—Op-Ed by Jack Sullivan, MS (Physics) ©Windtoons.com I was interested to read an editorial in the Press Republican earlier this month arguing that wind power can make a meaningful dent in gas prices. This is a classic “apples to oranges” mis-comparison. Little electricity is produced by burning oil, and few homes that currently burn oil […]
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—Op-Ed by Calvin Luther Martin ©Robert Thompson It would be an understatement to say wind energy is a contentious issue locally. It’s a volatile subject across America, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, even China. What we’ve experienced in the North Country is a carbon copy of what happens everywhere. Normally calm communities are plunged into protracted,
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—Op-Ed by Boyce Sherwin, MBA Last week, at the invitation of the group, Keep Burke Beautiful, I made a presentation to the Burke town board on the effects of industrial wind turbines on property values. I discussed, as well, the actual PILOT income to Chateaugay and Bellmont. During my presentation I was heckled by some
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