Another proposed wind farm east of Firth? No, bad idea and no, it doesn't matter if it creates 80 short term jobs or more permanent jobs for a small handful of people. Long after the land owner walks away with his pockets full of cash and the developer is on that wonderful European vacation, sponsored in part by government subsidies, we, our children and our children's children, all of the residents of Bingham County for generations to come will be here, day-in-and-day-out, and we will have to live with the sight of those ugly, ecosystem-damaging eyesores.
And why? To produce a negligible amount of energy to be shipped off to another state? To kill off eagles and osprey and damage the wildlife and threaten the living standards of those around the wind mills? If we want to put people to work in the wind energy sector, let's start by dismantling the eyesores that already exist in Bonneville County. That would be work worth doing.
If the county is that desperate for revenue then propose to raise taxes but do not sanction the approval to raise those turbines.
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