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WI Lawmaker Aims to Restrict Wind Turbine Locations

Kdal610 News -- MADISON, WI (KDAL) - Wisconsin Senator Frank Lasee has introduced legislation that would allow municipalities to restrict where wind turbines can be placed, citing adverse health effects among some of his constituents. Lasee said the culprits are 500-foot tall industrial wind turbines located in close proximity to homes in Glenmore. He said several families have been forced to abandon their homes due to sickness caused by the turbines, including headaches, ear pain and insomnia. Sen. Lasee cited "dozens of peer-reviewed studies that have proven that 500 foot tall wind turbines too close to homes cause headaches, motion sickness and insomnia."

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Submitted Mar 03, 2013 By: drpepperTX

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Hemond Champion Author Providence Posts:8,153 Points:133,265 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Mar 22, 2013 2:53:27 AM Ignore Hemond Report Abuse No need to legislate windmills. They are an economic dead end. They are only as good as the tax subsidies, handouts and other government welfare they receive. Once the welfare ends the windmills get abandoned. Unfortunately abandoned windfarms truly are ugly eyesores.
tomok Champion Author Portland Posts:32,934 Points:2,342,585 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Mar 22, 2013 2:37:23 AM Ignore tomok Report Abuse WI Lawmaker Aims to Restrict Wind Turbine Locations! Place wind turbines in areas that are not sensitive to visual pollution and are in an area well away from people, homes and occupied areas. Drive vehicles with high MPG, are very safe, reliable, have a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money. The price of fuel at the pump is too high!
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,929 Points:749,935 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2013 10:51:13 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse LOL, afraid to go pick up the book by Dr. Pierpont are we Cakes? I reckon so as you seem to be in quite the denial stage and afraid of the truths coming out about the Eco-imperialist agenda you shill for! Never fear the truth Cakes! The Truth shall set you free!!!
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,595 Points:1,202,085 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2013 10:33:23 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Still no citations on your point! Too many of use live near Wind Farms without adverse effects. Note Hemond's comments too. I hope there will be more hypochondriacs in this area as Hemond's idea of buying and flipping their homes is great! LOL!
Hemond Champion Author Providence Posts:8,153 Points:133,265 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2013 1:46:55 PM Ignore Hemond Report Abuse No lover of windmills here. But there are 3 gigantic ones across the street from me and they cause no problems whatsoever to me or my neighbors. They are totally silent. They are in fact soothing and fascinating to watch. They add a picturesque element to the skyline. People are abandoning their homes? Where? I'll buy those homes up at firesale and flip them.... No, the thing which will kill windmills is they are an economic disaster. But as far as health issues, well that's a non issue, at least for me it is. [Edited by: Hemond at 3/7/2013 1:48:34 PM EST]
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,929 Points:749,935 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2013 12:28:52 AM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse Cakes, go pick up the book Wind Turbine Syndrome by Nina Pierpont, MD, PhD. It is a peer-reviewed report by Pierpont a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine-trained M.D. and Princeton Ph.D. There you can read the truth for....... The Truth shall set you free!!!
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,590 Points:1,606,595 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2013 12:01:39 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse 10k: indeed. Or in inner cities where the noise never stops either.
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,595 Points:1,202,085 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Mar 6, 2013 10:41:38 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Hogwash...lets get some citations to support, "hundreds of such cases of Wind Turbine Syndrome"! Just what is Eco-Imperialism anyway?
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,929 Points:749,935 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Mar 6, 2013 11:23:33 AM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse You are quite right obimerill. You see, one would have to ignore the reports of doctors such as Australia’s Sarah Laurie, Canada’s Nina Pierpont and Britain’s Amanda Harry who have collated hundreds of such cases of Wind Turbine Syndrome. And you’d have to reject the expertise of the acoustic engineers, sleep specialists, epidemiologists and physiologists who all testify that the noise generated by wind farms represents a major threat to public health. If this were the nuclear industry, this is a scandal which would be on the front pages of every newspaper every day for months on end! You see, there are thousands of cases of illness caused by Pig Wind all over the world. A prime example of Eco-imperialism at work.
