Wind Power or No Wind Power

So tonight I attended an informational meeting on Wind Power. They are proposing a number of Wind turbines in this area. It was ever so interesting and enlightening to hear the thoughts around me. While engaging in conversation with a number of people I heard everything from "The government is trying to pull one over on us" to the turbines have been known to cause rashes on people around the turbine area. Now I am sure that without a doubt the shadow effect and the low noise it emits may affect some people, after all who are we to doubt what another is feeling. My suggestion to the company putting the info session on was to go around to the neighboring people and test what their levels of hearing are, vibration affects and maybe a shadowing machine for a few weeks on their property to gauge things before agreeing to erect a turbine - he thought it was an excellent idea (but maybe the government told him to say that :)
Why is it that when some people are exposed to peanut butter they can die while the majority of population can consume, smell or be around it without any problems what-so-ever?
But the rashes, I would definitely have to hear more on that reasoning. All in all I learned a great deal. Interestingly some of the arguments had clout, for example one person claimed that all the energy was not needed by our country so they were selling it off to another...when I asked where they received their information, well they had inside sources. Probing to find out how much fact there was in that statement the man gave me that deer in the headlights look as though he had never been called to task on his musings. Stumbling he went on to state that is why our hydro is going up, because they can sell it for a higher price to another country. After all if they can get more for it there why wouldn't they charge more here? How much is fact? How many people actually do their own homework and how reliable is their source?
I wonder how much commotion was made way back when they began to erect hydro poles and wires, did people complain back then that they were an eye sore? Did they get rashes etc????
Trying to keep an open mind and being entertained by the varying views.
What are your thoughts??

Advantages of Solar Energy

Here are just some of of the Advantages of utilizing Solar Energy

• There is an unlimited energy provided by the sun
  
• Decrease in green house gas emissions
• Solar is yet to be an essentially untapped market
• After the initial cost energy from the sun is virtually free
  
• Using other energy sources do not give you a return, you continually pay never seeing any return on your money
  
• No need to pull from a power or natural gas grid Solar and other renewable energy systems can be stand-alone
  

Alternative Energy

This blog is designed to bring you information about Alternative energy. Whether the project is big or small. Questions that need answers or just plain curiosity about what it is that you can do to not only help save our planet but also to help save you some of your hard earned cash by incorporating alternative ways to conserve energy in your home.

Hadron Collider

Good, Bad or indifferent?
Many people have expressed great concerns, feeling as though this is a sign of the end of the world.
Has anyone stopped to think about what the cavemen would have said if you told them about hydro, phones or better yet the internet.
It amazes me how very few people seemed to know about the start-up of LHC. This is something that affects the world and everyone in it.
Crazy how we know more about sports or movie stars then we do about those things that may directly affect us.
Could it be that we are too afraid to think of what could become of this? Can we be just that focused on entertainment rather than real world events?
And one wonders why we have many of the issues in the world that we do today!
Your thoughts?????