Posted by jdemaris on September 05, 2010 at 05:25:05 from (67.142.130.25):
In Reply to: Way OT- Wind Turbines posted by farmer boy on September 04, 2010 at 22:57:06:
That #22 statement is probably referring to a lease being converted to an easement - but I'm guessing. Federal law demands that all leases have an end-date. Easements are forever. If you do sign any lease or easement, beware of "open to interpretation" statements e.g. "right to access and maintain as necessary." Make sure all access is 100% defined and mapped.
Personally, I hate the big wind towers, but that's just me.
You've got to ask yourself why you want to do it, and go from there.
If it's to help with the environment, then you've been terribly duped.
If it's just for some extra income, and you don't mind a loss of property owner's rights, privacy, and maybe property value - go for it. You are the one that has to balance those things out.
I've got some remote forest land in Jefferson County, New York, on top of the Tug Hill Plateau. They've installed those things all over the place near me. It's like an alien invasion. Roads built all over, security and maintanance people all over- night and day, etc. The turbines themselves make me dizzy when I drive near them. Probably because they are never in sync and all turn at different speeds.
The reality is, these companies get huge tax-payer incentives to built these things, and then they sell them off. As to helping out with energy production in this country - it doesn't even amount to a drop-in-the-bucket, and never will.
Note that I am not anti-alternative energy. My home and farm is on 100% solar and wind energy. I also have a small home in the Adirondacks that is on 100% solar. But, that's small scale, and does fine just for me. In reality, it does nothing for the evironment overall. It enabled me to get some of my tax dollars back, and . . . have some energy independence. I won't live long enough to actually save any money with it - unless present utility rates double (and maybe they will).
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