Hemond Champion Author Providence Posts:8,153 Points:133,265 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Mar 6, 2013 2:09:50 AM Ignore Hemond Report Abuse I think wind is a dead end technology, but I live about 2 blocks from 3 giant turbines and I never had an issue. I sure can't hear them. And they are kinda cool to watch. But they are a big boondoggle, a total waste of money...They are only built because there are tax incentives and government handouts. Otherwise no one in their right mind would ever build one.
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,595 Points:1,202,085 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Mar 5, 2013 11:17:25 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Old posting and info!
snerd All-Star Author Pennsylvania Posts:930 Points:652,075 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 8:28:11 PM Ignore snerd Report Abuse Old news
doctorindyj Champion Author Santa Fe Posts:3,438 Points:836,785 Joined:Nov 2009	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 11:59:37 AM Ignore doctorindyj Report Abuse Most people wouldn't move in next to some but these things tend to move themselves, figuratively speaking, next to people.
gravityhurts Champion Author North Carolina Posts:4,078 Points:934,580 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 7:31:39 AM Ignore gravityhurts Report Abuse Ok,
FBI2991 Champion Author Michigan Posts:4,195 Points:1,136,940 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 7:27:41 AM Ignore FBI2991 Report Abuse Another old posting from yesterday
remay Champion Author Houston Posts:6,953 Points:2,114,690 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 6:52:39 AM Ignore remay Report Abuse Wow, and I thought wind was one of the answers to alterative energy...
jrsva Champion Author Virginia Posts:9,835 Points:1,610,075 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:41:47 AM Ignore jrsva Report Abuse “. . . the win [sic] turbines can be installed with silencers to get rid of adverse noise . . .” That’s BS. There have been some improvements in newer turbines but the issues are unresolved. “. . . the other adverse effects seem to be made up problems by the anti wind power people.” Perhaps similar to the made-up benefits of wind turbines in AWEA propaganda. “For the most part wind power has proven to be very successful.” Spoken as a true AWEA loyalist, Davo. Try living close to a wind project and then see how you feel about it. Knowledge will set you free.
iFueler Champion Author Durham Posts:64,308 Points:175,500 Joined:Nov 2012	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:30:15 AM Ignore iFueler Report Abuse as more OPERATIONAL experience is gained, there seem to be more proposed RESTRICTIONS [Edited by: iFueler at 3/4/2013 12:30:40 AM EST]
lowspeed All-Star Author Akron Posts:701 Points:196,405 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:29:56 AM Ignore lowspeed Report Abuse Not sold on wind turbines
10k Champion Author North Carolina Posts:21,226 Points:2,251,095 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:29:26 AM Ignore 10k Report Abuse you want noise-pollution ??..live next to a major airport, or military base-complain then..
jrsva Champion Author Virginia Posts:9,835 Points:1,610,075 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:28:04 AM Ignore jrsva Report Abuse Aviator, your comments are generally well founded but you have obviously not done your homework on wind turbines. Being from New York you really ought to study up on this a little as it is a big issue there. Those who oppose wind turbines on the mountains and ridges of Virginia and New York are not in favor of building more fossil-fuel plants either but wind “power” in these and similar locations is a snare and delusion. These wind projects are not self supporting. For every MW of installed wind power there has to be a MW of conventional power (fossil, nuclear, or hydro) up and running as a backup for shifts in the wind, otherwise demand would not be met. There has never been a conventional power plant shut down or had its output curtailed due to the installation of wind turbines.
Rednix Champion Author Miami Posts:6,143 Points:1,272,810 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:24:44 AM Ignore Rednix Report Abuse Now that experience has told us of problems with these big turbines this sounds like a good idea.
unicornpmb Champion Author Buffalo Posts:8,476 Points:1,626,590 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:24:23 AM Ignore unicornpmb Report Abuse Can have all those problems without being near windmills.
