Better get rid of the lodge too cause it's man-made.
and their clothes
Vermont wind protest planned
Started by
TEO
, Sep 29 2011 03:38 PM
171 replies to this topic
#156
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 30 September 2011 - 12:56 AM
Why complain? Because it's my view that is potentially ruined. I don't want that garbage near me. It really is that simple.
My view was ruined by a McMansion built accross the street blocking the pristine valley. I had no say cause I could not afford to buy the property & I don't think you have either.
#159
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 30 September 2011 - 01:20 AM
I wanted to add my 2 cents about the people in Vermont viewed through my memory...give it a grain of salt you see....
In the late 1960's-early 70's lots of people were running north for freedom.....to escape the war. My theory is that my parents and others ran out of a gas money and ended up a little shy of the Canadian border.....we ended up almost 60 miles shy in a town called Danville (7 miles west of ST J). I think it was 1972 or 1973 when the rural farming towns were invaded by educated hippies that just wanted to do their thingy so to say. The locals embraced us cause we had money to buy land and we didn't have ideas of fucing up their way of life. So fast forward a little bit like to 2011...... these farm kids and hippie kids are now melted in the melted *** and know they love the land and they don't want uncle sam dragging them off or for that matter anything to do with the gov in some regards.
Something just interrupted my thought process.... something to do with people that can live off the grid not needing the grid in their front yard....something like that. I'll return to my thoughts once the cake is done.
In the late 1960's-early 70's lots of people were running north for freedom.....to escape the war. My theory is that my parents and others ran out of a gas money and ended up a little shy of the Canadian border.....we ended up almost 60 miles shy in a town called Danville (7 miles west of ST J). I think it was 1972 or 1973 when the rural farming towns were invaded by educated hippies that just wanted to do their thingy so to say. The locals embraced us cause we had money to buy land and we didn't have ideas of fucing up their way of life. So fast forward a little bit like to 2011...... these farm kids and hippie kids are now melted in the melted *** and know they love the land and they don't want uncle sam dragging them off or for that matter anything to do with the gov in some regards.
Something just interrupted my thought process.... something to do with people that can live off the grid not needing the grid in their front yard....something like that. I'll return to my thoughts once the cake is done.
#161
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 30 September 2011 - 05:15 AM
I wonder if they could put wind turbines on the skyscrapers of Manhatan
probably wouldn't work, but I see no reason why most skyscrapers don't have solar panels on their roof.
Entire roof of the new Allied Health Center building at my school has them
#162
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 30 September 2011 - 05:25 AM
My view was ruined by a McMansion built accross the street blocking the pristine valley. I had no say cause I could not afford to buy the property & I don't think you have either.
That sucks, and that's one of the factors my wife and I considered when we shopped for homes last year. We both work in Rochester and wanted to be somewhat close for our commutes, but there was the threat of development. So we opted for the house that's an extra 15-20 minutes of driving so it's not such a threat because the zoning laws where we are won't allow it. But if wind turbines were to be proposed, I am confident the locals will unite against allowing it considering what happened just south of us.
I wonder if they could put wind turbines on the skyscrapers of Manhatan
That's what I'm saying! Put 'em where structures already are. If not skyscrapers, then other buildings. People living in these areas already have buildings and tall stuff around them.
#165
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 30 September 2011 - 11:22 AM
probably wouldn't work, but I see no reason why most skyscrapers don't have solar panels on their roof.
Entire roof of the new Allied Health Center building at my school has them
A lot of them do now. A lot of it has to do with design. Making it logistically and financially unappealing.
#168
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 30 September 2011 - 02:01 PM
I wonder if they could put wind turbines on the skyscrapers of Manhatan
probably wouldn't work, but I see no reason why most skyscrapers don't have solar panels on their roof.
A lot of them do now. A lot of it has to do with design. Making it logistically and financially unappealing.
...you guys are so thinking like it's the 1970's...
The roof of Citigroup Center slopes at a 45-degree angle because it was originally intended to contain solar panels to provide energy. However, this idea was eventually dropped because the positioning of the angled roof meant that the solar panels would not face the sun directly.
http://en.wikipedia....otable_features
#170
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Posted 30 September 2011 - 09:38 PM
Tabbooma still does not get it, why are people going to protest the wind, what did the wind do?
Stand downwind from a pile of shit and you tell me what wind does. Plus those blades come off and kill thousands of people a year...I made that part up but it could happen...maybe....
