Green Homes of the Future?

Honestly, our community opposition to behemoth wind turbines towering above our homes is not cause to believe that we are backward looking, greedy, unconscionable fringe people. To prove my point, I'd like to share this link with you. We are eager to pursue sustainable, energy-conscious, efficient solutions for our future.

I like the ones with the Spanish tiled dormers.



http://pinktentacle.com/2008/08/styrofoam-dome-homes/

Wind Turbines are NOT Music in the Air

 Rob Rand

"Wind Turbine Sound: An Independant Investigation"

http://www.knowledgestream.org/kstream/item.asp?item_id=8971


 

Rob Rand is a skilled and dedicated technical professional with thirty years' experience in acoustics including industrial noise control, environmental sound, and architectural acoustics. He has been a member of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering since 1993.

Follow the link to view the 59 minute presentation.

"Dr. Rand explains the complex nature of environmental sound in terms that lay people can easily understand", says county leader.


May 2010 - The community was in the early stage of investigating the noise impact of behemoth wind turbines.



Rockingham County Virginia Meets the Windbaggers

Lumis/Solaya Poised to Reap Subsidies, Loan Guarantees and "in demand" benefits of producing "renewable " energy.

Solaya is developing a wind farm along a ridge on the Virginia/West Virginia border. Instead of a lease agreement, Solaya is joining with the land owners (who are merely capitalizing upon their positions of OWNERSHIP) to create a legal entity that shares profits according to an agreed upon share system. The question to be answered is: Are the potential benefits (to whom) so great so as to justify "permanent" disruption of the natural environment for "carbon-dioxide free" electricity? If the benefits outweigh the costs, the "Industrial Scale Wind Developers" must publicly demonstrate the proposed benefits prior to accepting any public financial support. For public support of the current magnitude, the current technology should MUST be deserving. Therefore, it should be totally acceptable to all interests to accept the challenge to PROVE IT.

In excess of 5 miles of cleared ridge North of Cow's Knob, WV

•Solaya has land leases for two separate areas of ridge line in Virginia and West Virginia, including 1000 acres of land at one location and 5 miles of ridge line at another location.

•The land can support approximately 62 turbines with a capacity of 167 MW of power.

•The land under control has a 500kV main transmission line running through the property and access to the National Forest, allowing great potential for additional development.

Probable Northernmost 14 +/= Wind turbines
(approximately 10% of environmental consumption for total project)