DavoIL All-Star Author Chicago Posts:805 Points:936,735 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:23:34 AM Ignore DavoIL Report Abuse just a little truth in this, the win turbines can be installed with silencers to get rid of adverse noise,the other adverse effects seem to be made up problems by the anti wind power people. For the most part wind power has proven to be very successful.
pyndasky Champion Author Maryland Posts:9,985 Points:1,778,880 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:22:39 AM Ignore pyndasky Report Abuse I wonder who paid for these "studies"???
dougtaylor1 Champion Author Phoenix Posts:1,746 Points:444,750 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:21:40 AM Ignore dougtaylor1 Report Abuse So what?
regout Champion Author Quebec Posts:2,940 Points:829,780 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:18:45 AM Ignore regout Report Abuse It's a news from yesterday.
BALRSTATUS Veteran Author Grand Rapids Posts:424 Points:88,145 Joined:Feb 2013	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:18:23 AM Ignore BALRSTATUS Report Abuse wtf
KrsnaDragon Champion Author Montreal Posts:2,392 Points:528,375 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:15:43 AM Ignore KrsnaDragon Report Abuse Old 'news'.
crreed1 Champion Author West Virginia Posts:1,970 Points:2,523,410 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:15:22 AM Ignore crreed1 Report Abuse old news
jrsva Champion Author Virginia Posts:9,835 Points:1,610,075 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:14:34 AM Ignore jrsva Report Abuse “How can bats run into the turbine blades? Don't they have sonar?” They do but bats did not evolve with the need to dodge things that are moving in excess of 100 mph. Bat mortality at wind projects in certain areas is documented and mount into the thousands annually. Bats are very important for insect control and they are already stressed in the Northeast (not in WI) by white-nose syndrome. Bat protection is a major concern. That said, fossil-fueled power plants have well-known issues of human health and environmental degradation. To be opposed to wind turbines in areas where they cause problems or are ineffective does not make one favor fossil-fuel plants. We need to move away from fossil fuels but the replacements need to work well. Wind power is nonfunctional in most of the eastern US. Beyond birds, bats, and human health, turbines in the eastern mountains are capable of generating only negligible amounts of electricity that is unreliable and non-dispatchable. Turbines here are erected for the purpose of harvesting tax benefits, not electricity. If those tax benefits were repealed that would be the end of the wind industry in the eastern mountains.
TheSicilian Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:5,364 Points:1,466,825 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:14:28 AM Ignore TheSicilian Report Abuse Send this to obummer
jrschl Champion Author Louisville Posts:2,952 Points:678,140 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:12:58 AM Ignore jrschl Report Abuse I feel this is an old story from Saturday.
NatureBoyKY Champion Author Kentucky Posts:3,348 Points:1,293,210 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:12:19 AM Ignore NatureBoyKY Report Abuse Idiot in action!
boatfloyd Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:1,703 Points:385,050 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:12:07 AM Ignore boatfloyd Report Abuse Maybe we will not see as many now.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,776 Points:410,615 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:11:40 AM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse I have a feeling you're just casting about to find anything that agrees with your preconceived opinions, @obimerrill.
10k Champion Author North Carolina Posts:21,226 Points:2,251,095 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:11:05 AM Ignore 10k Report Abuse i hear ya bearzz and obimerrill..
bearzz Champion Author California Posts:1,417 Points:416,645 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:09:10 AM Ignore bearzz Report Abuse Uhhh . . . not sure the wind turbines are causing illnesses. . . there are psychosomatic illnesses. I'm sure more will be written about this.
obimerrill Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:1,425 Points:286,790 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:07:57 AM Ignore obimerrill Report Abuse About time...green energy isn't so friendly after all!
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RevDrCBJ Veteran Author Ann Arbor Posts:363 Points:187,010 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:03:32 AM Ignore RevDrCBJ Report Abuse Curious. . .
Tsunamiron Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:1,414 Points:554,800 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:03:07 AM Ignore Tsunamiron Report Abuse A restriction on environmentally clean wind turbines, but no restrictions on fracking that destroys our drinking water?
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Toppers Champion Author Atlanta Posts:8,997 Points:2,467,770 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2013 12:01:57 AM Ignore Toppers Report Abuse Seems they'd know what works & what doesn't by now...
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CCLighthouse All-Star Author Hartford Posts:988 Points:210,005 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Mar 3, 2013 11:57:18 PM Ignore CCLighthouse Report Abuse Makes sense! Don't want to make people sick or kill off a lot of birds!