Wind Corner: Zweizig writes Wisconsin State Journal: Is WSJ a PR firm or PAC? or newspaper?

From: dougzweizig@hotmail.com
To: wsjopine@madison.com
Subject: Large wind turbines
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:51:52 +0000

Your editorial on Friday, March 20, and your editorial cartoon on March 23 look more like a PR campaign in support of proposed legislation than a reasoned position and would have far more credibility if the WSJ had actually done some reporting on the issue of the placement of wind turbines too close to homes, rather than just editorializing. It seems inconsistent that the WSJ with its strong interest in public information would not have investigated how the Public Service Commission arrived at their minimal setbacks.
As desirable as wind is as an alternative, non-fossil fuel source of energy, large turbine wind farms have already caused harm to Wisconsin residents where wind turbines have been placed too close to their homes. Anyone wanting to get an idea of living next to a large wind turbine can type in "wind turbines" at YouTube or look at betterplan.squarespace.com. You trivialize the experiences of these people by your insistence on the NIMBY cliché.

Doug Zweizig 6037 N. Finn Road Evansville, WI 53536 608-882-4225