A Great Article & PhotosThe View from the Top – Link to Arial Views
Some think they’re beautiful
Some think they’re ugly
Any thoughts on the subject?
Lempster, NH Wind Farm
07 Tuesday Oct 2008
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07 Tuesday Oct 2008
Posted in Other
The View from the Top – Link to Arial Views
Some think they’re beautiful
Some think they’re ugly
Any thoughts on the subject?
Whispers In The Wind 
Hello.. I find the windmills beautiful and amazing. I had a preset idea they would be out of place and make to much noise. I was wrong. I find the cell phone tower much more offensive.. perhaps they could take some design ideas from the wind farm folks. I would love to have more statistics on how big around the base is, how tall, how long is each blade, generates how much power etc. I plan to bring my elderly Dad out to see the mountain, the pond and the windmills! ~ Thank you
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Hi Deb, I agree that the cell towers are pretty nasty looking. On the other hand, US Cellular is saving me from dial up so I guess that makes it more tolerable! Thanks for the input. ~Shirley
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I recently drove through Lempster – taking the scenic route through NH from VT. to Maine, thanks to my brother! We were excited to see the windmills, and stopped to look/listen. We heard nothing except the fans that were in the greenhouses off the road (the greenhouses are empty – why the fans??) Sorry, I digress! We were fascinated at how quiet and rather pleasant the towers and blades were. Geometrically artistic, much nicer looking than the communication and radar towers we saw off to the right in the distance.
I agree with others who have said that they would much rather have the windmills in their neighborhood, than other things. Any one seen a coal mine, seen the sludge flowing down the hill sides? Have you seen an oil field, smelled crude oil and helped clean up after an oil spill? I don’t know about you who object to windmills, but I for one will take them over the polluting options anyday. I’d like to see more of the windmills..sure there are problems, but has anyone stopped some of the other energy producers permanently because of problems….how many coal miners have lost their lives, yet coal continues to be mined, and lives continue to be lost….
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8/23/2010 My wife Trish and I went to the land we own in Unity ,,, we saw the wind farm for the firt time !! they are a beautiful site !! I would much rather see the white towers than a coal plant or worse!!!! No system for makeing power is perfect ,,,this is a step in the right direction,,,We will be building our dream home at some point soon ,,the wind farm will be a part of the beautiful view we have of New Hampshire.. Chris Bogen
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Thank you, Chris. Now that we have windmills in Lempster I’m hoping the next big leap will be an alternative to dial up internet! Best of luck with your dream home…I hope you enjoy NH living. 🙂
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When I first saw the windmills in Cagayan, Philippines, I was stunned how big they were and how powerful they could potentially be in converting our wasteful electrical generating products to something a little more practical. Birds, bats, etc have been navigating through all of our structures for centuries and I don’t see massive destruction happening from our present day wind turbines. As far as the folks who despise the look of the machines, perhaps the look, taste, and smell of hydrocarbon sludge is better. Or even better, the actual removal of mountains for coal mining will perhaps be considered one of the greatest visual tragedies of the century. I am sure that we will want electricity for many years to come and along with sensible generation will come sensible conservation. Instead of dancing around putting every light in the house on and running streetlights like they weren’t even adding to the problem, we should put our minds in gear and conserve more.
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Great post. I find this to be a really fascinating topic and you put a new spin on it for me. Thanks! 🙂
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The great lie. There are many health issues (do the research) due to the humming sound (humans and animals). You still need coal power – people think that major sources of polluting power are done away with – NOT. The ‘wind’ must be at a constant – thus these are very unreliable.
They have found – much to many towns regrets etc – that the gear boxes are defective – all but those built in Germany. Lempsters (so much for jobs) were built in Spain. The huge fields in Texas turbines were built in China!
See:
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/003346.html
It never ceases to amaze me how people do little to NO research – and believe all the propaganda. Try living near these! Ha – note that Hyannis Port – Martha’s Vineyard etc folks are having NONE of this (ocean windmills)….the whole area is being designated a heritage – historical site –phew, thus the yachting – views are protected.
