October 2017 Blog Posts (77)

Mega "Green" Backer Tom Steyer getting as obnoxious as George Soros

Steyer also put a lot of money into…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on October 31, 2017 at 12:57pm — No Comments

Maine Tourism - Wind Developers' Defilement of Maine Finally Stirring Decision Makers into Action

It's taken 10 years but decision makers are starting to take a bold stand against the scourge of industrial wind.

The legislators and county commissioners referenced in the article below have taken a strong stand and should be applauded for their support.  The Moosehead region is working very hard to try and stop development – fighting multiple developers and CMP - not any easy…

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Added by Long Islander on October 31, 2017 at 12:35pm — 4 Comments

Lisa Linowes - Wind PTC: Excessive Benefit Demands Repeal

“Market conditions back in 1992 no longer exist. Big wind no longer needs the Production Tax Credit, and certainly cannot justify the extraordinary benefits received [3.5¢/kWh pre-tax]. Retaining the subsidy in light of lower installation costs and increased production serves only to further distort the market and bestow a bounty on big wind that far exceeds what 1992 lawmakers could ever have envisioned.”…

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Added by Long Islander on October 31, 2017 at 12:31pm — 1 Comment

NH: House panel votes to eliminate RGGI energy-efficiency funds; supports lessening renewable energy standard

“It’s easy to spend other people’s money,” said Rep. Michael Vose, R-Epping, who introduced a last-minute amendment to gut RGGI funding. “But nobody knows how to spend money better than the person that manages it, and this will benefit ratepayers.”............................The committee also voted by 11-10 to recommend HB 114, which would roll back the requirement that state utilities include 15 percent new renewable energy source, like wind and solar, by 2025.“They are a tax…

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Added by Long Islander on October 31, 2017 at 12:24pm — 1 Comment

WORLD COAL CONSUMPTION AND PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION

The world’s fossil fuel consumption has been about 78% of all primary energy* for the past 10 years, despite several trillion dollars of investments in RE systems. Current coal consumption is about 8000 million metric ton/y. China and India use about 60%.

 

* The energy from wells, mines, forests, etc., is called source energy, less exploration, extraction, processing and transport energy = primary energy to power plants, buildings, vehicles, industry,…

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Added by Willem Post on October 31, 2017 at 11:00am — No Comments

Three public hearings in Bethel on Monday

Three public hearings…

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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on October 29, 2017 at 7:36pm — No Comments

Really big, wind energy lies - Unreported transmission losses and unreported dead eagles

A small layer of the wind energy fraud on America deals with this industry's unreported transmission losses and unreported dead eagles. In this corrupt world we live in, wind energy producers are allowed to collect billions annually from Production Tax Credits. These credits come from the energy produced at wind farms. But thanks to Washington DC, these tax credits are…

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Added by Jim Wiegand on October 29, 2017 at 1:00pm — No Comments

VERMONT: Newly approved wind turbine sound rules leave many unhappy

Wind developers argue that the new limits of 39 decibels during the night and 42 decibels at day around homes near wind turbines could hamper new projects. Anti-wind activists say the limits might not be strict enough....................Vermonters for a Clean Environment Director Annette Smith is optimistic that an even more strict 30-dBA standard is possible. She said statements made by the PUC seem to document on record that a 30-decibel inside-sound standard is the clear…

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Added by Long Islander on October 28, 2017 at 10:43am — 1 Comment

'No' on Dixfield wind ordinance

Dixfield voters previously rejected DEP sound limits for industrial wind. They are the highest allowed in Maine, intended for wilderness projects. The planning board worked for months on a compromise proposal reducing sound limits by a modest 2 dB, seeking small protection for residents near the project.

Home value losses, sleep health risks and noise…

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Added by Long Islander on October 28, 2017 at 10:13am — No Comments

A Floating University of Maine Wind Turbine for Barbados?

Wow, the one off Maine hasn't even had time to be destroyed in a storm and they're already preying on the poor folks in Barbados. 

The project, which Balfour explained is still in its early stages, would involve a three-way partnership with Emera, the BL&P and the University of Maine in the US.

