Seems an appropriate slogan for the SouthPoint Wind development planned for Pigeon Bay in Lake Erie just one kilometer (half a mile) off the shores of the City of Leamington and Kingville.

It would appear that there is no cost too high in the name of green energy… even when other environmental factors are at risk. Pigeon Bay is one of North Americas busiest migratory paths for hundreds of thousands of birds and Monarch butterflies.

Will this be their fate…

Of course developers and proponents of wind energy will argue that more cats, cars and buildings kill birds than wind turbines. While this is true, it is certainly not in proportion. Of course they do… there are millions of them! But per unit, wind turbines win the award.

Others will argue that the average number of bird deaths is only 2.18 birds per turbine per year. That sounds great if you’re comparing apples with apples. But this is basically a wildlife park, not the middle of nowhere land.

Just imagine the migration of Canadian Geese…

And the Monarch Butterflies…

As they journey thousands of miles only to be welcomed by 180 wind turbines and their slice-and-dice blades swinging in their wake. Birds will be falling from the sky.

Even the developers own 2009 bird study for the project area revealed over 1400 birds at risk in their 11 day survey period. Note, each day consisted of one and a half hour sessions and the project size consisted of 15 turbines… Now 180 turbines planned for the same area.

Imagine the true numbers of birds that will soon be falling from the skies.

The ironic part is that these birds are federally protected by the Migratory Bird Act and the Monarch Butterflies are federally protected by the Species at Risk Act.

Unless the federal government intervenes, it’ll be “OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!”

SouthPoint Wind is back…

This time they want to put 180 industrial wind turbines in Pigeon Bay just 1-2 km off the shorelines of Kingsville and Leamington in Lake Erie.

I’m a nimby and proud of it.

There’s a reason why people don’t want these monsters in our backyards and the Provincial Government of Ontario knows it. Instead of environmental assessments and health studies, they passes the anti-democratic Green Energy Act to force green energy projects into communities.

Unfortunately the real green is the color of the money being promised to developers with feed-in tariffs that guaranteed them a fixed rate for the next 20 years… $0.13/kWh for land projects and $0.19/kWh for offshore projects.   It’s no wonder SouthPoint Wind wants to ravage our lakes will their greed.

Since we only pay $0.06/kWh right now in Ontario, you can easily see how this will bankrupt us all.

The Ontario Government is trying to put wind turbine farms in our beloved lakes.

Not way out deep in the middle of the lake, but within 1.5 km of the shoreline… that’s less than 1 mile off shore.  Right in the middle of our public beaches, national parks and marinas.

The new Green Act overrides the municipalities and puts all the power in our now-elected officials… Leaving crucial Environmental Assessments in the hands of the developers!???

While I am all in favor of green energy, are our lakes the right place?

A few years ago, my husband and I moved our family as far south as we could go… Point Pelee is the southernmost tip of Canada.

We were fortunate to find a little place on the shores of Pigeon Bay in Leamington.

With bird sanctuaries everywhere, it’s bird heaven… even in the winter.

Now someone wants to ruin it with an industrial wind turbine farm.  The new proposal is for 15 wind turbines measuring 410 feet high placed in the lake  just 1.5 km (that’s not even a mile) off the shoreline and public beaches.

This is just Phase I, the original proposal was for 119 turbines.