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I live in the town of Newbury and about 30 minutes away from these wind turbines. My family and I are often visiting Pillsbury State park because it is a quiet, beautiful location. There are no large campers and everyone there is very respectful to one another. We come to enjoy the quaint lakes and other peaceful out door activities. My dad really loves going there. He really loves to sit in his kayak and be a peace with nature. The first time I saw the wind farm, I thought it was intriguing but i have started to think my dad. I don’t really like them, they are very tall and dominate the hillside. I think they really diminish the beauty of the sights. I could even hear them spinning around. I support using new alternative energy sources, and i support wind power, I juts really wish they could have put those turbines up someplace else, there are plenty of other place that receive more wind than in Lempster.
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im kevins grandson and i was their to see the wind project from when the first tree was cut all the way to when they all spun
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Hello, Morgan! You are very fortunate to have such a great view of them. I’m sure it’s something you’ll always remember. I can only see them when the leaves are gone… which won’t be long now! One of these days I’ll make it up to your Grandfather’s house and get those pictures I’ve been wanting. Thank you for commenting. –Shirley
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I just drive through town yesterday and saw these for the firs time – I thought it was quite beautiful. It felt like a cool, modern sculpture park and made me appreciate the beautiful landscape in a new way. I enjoyed seeing the diiferent wind patterns – some were spinning some were not. It made me curious to experience what it would be like to stand beneath one. Is that possible? Anyway – seems like something the town should be proud of.
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The windmills are great for the environment. They took away some of the hiking disapearance atmosphere that I endure . If it benefits the environment I’m in.
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Hi Alyssa – thank you so much for your comment. You are very informed for a teenager. I am also a resident of Lempster and I would say we have another unique asset… we have you! By the way, I agree with you that we have something to be proud of in this project. Thanks again, Shirley
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I think that they’ll be really helpful soon. I like that Lempster finally has something to be proud of. I’m a resident in Lempster, and a teenager as well, and I like the fact that we have something unique about us because all 10 years I’ve lived there, nothing really has jumped out at me that is unique. I like the fact that now we all have something to be proud of.
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I think they are beautiful. They have the kind of spare, functional beauty that is usually only found in weapons, from swords to F-16s.
They are pretty to watch, not so pleasant to listen to, particularly when they gather together in a herd on a farm.
It’s a mature technology, though. After the oil crisis in the 70s California invested in the technology until they got the kinks out of it.
Right now they are mostly good for use in peak energy conditions. We need batteries that hold an enormous amount of electricity, can be discharged quickly, and are cheap. Fortunately those have been developed too. Vanadium batteries are an old technology that’s been looking for a problem to solve for a long time.
Wind and solar power farms may be the problem they solve.
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I don’t know what they cost or if they are the most efficient, but anything that is not coal or nuclear and uses the natural flow of the planet is ok by me. Alternative sources for energy have to be explored and tested. Like anything, not all will work everywhere. But, wind, solar, tidal, and other forms have to be explored so that we can stop the fossil fuel madness that has had us in the grips must stop. We have to move away from that as our source of energy for economic and security concerns. Ok, ok, I’m off the soapbox.
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From participation on a loop for a dark skies park in PA, in the vicinity of which there were plans to put up some wind turbines thus disrupting the darkness with the tower top lights, I came to realize that although there is a lot to recommend these things (and they’re somehow fascinatingly lovely to look at, just mho… not that I would want them marring vistas all over the world)–there are still many dowsides to them, even environmentally speaking. I don’t pretend to remember or understand all the talking points that some of these PhDs were discussing, but it did open my eyes to a few different sides of the argument.
What it comes down to is, I think, it seems like we have these knee jerk reactions to things (positive or negative reaction, depends on the topic of course) and plunge right in without considering the repercussions deeply enough. Like devastating side effects of todfay’s miracle med that show up 20 years later.
And all this from a knee jerk environmentalist… LOL
Nan
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Shirley, I don’t really have a leaning in either direction, but I think I told you about my father purchasing one almost a year ago. He spent about 40K and it’s been almost a year and has yet to generate an ounce of energy. (very long story, it was the first in the area and I don’t believe the company was prepared). In most cases it seems, unless there are subsidies involved, it’s not cost effective. I’d be interested in hearing from others that have taken the leap.
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