DEAR News Of The Area,
TO follow up on a previous letter from Justin Page, as the President of No Off Shore Turbines Port Stephens, I can safely say that we do not make any such claims about dead whales (misinformation). The Advance leaflets were placed on seats at a NREN (National Rational Energy Network) event we attended (misinformation).
Some of our members showed support for the Liberal candidate in the recent election and why wouldn’t they when the Liberal pledged to revoke the zone; it just makes sense.
Did union members show support for Labor? (misleading information).
Show me where we have links to fossil fuel (misinformation).
MAGA? Trump? Really?
I’m sure Justin would love to brand us as extreme right wing loons but this would be so far from truth it’s laughable.
As for utilising global tactics to erode the social licence (there is none), you don’t even live in Port Stephens so how would you know anything about the social licence here?
Close to 10,000 members on the Facebook page is hardly a few radical NIMBYS (misinformation). None of our group is diametrically opposed to renewable energy but simply the inappropriate location in this beautiful pristine environment (misinformation).
One thing we definitely agree on is having a fact based assessment of the environment but to date there has been none.
The studies should have been done before the commercialisation, monetising and declaration of the zone.
Could someone please tell me what environmental studies will be conducted?
What economic studies will be conducted?
Will we ever see the results of these studies?
Who will be conducting them? How much environmental degradation is acceptable?
How much energy will they actually produce as opposed to “could” power one million homes?
The lack of trust is based on the shady way that this whole thing has started and two years later nothing has changed.
We are at the doorstep of the fourth step in an eight step process.
Please don’t insult the community’s intelligence by trying to tell everyone that it’s many years away, the proponents want the turbines to be operational by 2028.
I recently invited Justin to engage with myself to have a good chat about this whole thing, “instead of slinging mud over the fence”.
It’s sad to see that he chose the latter.
Regards,
Ben ABBOTT,
President,
No Offshore Turbines Port Stephens.
