Offshore Wind Turbines Save Lives

The States bordering the Great Lakes, and Ontario, are putting the processes in place that will allow offshore development of wind farms. And the NIMBY cry can be heard all along the shoreline  – you can’t ruin my perfect view of the evening sunsets!

Elitist cottage owners ( I say elitist as the price of a cottage on the water, keeps them out of the hands of the ordinary citizen), are mostly demanding that wind turbines not be allowed in front of their cottages, though there may be a small few who are only asking that they be placed many miles out.

Adding renewable forms of electrical generation allows for the replacement of coal-fired generating plants. It has been argued all year long, that Ontario can already shut down all of their coal-fired plants, due to the increased generating capacity that has recently been added to the grid.

Thousands of people will die prematurely this year, due to the smog that’s produced by coal-fired generating plants. In 2000, the Ontario Medical Association predicted 1,900 premature deaths due to smog. In 2005 they revised the number to 5,800. In 2008 the OMA released their new estimates of 9,500 and detailed the numbers by county!

Offshore Wind Turbines SAVE LIVES. Don’t tell me it’s more important to save your view of the sunset than save thousands of lives per year.

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