Junction Rivers Wind Farm (formerly Burrawong Wind Farm)

I DO NOT CONSENT to our Public Funds being wasted by Stupid Bureaucrats, Socialist Zealots & Greedy Vested Interests on such Filthy, Pathetic, Fake Green, Incapable, Weather Dependent, Intermittent, RenewaBULL JUNK like this illogical, Fire hazardous, Toxic Contaminating & Useless, CCP Reliant, Unethical Cobalt Based Junction Rivers Wind Electricity Generating Works + BESS Public Health & Safety Disaster!

AUSTRALIA’S ENERGY SECURITY - FOOD SECURITY - NATIONAL SECURITY NECESSITATES INDEPENDENT, RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE, EFFICIENT, PLENTIFUL, SECURE, 24/7 AUSTRALIAN COAL, GAS & A CLEAN, SAFE NUCLEAR POWER FUTURE WITH MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT - TO MEET THE OBJECTIVES OF OUR NATIONAL ELECTRICITY LAW - WITH NO INTERCONNECTOR NIGHTMARE NEEDED!!

**WIND TURBINES ARE A FAKE GREEN SCOURGE - SHEDDING TONNES OF MICROPLASTICS FROM WIND TURBINE BLADES (KNOWN AS ‘LEADING EDGE EROSION’) - AFTER ONLY A FEW YEARS OF OPERATION. 

**18th August 2022 - Dr Eric Blondeel says:- 
“That the plastics in the blades are toxic - is without doubt!”
As far back as 2012 the World Health Organisation warned about potential carcinogenic properties of endocrine disrupters & concluded that these substances pose a global threat to public health.
Unborn & young children are especially vulnerable because their hormone system is still developing.

Bisphenol A - a toxic chemical used in the epoxy resins that are used to make turbine blades. High speed spinning blades 300 KM/H collide with dust particles, rain and hail chipping off small particles of the resin coating.

**https://stopthesethings.com/category/bisphenol-a-wind-turbine-blades/

**https://greatlakeswindtruth.org/newsworthy/media-release-na-paw-will-bisphenol-a-be-the-end-game-for-industrial-wind-the-pfos-poly-and-perfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas-pfos-is-used-in-lubricants-coatings-paints-varnishes-plastics-and/
https://greatlakeswindtruth.org/newsworthy/essay-by-dr-ir-eric-blondeel/

**https://bergensia.com/bisphenol-a-in-wind-turbines-damages-human-fertility/es-human-fertility/

**GROUND WATER SUPPLIES MUDDIED BY PILE DRIVING FOR THE MASSIVE WIND TURBINE BASES.
Wind farm woes continue as Victorian turbines fail after only five years – www.cairnsnews.org - 11th April 2024
https://cairnsnews.org/2024/04/11/wind-farm-woes-continue-as-victorian-turbines-fail-after-only-five-years/

**Wind Turbine Fire
https://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/news-media/media-alerts/wind-turbine-fire-at-redhill-7-february-2024/#:~:text=A%20fire%20has%20destroyed%20a,around%20the%20collapsing%20wind%20turbine.

**https://x.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1806869935706231003
29th June 2024
A wind turbine has burst into flames last night in Portland. The wind farm operator is investigating the cause of the fire. #7NEWS

**Gateway Energy Storage System Fire: Otay Mesa, CA - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7UY4ioP4VQ

**BLOOD BATTERIES - THE DARK SIDE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES - Gravitas Plus YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RFHvq-8np1o

**THE DISTURBING REALITY OF COBALT MINING FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES.
“CLEAN COBALT IS A FICTION – THERE IS NO CLEAN COBALT - IT'S ALL MARKETING!”
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/mining/harvard-professor-explains-heartwrenching-source-of-electric-vehicle-iphone-batteries/news-story/db881f47c76db89581409c092a740c4c
Joe Rogan exposes sad truth about cobalt used in electric vehicle, iPhone batteries |news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site.
Cobalt is in all iPhones, tablets & crucially EV's - it maximises charge & stability.
Before anyone knew what was happening the Chinese Government & Chinese companies took control of almost all of the big mines in the Congo, with the local population displaced & the Congolese people under duress - digging in subhuman, gut wrenching conditions - using all raw human force - clanking the cobalt out of the ground!
Throughout the whole history of slavery, never has there been more suffering that generated more profit than was linked to more lives of people around the world than what is happening today in the Congo - mining cobalt in appalling, heart wrenching & dangerous conditions.

