Reply to Mark Stash's Life in the Finger Lakes article by Robert Strasburg II

Mark,

I was very discouraged of your account of the pros and cons of the industrial wind turbines published in your magazine recently. Mark, in summary, this entire proposal for supposed “green energy” and economic contribution is nothing short of another Enron scandal bilking the public of taxpayer dollars falsely based on these two very important issues. I am continually astonished at otherwise intelligent people being duped by this perversion of facts.

Mark, I simple open-minded approach to seeking what is behind this fallacy will quickly reveal the motivation of the collusion between government, international financiers, politicians, and private developers. The entire process high jacks important tax dollars and wastes them on an industry unable to contribute any significant amount to our need for clean energy. The Billions of dollars that are earmarks for this theft and improper allocation could be much better spent on cleaning up the coal emissions and building new and better hydro plants.

The reason our area is being permeated with the false propaganda surrounding this unproductive venture rather than directing these dollars toward a more productive effort is simply that the chance for developers, etc. to acquire the level of wealth offered for such a pursuit toward a better idea are not there. This is all about tax dollars accumulated in great quantity and distributed to a few corporations and international financiers and their cronies.

I am not opposed to green energy and recognize fully the need for the same. With that fundamental idea in mind, the idea of industrial wind in the Finger Lakes, as proposed, fails any reasonable test from any reasonable effort of research.

Again, I am sadly disappointed at your take on this. The gullibility you express concerning this issue greatly mars my opinion of your judgment.

Sincerely,
Robert C. Strasburg II