{"id":10073,"date":"2010-09-26T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=10073"},"modified":"2012-02-11T04:43:45","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T09:43:45","slug":"whats-worse-than-wind-turbines-in-your-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2010\/whats-worse-than-wind-turbines-in-your-backyard\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s worse than wind turbines in your backyard?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHydrofracking (Fracking) for natural gas<\/h4>\n

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\nEditor’s note: \u00a0We include “fracking” for natural gas on the website because natural gas exploration often goes hand-in-hand with industrial wind energy—many communities find themselves<\/span> confronted by both horrors. \u00a0Witness the experience of Meredith, NY, as described recently by<\/span> NY Times columnist Stanley Fish<\/a>. \u00a0Big Wind and Big Gas employ the same sleazy techniques for “winning the hearts and minds” of local town boards and property owners. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Watch this video. \u00a0Before you do, re-read Jonathan Swift’s “Modest Proposal<\/a>” (1729)\u2014it’s short\u2014\u00a0\u201cfor preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden to their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(Yes, Swift wrote “Gulliver’s Travels.”) \u00a0Swift proposed that indigent Irishmen raise their children as a culinary delicacy for wealthy Englishmen.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bizarre, right? \u00a0Insane, right? \u00a0Don’t worry, Swift (an Irishman) wasn’t being serious; he was lampooning the British government and aristocracy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fracking is right up there with Swift’s “Modest Proposal”—except fracking isn’t satire. \u00a0It’s insanity that’s being performed as I write these words. \u00a0It’s happening in the southern tier of New York State. \u00a0(Nina & I live in New York State.) \u00a0Fracking is used extensively out west, and is now invading the Marcellus\u00a0Formation<\/a>, a colossal shale seam (impregnated with natural gas) beneath the Appalachians.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Industrial wind turbines in our backyards and fracking compounds pouring through our faucets: \u00a0a madness of Swiftian proportions. \u00a0The only difference being that Swift’s madness was a harmless jest. <\/span>
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\u00b7 Hydrofracking (Fracking) for natural gas \u00b7 Editor’s note: \u00a0We include “fracking” for natural gas on the website because natural gas exploration often goes hand-in-hand with industrial wind energy—many communities find themselves confronted by both horrors. \u00a0Witness the experience of Meredith, NY, as described recently by NY Times columnist Stanley Fish. \u00a0Big Wind and Big Gas employ the same sleazy techniques for “winning the hearts and minds” of local town boards and property owners. Watch this video. \u00a0Before you do, re-read Jonathan Swift’s “Modest Proposal” (1729)\u2014it’s short\u2014\u00a0\u201cfor preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden to their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(Yes, Swift wrote “Gulliver’s Travels.”) \u00a0Swift proposed that indigent Irishmen raise their children as a culinary delicacy for wealthy Englishmen. I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled. Bizarre, right? \u00a0Insane, right? \u00a0Don’t worry, Swift (an Irishman) wasn’t being serious; he was lampooning the British government and aristocracy. Fracking is right up there with Swift’s “Modest Proposal”—except fracking isn’t satire. \u00a0It’s insanity that’s being performed as I write these words. \u00a0It’s happening in the southern tier of New York State. \u00a0(Nina & I live in New York State.) \u00a0Fracking is used extensively out west, and is now invading the Marcellus\u00a0Formation, a colossal shale seam (impregnated with natural gas) beneath the Appalachians. Industrial wind turbines in our backyards and fracking compounds pouring through our faucets: \u00a0a madness of Swiftian proportions. \u00a0The only difference being that Swift’s madness was a harmless jest. \u00b7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[173],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}