**The 'Sunk Cost' Trickery That Makes Renewables Seem Cheaper Than They Are - 23rd July 2023.
https://www.fresheconomicthinking.com/p/the-sunk-cost-trickery-that-makes?utm_medium=web
AIDAN MORRISON

**Counting the Cost: Subsidies For Renewable Energy - The Centre for Independent Studies
https://www.cis.org.au/publication/counting-the-cost-subsidies-for-renewable-energy/

**More misinformation from CSIRO on Nuclear
https://www.cis.org.au/commentary/video/more-misinformation-from-csiro-on-nuclear-copy/

**Nuclear VS Renewables: What Will It Cost? | Zoe Hiltonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw_AX9WaJ08

**https://youtu.be/J50hWO2DKHc
Adi Paterson - You are being Conned
GenCON Report & equating AEMO & the Government with Animal Farm!

**Energy Transition Masquerade: The $360 Billion You Pay - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0NKDozvO58

Junction Rivers Wind + BESS is a despicable, diabolical plan designed to rip-off the Australian public with CONtrolling Energy Poverty.
Nobody in their right mind would rely on the weather for their Electricity Grid & wreck our children’s future by making Australia weak - beholden to the CCP - our most hostile enemy!

Windlab’s Industrialised Wind Electricity Generating Works & incapable Battery Energy Storage System is an extremely destructive, disingenuous plan with a contaminating lifecycle that is not one bit clean, green or sustainable.
Being weather dependent is useless, only ensuring it will never provide reliable, cheap power on demand.
Australians need far superior 24/7 Australian power with a minimal environmental footprint.

We visit family located within this region twice yearly. There are not many places left in Australia where you can visit and fully immerse yourself in a farming community virtually untouched by development.
On our visits we camp making the most of all nature has to offer.
We have no objection to renewables actually feel they are necessary for us going forward however, location of these farms needs more community consideration
I strongly object to the installation of the windfarm for so many reasons.
#noise of machines
# beautiful view of surrounding land would be impacted
#fire risk, while camping you we as a family dont want to worry about fire breaking out
# general impications for local community

This area is prime agricultural land and an important watercourse (Murray, Edward and Wakool rivers).
I have been camping and working in this area for 30 years and the last it needs is wind farms.

I object to the project because I think it will have a detrimental affect to agriculture and the environment within the area

As someone who has lived and worked in the Kyalite district for many years and am currently a financial shareholder in the Kyalite Community Hotel I find it stressful big companies and corporations can come in and bully small communities.
Prime agricultural land bordered by three rivers Murrumbidgee Wakool and the Edwards should preserved for future generations as source of food security.
Turbines and solar panels don’t need to be placed along side horticulture and intense irrigation farming because it’s convenient for power companies to access major transmission lines
With wide open spaces on grazing lands to the north and the east I would strongly advise the regulator to reject this proposal.

Agriculture is essential to Australia's economy, contributing billions to GDP each year. The loss of farmland to renewable energy projects like wind turbines and solar farms are direct threat to this vital sector. The government is prioritising energy over agriculture, violating the Paris Agreement's commitment to food security.
The critically endangered Australasian Bittern, which relies on our wetlands, is losing its habitat to these industrial developments.

Not a great location! Too close to local farming area and will disturb crops, livestock and resistants of farming area.

The agricultural sector is a cornerstone of Australia's economy, providing jobs, food, and contributing billions to the GDP.
The destruction of farmland for renewable energy projects is not only a violation of our rights but also a threat to the nation’s economic stability. The government is prioritising energy over agriculture, which goes against the commitments made under the Paris Agreement.
The critically endangered Swift Parrot, which relies on the flowering eucalyptus in our region, is losing its habitat due to these projects

The agricultural sector is a major contributor to Australia's GDP, generating billions of dollars in revenue. The destruction of our farmland for renewable energy projects will not only harm our community but also have a significant impact on the nation's economy. The government is breaking the Paris Agreement by allowing energy projects to take precedence over agriculture.
The endangered Striped Legless Lizard, which relies on our native grasslands, is being pushed closer to extinction as these habitats are destroyed

The Bisphenol A from aging turbine blades is a growing concern that threatens our soil and water quality. This contamination will degrade our farmland, reducing our ability to produce food and diminishing our contribution to Australia’s GDP. The government’s failure to address these risks is a breach of the Paris Agreement, which emphasizes the importance of protecting food security.
The critically endangered Red-lored Whistler, which depends on the Mallee woodlands in our area, is losing its habitat due to these developments, as are many others

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Unreliable due to reliance on windy weather, therefore functions 30% of the time.
Environmentally destructive and toxic contamination, not only from erosion of the blades shedding toxic Bisphenol A. But upon end of lifespan the enormous amount of landfill needed to bury them.
Drilling pylons for WT bases pollutes the groundwater.
Endangered birds, and bats are killed by the blades.
Defies the Paris Agreement by being placed on productive food producing land.

