Environment vs. Environmentalist: The wind turbine debate

Well here's something to think about. Wind turbines have the potential to cut pollution and the dangers of nuclear sites with their cleanly generated power but they would disrupt the actual physical environment. Tough call, but something to think about.

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Proponents of wind turbines tout their ability to cleanly generate power, transmit it to the grid and do so without the pollution of coal plants and potential dangers of nuclear sites.

But opponents of the giant propellers worry about the noise they create along with threats to birds, disruption to lakebeds in construction, and the possible difficulties in actually getting the power to transmission lines.

"It's an interesting issue because it really pits environmentalist against environmentalist," says Daniel Cherrin, a Royal Oak attorney who represents SouthPoint Wind, of Leamington, Ontario. "There are the environmentalists that seek to preserve the pristine beauty of the natural surroundings of the Great Lakes versus the environmentalist that is all about sustainability and finding new ways to generate clean, green energy."

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