Ben Hoen: City Boy's Bill of Goods

Here's the guy who's flawed college paper is being flaunted that Wind Turbines do not impact property values. Where does he live? In rural America? Not on your life, New York City!!

Just remember the facts of Hoen's paper - no property was analyzed within 3/4 mile and the average property was 3.5 miles from the nearest turbine. No value placed on viewshed. This was clearly a statistically "watered down" analysis by any measure.

"Ben Hoen (class of 2006) has been hired by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to study the potential effects that wind energy facilities have on surrounding property values. He will analyze the selling prices of homes surrounding 6-8 existing wind facilities around the country using techniques very similar to those used in his master's thesis. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and two kids."

You might ask, what did college student Hoen do prior to becoming the nation's sole authority on Wind Turbine impacts on property values? What qualifications did he bring with him to the study - what real world experience? Was he in real estate? Financial background? Scientific analysis background? Commerical property? Work with large scale utility projects? Did he run an apprasal company?

Nope, he ran a resturant in Brooklyn NY!!!

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/24/34/24_34dizzys.html

Amazing.