ONTARIO'S WEST COAST

My wife brought home this week a three page pamphlet she received during a visit to see a play in Blyth Ontario. The title of the pamphlet is "Is This How You Want To See Ontario's West Coast?". The document was produced by concerned citizens of Huron County. For existing and proposed Turbine Sites by County a website is given namely: www.windpowergrab.wordpress.com . My first impression was one of shock when I looked at the two maps provided. At first glance it appeared as if from Grand Bend in the south, northwards to Amberley was one solid wall of wind turbines. Then the other map shows almost as many from Amberley heading north past Inverhuron not quite all the way up to Southampton. Reading the literature more carefully indicates that there are 422 proposed wind turbine projects.

I suppose it makes sense to attempt to locate wind turbines along the "west coast" of Ontario. Afterall today's news is filled with the tornado that devastated parts of Goderich yesterday. Clearly under normal circumstances there is substantial wind coming off of Lake Huron. All this being said in favour of wind energy I can from experience state that it takes an awful lot to get people en masse riled up. It takes an awful lot to get Canadians riled up. Surely the government of the day isn't so confident of future electoral victory that they can afford to alienate voters unnecessarily. Can they not be more stringent in where they agree to locate these turbines?