"Wind power is the largest source of renewable energy in the United States. But a broad swath of the country has had no large, commercial wind farms — until now. A new one with 104 towers is up and running near Elizabeth City, N.C., where it spans 22,000 acres."
Even General Motors is pushing the use of wind power and plans by the end of this year to run its Arlington Texas plant on 100 percent wind power. It currently operates on 50 percent wind power.
We will have video of the discussion to add to this post a bit later, but the county commission soundly defeated a resolution that some called zoning that would have given the county the right "to regulate the use of property where such is found to be detrimental to the health, morals, comfort, safety, convenience or welfare of the residents.
This resolution was put forth by 9th district commissioner Sandra Dutcher. After some heated public comment at the start of the meeting and discussion about the resolution it was soundly defeated with only three commissioners voting in favor. Those included Dutcher and 9th district commissioner Woody Geisler and 3rd district commissioner Rebecca Stone.
Video of resolution on proposed land use regulation.
A second resolution also failed that was a non-binding resolution that had been previously passed by the Farifield Glade Community Club and the Crossville city council. It failed in a vote of 6 commissioners in favor and 10 opposed. Commissioners voting for the resolution included Rebecca Stone, Allen Foster, Terry Carter, Tim Claflin, Sandra Dutcher and Woody Geisler. Sonya Rimmer and Elbery Farley were absent. Other members voted against the resolution.
As the group opposed to the windfarm left the meeting following the second vote a shouting match broke out and required Cumberland County Sheriff Casey Cox to go into the audience to try and calm things down.
Video of resolution opposing windfarm and aftermath.
Opponents of the Crab Orchard Windfarm filled the courtroom as the county commission met to consider two resolutions on the windfarm. Both resolutions failed
Wearing "Stop the Turbines" shirts, some of those who attended the meeting discussed what they could do next after the meeting.
Both of the photos in this post were shot from near the Walmart store behind the old Oak Ridge Mall.
In this photo, the red area marks where the close up photo below is taken. The windmills are visible from parts of Oak Ridge, but do not seem to create any issues for the residents there. The windmills that belong to TVA have been present for many years.
There is a quick survey on the blog page for you to vote your feelings on the windmills proposed for Crab Orchard, TN.
The red box shows the same area shown in the close up photo below.
Several windmills that overlook the city of Oak Ridge, TN
