BRATTLEBORO — Windmills destroy mountaintop environments. Solar is the way to go. There is no logic in windmills, which simply trade one problem (fossil fuels or nuclear for energy sources) and replacing it with another.
Windmills typically require massive earth moving and jack-hammering to remove rock at the mountaintops to create access roads and sites for the turbines.
In addition to cutting off migration routes, food habitat, and access for wildlife, windmills also render scenic mountains off limits to hikers and outdoor enthusiasts. Windmills taint the night sky by requiring obnoxious blinking red lights.
Most tragically, these mountains cannot be restored; they are altered and damaged forever.
You cannot ever adequately return the massive amounts of rock, trees, and earth back to the mountaintop!
We must be vocal and active, and we must fight so that no more windmills that destroy Vermont's mountaintop environments are added to the landscape.
Solar is the way to go!