This post includes a gallery of the proposed power plant. The ten photos were taken in Mission Trails Regional Park from multiple points of view. Most of the images show it spewing toxic pollutants from its eleven 100-foot towers – as it would be seen from the park on days of operation. Not included are graded hills, additional electrical towers and wires, other structures, and roads.
We believe these images are realistic and demonstrate the visual impact the Quail Brush Power Plant will have on our park and communities. The power plant was rendered to scale using Google’s 3D rendering program. The towers’ emissions were rendered in Photoshop.
This gallery clearly demonstrates the land next to the park is the wrong place to build and operate a power plant. I hope these images find you equally disgusted by the impact it has on our park. The images were taken from the following:
- the Equestrian Staging Area and picnic area
- the San Diego River and watershed
- Kumeyaay Lake and riparian area bird sanctuary
- a park bench
- Kumeyaay Lake
- the Kumeyaay Campground entrance
- park trails
- Fr. Junipero Serra Trail and the historical dam
On a personal note: I find the name “Quail Brush” offensive. I don’t think a single quail will want to be anywhere near the bulldozed hills, or the noisy, toxic, fire-hazard power plant. I recommend we call it the “Quail Smushed – Burned Brush Power Plant.” This is more fitting.
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Below is the Helsinki, Helsingin Energia gas power plant. It shows emissions and pollutants being released.
Quail Brush will create toxic gas and spew pollution all over Santee, Tierrasanta, Navajo and other communities within a 15 – 20 mile radius.
- This summary of plant emissions equals 43% of actual emissions, equal to 204.84 tons of pollution per year. This data was provided within their project proposal. However, it will be more than doubled if the plant runs at full capacity.
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And also, let us not forget that these simulations do NOT include transmission lines, derricks, heavy industrial trucks, fencing and all the other accountrements that accompany a power plant.
This is disgusting and unexceptable! We must prevent this from happening. We have more polution already, with our new freeways. This power plant must be placed elsewhere. Its just common sense.