-killing regulations are okay as long as they only affect clean energy and women's health care.
  3. Let's see. . Clean energy, job creation. . . Oh that's right! We're talking about Wisconsin! "Dig baby Dig" is our motto.
  4. This should be left up to the residents of the area. As most decisons should be, get teh PSC out of it.
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  5. Once again the developer wants to get the turbines up in a hurry and then mitigate any problems. PSC Chairman Montgomery stated at the last meeting just before denying the Highland permit that he knows after the fact mitigation doesn't work.

    Also the developer has ignored the recommendations in the report prepared by 4 sound Engineers specifically for this project.

    "With the Schomer recommendation, and in the presence of a forced decision, the long-term average (2 week sample) design goal for sound emissions attributable to the array of wind\ turbines, exclusive of the background ambient, at all non-participating residences shall be 33.5dBA or less."

    The developer can't meet the 45dB level without curtailment so I wonder how he plans on meeting the 33.5 dB at all non participating residences?
  6. I would enjoy this brief article a lot more if it had hyperlinks backing up various statements. For example, the low-frequency noise pollution. I don't think anyone has yet proved that this happens or is measurable (my god, that whooshing noise several miles from my house is deafening!), or how far away homes are from the turbines, or how safe the existing coal and nuclear plants are doing by comparison.

    Also, wouldn't you love to know how the 2-1 vote went down? Here are the participants: -- okay, now tell us how it went down, JS.

    Again, the squeaky wheel is in action here, not the majority.
  8. Wisconsin is not the only area plagued with the problems of placing wind turbines too close to homes. It is a National and global problem. Ben Franklin always listed pros and cons to make a decision. The recent Shirley wind farm study shows there are cons to wind turbines. I applaude the PSC for looking at the cons and asking the developers to do it right. Quote by Abraham Lincoln "First make sure you are right, then go ahead." The developer did not do it right in Shirley Wind Farm.
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  9. Wisconsin is too backward....instead of looking forward to non-polluting, economical green energy, they look backwards and hold on for dear life to 'what was', not that 'what was' is better, it's just the old way--- so don't let go.... shame
  10. tottnyc; you do realize that currently and for the forseeable future that the phrase "economical green energy" is an oyxymoron don't you?


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