Perception is everything (Score 2)

I fully support wind, water and solar power. BUT as with any change, you need to manage that change. I grew up in rural Ontario, and now live in the city. There is a big perception that often the concerns of those that live in the rural Ontario (and probably all rural areas) are over looked or are somehow perceived as less important than those of their urban counterparts.

I think that the implementation of wind power in Ontario should have been better handled, more participatory both from a information and financial perspective. Done right you could have municipalities clamoring for and bidding against each other to have wind power in their area. I've seen that phenomena with garbage dumps for goodness sake.

Unfortunately now is too late for the areas that already have wind turbines. It's a bit of mass hysteria...all it takes is one person to say that the wind turbine gives them headaches and some people become worried about brain tumors! It's hard to dispel that even if all the facts are on your side. They could try doing it better in areas without turbines.