More than 100 residents, a large number of them members of the Advocates for Cherry Valley which is opposed to the project, asked many of the same questions and made many of the same comments that have been heard during meetings in the last two months.

Global Winds Harvest's Project Managers Dan Albano and Erich Bachmeyer arranged the meeting in the old schoolhouse and presented an overview of alternative and traditional energy sources and their pros and cons.

"Poeple in this country need to think hard about energy," Albano told the audience. "It's important to remember where it comes from when you flick the switch."

Residents listened, but were more interested in the specifics of the project being proposed for Cherry Valley.

As in past meetings and presentations to the planning and town boards, developers have had to ask people be patient for the answers to some of their questions. Many of them will be contained in the formal application for site plan review when it is made to the town planning board.

Albano said last week they are still working on the application and want to solidify the engineering for the plan before it is submitted to the planning board. He said he anticiaptes the submission will be made in July.

Cooperstown resident Diane Di Perna said the developers are asking the community to absorb the costs, such as social and environmental, on behalf of the greater good.

Others expressed concerns about how the power would be moved from the turbine sites to the transmission lines, how materials would be moved to the hilltops and how much acreage would have to be cleared to erect the towers.

Cherry Valley dairy farmer Greg Noonan, who two or three years ago entered into discussions with the company that built the wind park in Fenner, N.Y. in Madison County about putting them on his farm, said he believed the developers owed the residents more information.

"You owe us the answers to any questions we have. Every question needs a total answer. We don't want an opinion, we want to know exactly," Noonan said.

Albano explained that it was just a general information meeting. "We have not even submitted our plan. That will be included in the detailed plan. It will have all the details you want." Albano said.

"We're not trying to hide anything," Bachmeyer added.

The idea of seeing dozens of wind turbines across the landscape is the greatest concern to most people and Albano said the application will include a detailed look at the project's visual impact.

"Philosophically I see where you're coming from," Di Perna said, "but I feel what you've put on the table is superficial. You put the lowball on the table and see how far it goes. You've got to understand, it doesn't add up for us. I think they (wind turbines) are beautiful, but I don't want to see them on the ridgetops. I could not support this the way you have it sited."

The Cherry Valley planning board's next meeting is Tuesday, July 16, at which time developers are expected to submit their site plan review application..