Comments by Lori Lawrence

Commission District: 1

From what I understand, wind farms are not possible in Sedgwick County due to the fact that we have an air force base in the middle of it. Wind turbines are not dangerous and do not kill hundreds or thousands of birds. I have been beneath them and found no evidence of bird death at other Kansas wind farms. If the outrageous numbers were true, there would be dead birds every time I have been there but there is never even one to be found.. Solar installations pose no danger at all and in fact turn out to be a boon to prairie growth as they protect grasses from the excessive heat we now experience regularly due to the climate crisis. There is no reason at all to not allow solar farms in Sedgwick County. Our state has the ability to power the entire population and that of other states as well. The effort to quash solar and wind is not new, the fossil fuel industry has been working hard to do this since the movement started. Do not allow them to control my county.