Yellow Report Alerts

Does everyone know that coal and oil technology for energy creation were both subsidized when they first started being used??  Does everyone know that they are still subsidized??  So why are so many people against subsidizing renewable energy sources that will only do down in price and make gains in efficiency.

I am writing this post because I'm quite disturbed with many of the major media sources in Canada right now.  I can't find web media sources that post responsible non-biased reports; especially surrounding the Ontario election, where there shouldn't even be the slightest bit of bias.  Where can I find good journalism from one source that is free of bias and responsible enough to post a news article that is  to get the story right??

One specific issue that bothers me right now is the reports sparking debate on health impacts of wind turbines.  Most sources only posted a single article about the family filing a claim citing that that wind turbines have potential side effects to health of those that live close to them.  It has not even been proven yet.

The health risks other energy sources (coal and nuclear) easily trump any health risk of a wind turbines.  Is anyone suing the coal and nuclear plants?  Why didn't any of the news articles mention this??  If you read the public comments of these reports,  you will see that this has validated people into thinking wind isn't safe.
Here's 2 links showing how much worse nuclear and coal energy is for our health:

http://www.energyjustice.net/coal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_nuclear_power

I think the timing and the way most media companies presented this story was irresponsible and mislead the public.  If you don't believe me, take a look at the misguided and comments filled with lies in CBC's report(http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontariovotes2011/story/2011/09/22/ontario-wind-turbine-reaction.html).  It's not like it's a little known fact that renewable green energy is a very contentious matter in the Ontario election so you would think any story outlining concerns that haven't even been proven would warrant a quick blurb on the real health impacts of the other types of energy. I've seen this type of thing in hundreds of news reports before and think web media reporters should take some responsibility for the misguided public that read and comment on these stories.  I have seen this one sided yellow reporting all over the place during the election.  I think this situation raises some serious ethical issues with these media sources:

• CBC News 
• The Toronto Star
• The National Post
• The Huffington Post
• The Canadian Press
• The Globe and Mail

The 2 highlighted in Yellow are by far the worst offenders.

Must Reads

I thought I would also provide some recommended reading for some truths about renewable energy as there are allot of people spreading lies.  

This following link outlines the common lies or myths people like to spread

http://www.whywind.org/pb/wp_a1b4e1bf/wp_a1b4e1bf.html

In Germany wind is used for 9% of all power generation now and it's brining the cost of energy down for consumers there. Oil and gas are just going to keep getting more expensive. Wind and Solar will get cheaper and cheaper.  Take a look at this article from Business News Week:
http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LRVKJ207SXKX01-47415GF9HK7FC3OEN2S2K17J5P

Hope everyone is having great weekend.