Maine+residents+push+back+against+wind+power+farms

"Maine residents push back against wind power farms" By Glenn Adams, Associated Press Writer Feb 19, 2010 | 12:33 am Lewiston, Maine USA
 * Sun Journal**;

This article is Maine residents who are against putting wind mills in the area and using wind energy. It explains the bad effects that come along with wind power. Some Maine residents don't want Maine to inherit wind power because of the negative effects they cause. Wind power in Maine is a positive and negative issue in many ways. Noise is a negative aspect on wind power because it may cause many issues such as people going deaf and mainly people not wanting to buy houses near them. “Noise has become an issue on Vinalhaven island, where New England’s largest community-owned wind farm has begun generating power.” Noise may be an issue and people may not want to live there. I also believe that it should be more discussed and researched about them and where to locate them so they have no effect on human beings.
 * Jenn**
 * Hunter R.**

While reading an article about the citizens against putting wind turbines up the newspaper brought up a few valuable facts about them and one if the facts was, “As wind power expands in Maine the industry is feeling a gust of push back from those who worry about the turbines noise and impact on scenery.” Im not going to talk about the noises the turbines make Im going to talk about how people want to find a different way to produce power without using gas and other nonrenewable resources. Think of it this way say you have a beautiful lake or grassland now while your seeing that spot imagine the trees being cut down now all you have is a flat area and as you look at that spot, think of how the wind turbines look and as the look imagine them sitting right there spinning around hundreds of times without a stop. Now as you watch them spin look at that land that its going to be put on and think of the disruption to this field that use to look so nice. Now Im not telling you to hate them or not to hate them but as you think about all the power being produced thing of what was destroyed by putting them in.
 * Charles W.**

“State officials acknowledge heightened awareness across the state to wind power as it transforms “from the theoretical to the practical,” Most people never thought of having a different source of power besides fossil fuels or oil. Now that is becoming more of a reality. Residents in towns with wind turbines are a little worried about them, for many different reasons. But one thing that they should notice a lot about the rise in wind power is how it will help drop prices of oil, and gasoline for your vehicle. In the long run we might have to deal with some extra noise to have a cheaper road trip.
 * KP**

Quote: some critics question the very economics of the renewable energy source. This quote in the article about the push back of wind power farms is important because it shows that wind power has defaults. Some of these defaults include noise pollution which can cause hearing loss and therefore must be placed at least a mile away from any houses. Other wind power defaults include vision damage from looking at the turbines spin and the turbines can kill bird species when a bird flies into one.
 * Alex**

“The state also is continuing to review technical information on setbacks, noise, health implications and other aspects of wind power to see whether regulations should be revisited” This quote states the negative effects of using wind power and wind mills. They mention the negative effect of health implications. Some of these health implications are due to eye sight and hearing. The authors of this article think that windmills will damage people’s hearing because they are loud. Also, the think that people’s eye sight could be damaged by looking at windmills for a long period of time. I don’t agree with this article. I think that wind mills are a good way to get energy other than using fossil fuels such as oil. I also don’t think that anyone would stare at a windmill for a long period of time. And chances are that if people see a windmill, it is because they are driving by one in a car. In that case the people looking at the windmill wouldn’t have time to look at it very long.
 * Travis F.**