Density

We were told at the Cumberland County public hearing in April by AWPC and members of Council that a 1km set back would kill wind development. They told us that there would be nowhere left in Cumberland County for a wind turbine if the setback were any more than 500m.

How very strange then that Pictou and Antigonish Counties, with combined population densities more than twice that of Cumberland County, can support a 75 turbine project (recently proposed Glendhu project from Shear Wind) with no turbine any closer than 4km from a residence.

That's eight times further away than the set back for Cumberland County (with 46% the population density of Pictou County).

Someone has been trying to pull the wool over our eyes. At the Public Hearing there was no forum for discussion whereby any of the more spurious facts could be challenged.

Patently, there is more than enough room for turbines in this sparsely populated County. Why on earth do they have to be positioned so dangerously close to populations?

The Glendhu project would more than amply provide the renewable power NS Power is asking for for it's 2009 target. The local communities support the project. Land use is forestry - not tourism as it is in the Gulf Shore. Looks like a good location to me!