Posted by ED on July 6, 2007, 1:31 am http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx? Rick Webb: Windmills - power plants of death on Lempster Mountain MY 80-YEAR-OLD mother lives near the summit of Lempster Mountain, in The machines to be used on Lempster Mountain are two-megawatt When spinning, the velocity of the blade tip reaches more than 150 Tall wind turbines of this capacity are subject to lightning strikes, In their wisdom, the decision-makers at Community Energy Inc, the Dozens of people have already been killed by accidents at wind The death machines about to be constructed on Lempster Mountain Since Lempster has no zoning laws and is unable to block this Rick Webb runs R.D. Webb Company, a maker of furnaces for research YOUR COMMENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The voices of UnionLeader.com readers: SOUNDS LIKE MR. WEBB COULD BE FROM NEW JERSEY ALSO. WE HAVE FOLKS I invite Mr. Webb and others of his ilk to remain safely in Well Rick, If you are really that concerned I guess you better be As a maker of furnaces for research, Mr. Webb should be well educated tHE WINDSMILLS IN fENNER, NY ARE NEVER ANY HARM TO ANYBODY, LEAST OF
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By RICK WEBB
Another View
Wednesday, Jul. 12, 2006
the shadow of the proposed wind turbine power plant. Much has been
made of the not in my backyard attitude of opponents of large
industrial wind turbine power plants. I would like to briefly discuss
a few of the reasons why some of us, and perhaps the reader, would
not want to have one of these power plants in our back yard.
capacity turbines manufactured by the Spanish corporation Gamesa.
When completed, the structures will be taller than a 30 story office
building, reaching some 400 feet from the ground to the tip of the
seven-ton blades' uppermost reach. The weight of the structure,
turbine, gearbox and blades mounted some 300 feet above ground is
approximately 40 tons.
miles an hour. Ice forms on the blades during winter, flying off of
the blade tips at top velocity in blocks as big as a man and weighing
up to hundreds of pounds.
as evidenced by the shattered turbine blade experienced at the nearby
Searsburg, Vt., facility earlier this year. On Lempster Mountain, the
400 foot tall structures will be mounted on and near the summit of
the highest point of land in town and a spot already well known for
spectacular lightning displays. The blades used on the Gamesa
turbines are made with carbon fibers. Carbon fibers are the material
used in Edison's first light bulb, they are excellent electrical
conductors.
developer of this power plant, are locating these lightning rods
within 400 feet of one residence, and within 1,000 to 1,500 feet of
some 40 other homes and homesites. Failed turbine blade projectiles
from Gamesa turbines have been known to travel some 3,300 feet before
impact, just far enough to reach the bedroom of my mother's home on
Lempster Mountain.
turbine power plants. Cut in two by flying blocks of ice, burned
alive by explosion and fire, slaughtered in so called "industrial
accidents." I have provided names, dates and places to this paper for
verification.
should concern us all. To wildlife lovers, Reuters reported recently
that wind turbines are wiping out the last vibrant eagle population
in Norway. New Hampshire's dozen nesting pairs of bald eagles are at
risk.
project, New Hampshire's Site Evaluation Committee (SEC) is the last
remaining public body with the authority to assume jurisdiction and
assure that this power plant installation is done in a safe and legal
manner, if it is to be done at all. Facing death on Lempster
Mountain, my mother and her friends and neighbors strongly urge the
site evaluation committee to do so.
laboratories, in Natick, Mass.
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DOWN HERE TRYING THE SAME METHODS. FASLE FACTS ONLY BACK FIRE . I AM
PLANNING ON MOVING TO NEW HAMPSHIRE WITHIN THE YEAR. AND I SUPPORT
WIND POWER. I MAKE MY MONEY IN NEW JERSEY>>>>BUT SPEND IT NEW
HAMPSHIRE, FOLKS.
- ROBERT CREATURA, BOONTON, NEW JERSEY
Massachusetts and take Mom with you. The last thng we need is
Massachusetts liberals dragging our state down to their level.
- George A Clarke, Campton
readying the guest room for Mom to move into. You wouldn't want to
leave her in the path of one of those flying broken blades.
- Andy, Phoenix, Az
on conductive materials. However, in his scare tactics he says carbon
was used by Edison because of its conductive nature. He knows better.
Edison used it because it is a poor conductor and emits light because
of the resistance of the poor conductor. The rest of his letter is
full of distortions and out right lies. It is wonderful that the
State was able to see through all of this and come out with a good
end.
- David McConville, Amherst, NH
ALL TO THE LAND OWNER, WHO RECIEVES MONEY EVERY MONTH.
- Fred Bosworth, Bow, NH
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