[cripplecreek]

Full title: Mason County wind farm neighbors sue Consumers Energy, claim physical harm from Lake Winds Energy Park

Official complaint (pdf)

[cripplecreek]

I just about guarantee the turbines aren't turning today because there is too much wind.



Michigan legislative action thread

[DouglasKC]

I hope they win. Those things are a blight on the landscape and the only reason they’re even viable is government subsidies. Waste of time and money compared to cheaper and less intrusive forms of energy generation.

[detective]

“The $250 million Lake Winds Energy Park development in Mason County’s Riverton and Summit townships, between Ludington and Pentwater, generates 100.8 megawatts of electricity”

That is an installed cost of $2.5 million per MW for interruptible power supply. That is ridiculous. Taxpayers and ratepayers are subsidizing this monstrosity. Neighbors are getting sick.

[elkfersupper]

I say examine their voting record before deciding the case.

If they voted for people in the "D" column all these many years, they should be forced to live with the consequences.

I see Michigan. What are the odds they did not vote for the people who disrupted their "quiet enjoyment"?

[mountn man]

I love driving up 31, near Hart. Theres a hill that you clear and then the view opens up. It reminds me a LITTLE bit of the front range of Colorado (except much smaller). Unfortunately, they have those big ugly things ruining a good view.

Was out at Bass lake last summer and saw those ugly things sticking up out in the distance.

[nascarnation]

Just give the neighbors the rights to harvest the shredded poultry downstream of the wind farm.

At least they’ll be eatin’ on the cheap....

[mountn man]

[Ditter]

I hope these people win and force these things out. We were driving up in north Texas along the Red River, beautiful country. We came over a hill and these windmills stretched as far as you could see. They are hideous.

[sickoflibs]

Wind farms......ethanol was another brilliant idea.