Re: “Queen’s Flag flies over Wolfe Island”  -- ISSUE #2-2012

Whenever I visit Queen’s, wind ­turbines covering the horizon are what I first see. The sight is like a 100-square- mile clear-cut or strip mine. But never mind the abominable view.

Even I, a dumb geologist, am able to determine the extreme cost of this so-called green power: three, up to four, times the cost of regular power. Recent studies from the Ontario Professional Engineers confirm my calculations.

For Queen’s to glorify or acknowledge windmills as a source of viable power is about as justifiable as awarding Karla ­Homolka a degree. Support of this form of corruption by Queen’s is unacceptable.

R. J. BRADSHAW, ARTS’58
MEAFORD, ON

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