“The plan would see a floating wind turbine that would be designed and built at the University of Maine, brought here to…

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Added by Long Islander on October 27, 2017 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Cost to Remove Saco Wind Turbine "Much Higher Than Expected"

Surprise, surprise, surprise!  I would suggest that future decisions on what should replace the turbine not be entrusted to the Saco Energy and Sustainability Committee. They've had their chance. Maybe there should be a plaque put in place commemorating dumb politically correct wastes of taxpayer dollars.

Saco Public Works Director Patrick Fox hoped money could be made…

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Added by Long Islander on October 27, 2017 at 8:18pm — 1 Comment

BDN - Maine looks to Trump for solution to nuclear waste

But the Trump administration, including Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, have been outspoken in support of both Yucca Mountain and consolidated interim storage. The Trump administration requested funds in the fiscal year 2018 budget to move the Yucca Mountain license application forward, as well as create a “robust” interim storage plan, according to Howes.…

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Added by Long Islander on October 26, 2017 at 5:28pm — No Comments

Delingpole: Snopes Tried to Fact-Check Me on Global Warming. Here’s My Reply…

As I predicted, my piece “400 Scientific Papers in 2017 say ‘Global Warming’ is a Myth”, is causing greenie heads to explode like watermelons struck by hollow-point bullets.

Here is an email I got shortly afterwards from a guy at the completely unbiased and apolitical (lol) fact-checking organization Snopes.…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on October 26, 2017 at 12:40pm — 1 Comment

Yet one more college wind turbine goes belly up

Makes one wonder when the UMPI wonder wind turbine will do the same. A $2 million (and counting) total waste of public money. Think about that the next time the University of Maine System cries about money.

Based on the success of its solar energy program over the past year, Chesapeake College is decommissioning its wind turbine on the northeast corner of its campus at Rt. 50 and plans to invest future resources in renewable energy…

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Added by Long Islander on October 25, 2017 at 4:20pm — 4 Comments

Clear and Present Dagher: UMaine in talks with European investors

After Statoil’s departure, Aqua Ventus negotiated its own term sheet with the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC), outlining a 20-year offtake deal for $230/MWh, plus a 2.5% annual increase.

http://www.rechargenews.com/wind/1370046/umaine-in-talks-with-european-investors-for-first-us-floating-project

Added by Long Islander on October 24, 2017 at 3:35pm — 1 Comment

PPH - Maine so called enviros push wind from atop their unicorns

What a joke.

Instead of importing outdated fuels, we should be exporting clean energy that was developed by hardworking Mainers. Maine does not need a pipeline – we need homegrown, renewable energy.…

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Added by Long Islander on October 24, 2017 at 3:29pm — 1 Comment

Wind Turbine Advocates Leaking Legal Documents To Gain Public Opinion Fails



Falmouth, Massachusetts October 24, 2017



Wind Turbine Advocates Leak Legal Documents Frustrated By Court Shut Down Of Turbines




Anonymous sources confirm one of the people seeking to intervene in the Falmouth wind turbine case leaked the motion to intervene to the news media days before it was received by the…

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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 24, 2017 at 8:11am — No Comments

COP21-SUMMARY OF WORLD CO2eq EMISSIONS; ALL SOURCES AND ENERGY RELATED

The man-made world CO2eq, energy related, were only about 36.183/53.4 = 68% of all manmade sources, in 2016.

Much of current efforts to reduce emissions have been energy-related, as in Germany, which has had the same CO2eq emissions during the 2009 - 2017 period, while charging about 225 billion euros to household electric bills during these 9 years, because it is closing nuclear plants and using about the same quantity of coal each year.

The…

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Added by Willem Post on October 23, 2017 at 11:00am — No Comments

Why curing sick bats makes Maine a healthier place

Why curing sick…

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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on October 23, 2017 at 9:00am — No Comments

THE TRUE COST OF SOLAR ELECTRICITY

Recently the media reported wind and solar are competitive with coal and natural gas for generating electricity. The Wall Street Journal published an article “Economic impact of wind farms is changing the political dynamics of renewable energy”.

It is of major importance to understand, financial entities, such as Bloomberg and Lazard, hype wind and solar, because they want to promote their financial management services for high-net-worth investors, who are looking to shelter…

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Added by Willem Post on October 22, 2017 at 9:30pm — No Comments

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Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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