Pro-Jobs, Pro-Economy, Pro-Clean Water, Pro-Mountain and Pro Wind activists Rory McIlmoil and Lorelei Scarbro of the Coal River Wind Project were on “Decision Makers” with Bray Cary –one of West Virginia’s most watched TV shows, where they, shall we say, eviscerated him during a wind or coal debate this past Saturday morning. (Sorry I can’t figure out how to make them show up here–let me know if you can!)
I highly recommend watching these videos, especially if you want to learn about facts and figures pertaining to wind and MTR and see exchanges such as this:
Bray Cary: “My understanding is that if you cut the top off of Coal River Mountain, that the wind will swoop down through there, come up on the uplift of the next mountain and create twice the force”
Rory McIlmoil: “Thats a lie, first of all, and I would like to see that source.”
Bray: “You’re lookin’ at the source.”
Rory: “So you basically just made that up.”
Bray: “And one other thing, these windmills. One of the main concerns I have is are the birds, I mean you guys are just killing the environment.”
Lorelei: “Oh can I go there.” (Lorelei proceeds to explain that mountaintop removal kills or destroys habitat for every animal on the mountain, and the more than 500,000 acres of MTR in Appalachia has likely killed more birds than any windfarm, and adds that house cats and windows kill multitudes more birds than wind…so wind is really the lesser evil…and Bray Cary hollers out, ‘Bird-killer!’”
PS> Our Governor’s office recently admitted that they have the power to stop the mountaintop removal and put in the wind farm — BUT THEY ARE AFRAID OF GETTING SUED BY MASSEY (nasty coal company). It makes me sick that corporations have this much control over our government. Let the governor know where the real power lies and sign the petition at www.coalriverwind.org!
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Awesome job Coal River Wind folks! I remember going up ginsenging (sp?) on coal river mountain and hoping that the next time I was there it would still be there too, and this wind farm proposal gives us more and more hope. Keep up the great work, and Dana, next time you see them tell them that they are all are kick ass and inspiring. Can’t wait to hear more about it and help out from a far.