An Ohio Farmer's Appeal For Wind Energy - Worth Watching

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There’s a well organized and well funded anti-wind movement in the US, that above all, serves the needs of the Koch brothers and the fossil fuel industry – but in the process corrodes economic opportunities in rural areas, which in recent decades have switched places with inner cities as ground zero for social decay.

EcoWatch:

Ohio lawmakers are currently considering a measure that could transform the state’s rural communities, and last week they heard powerful testimony from those who will be directly impacted.

Fixing Ohio’s wind turbine setbacks

Let’s go back to 2014. That year, the state legislature adopted onerous wind energy setbacks, without accepting public comment or having any public debate, before adopting them. The new regulations were among the country’s strictest siting requirements and have essentially functioned as a wind energy ban ever since.

Ohio has only three utility-scale wind farms, despite high energy demand and adequate wind resources. To get a sense of how the current setbacks have affected the state’s wind development, look to its neighbors:

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To help state lawmakers understand exactly what’s at stake, Gary Baldosser, a fourth-generation farmer who raises corn, soybeans and wheat, testified before a panel last week. A wind farm has been proposed in Baldosser’s town but has yet to be built because of Ohio’s unnecessary setback requirements. Watch the video above to learn what the wind farm would mean for his family.

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https://climatecrocks.com/2017/06/17/a-farmers-appeal-for-wind-energy/#comments

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1. The crust old Kochs need to dry up and blow away

Two assholes shouldn't have that much power.

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2. I live near a proposed wind farm in IN

The Trump supporters are going apeshit with their hair on fire, posting every obscure wind turbine fire and testimony.

They don't complain about the people who have oil rights on their farms.