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	NJ shore residents complain about windmill

kkcapricorn

6-25-2007 3:56 PM

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alternativ energy, windmills, ordinance

kkcapricorn says:

the windmill is too noisy, creates shadows on their property and spoils their sleep.

This makes me so angry I could explode! How self-absorbed can people be? Here is a man trying to do something about pollution by creating alternative energy resources & his neighbors complain?

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