Submission that the Junction Rivers Wind Farm be declared a controlled action, be denied a planning permit and NEVER be constructed

1. The Junction Rivers Wind Farm will slaughter iconic birds and bats, over a 50 km area, 24 hours a day. It will be very detrimental to the local ecology. Particularly decimate protected Wedge Tail Eagles.
An example: (The Australian 10/7/24) According to the EPA, the proponent St Patricks Plains Wind Farm, Tasmania owned by Korea Zinc, estimates the blades will kill on average two eagles a year, or 41 to 81 eagles across the farm’s 30-year lifespan, based on mitigation reducing 58.5 per cent of collisions. It is estimated only 220 Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle breeding pairs remain, and there are fewer than 1,000 birds overall.
Experts warn there is insufficient consideration for the cumulative impact of multiple wind farms and fear Tasmania’s “wind rush” poses a “major threat” to the species’ survival.
THIS EQUALLY APPLIES TO NEW SOUTH WALES.
2. The spreading of thousands of Wind Turbines across rural New South Wales, will end up creating the great danger, of having horrendous bushfires on an Annual basis.

Rural New South Wales is known as one of the most bushfire prone areas on Earth. Scattering tens of thousands of wind turbines (individually known to catch fire occasionally and the older they get the more likely it is to happen) on 250m high towers across the Countryside. This must increase the risk of a fire starting from a Wind Turbine100,000 times. The risk will encompass all rural landholders, country towns and rural cities. Everybody will be in danger and on tenterhooks, every Total Fire Ban Day. The danger of a fire reaching serious proportions, is greatly increased as the Wind Turbines, physical height, (250m), blade diameter and created wind turbulence, stops any arial water bombers operating within 5km to 10km of any Wind Farm. This would mean any fire started by malfunctioning wind turbine, would reach major proportions before any attempt could be made to control it. The loss of life, loss of livestock, wildlife and property has potential to be huge. The presence of the wind turbines will greatly endanger all residents, livestock, wildlife and the property of Rural Australia See wind turbines when they burn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVHzfUWul2Y

3. I believe that the Junction Rivers Wind Farm relies on the Medieval technology of Wind Turbines, powered by a weather fuel the Wind. Are totally inefficient, unreliable and totally uneconomic and should never be considered as being suitable to provide baseload electricity 24/7 to a modern society.

This is because Wind turbines can only produce electricity, when the wind speed is between 12kms/hr and 90kms/hr. As a result, Wind turbines are reported to produce electricity on average for only 30% of their rated capacity or on average for eight hours per day, this leads to random periods of hours, WITHOUT ANY ELECTRICITY BEING PRODUCED, (occasionally in some calm periods, wind turbines produce NO electricity for days at a time. These random calm or gale force periods of zero electricity production, has to be provided to the consumer by a second, standby, backup electricity generator either coal or gas, which makes the cost to the consumer, unnecessarily high.


4. When all the processes that go into the construction of Wind Turbines. A. mining. B. Transport. C. Manufacture. D. Transport. E. Site preparation and construction. E. Operation. F. Dismantling and restoration. G. Transport. Disposal of Waste to landfill.. When all these procedures are taken into account, there is a strong possibility that more so call Green House gases will have been produced, than saved by the intermittent production of the Junction Rivers Wind Farm.

Farming is a cornerstone of Australia's economy, with agriculture contributing billions to GDP annually. The loss of productive farmland to renewable energy factories is a tragedy for our community and a disaster for the nation's economy. The government is neglecting its duty protect food security, and this will have long-term consequences for Australia.
The endangered Plains-wanderer, which relies on our native grasslands, is being driven to extinction by these developments.

Australia's agricultural sector is essential to the economy, contributing approximately $60 billion to GDP each year. The destruction of farmland for renewable energy projects like wind turbines is a direct threat to this critical industry. the survival of people depend on it. The government is breaking the Paris Agreement by prioritizing energy production over agriculture, which is vital for food security. the agreement states, to ensure that food productions not threatened.
The critically endangered Swift Parrot, which relies on the flowering eucalyptus in our region, is losing its habitat due to these projects. The bell frog and the plains wander are threatened with extinction by theses projects

This project must be stopped, food producing agricultural land must not wasted on short term unreliable energy options. Land is too precious.

I object to the windfarm due to serious concerns about evnironmental impacts, community disruption and loss of income from the area as major farming zone

Farming is a cornerstone of Australia's economy, with agriculture contributing billions to GDP annually. The loss of productive farmland to renewable energy factories is a tragedy for our community and a disaster for the nation's economy. The government is neglecting its duty under the Paris Agreement to protect food security, and this will have long-term consequences for Australia. the government and these wind companies will be held responsible for the destruction of agriculture in Australia.
The endangered Plains-wanderer, which relies on our native grasslands, is being driven to extinction by these developments. Areas maybe set aside for this ground dwelling bird, I don't think it will get the meno to walk 30km to its now designated area. It is a "plains wanderer"