Long Islander's Blog – December 2010 Archive (7)

Maine’s Wind Goals, CO2 and the Forest

Please click on the PDF file below entitled "Maine’s Wind Goals, CO2 and the Forest." The document is intended to put Governor Baldacci's wind goals into perspective.

 

 MainesWindGoalsCO2andtheForest_12-30-10.pdf

 

NRCM has published figures on CO2…

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Added by Long Islander on December 30, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

Do Bats Need To Be Under Assault from White-Nose Syndrome AND Wind Turbines?

The following is excerpted from an article in today's Maine Sunday Telegram. Bats are under serious pressure from White-Nose Syndrome. Do we really need additional bat mortality from wind turbine caused barotrauma?

 

"Biologists say fewer bats, which eat insects, could lead to increased numbers of pests, resulting in harm to agriculture and forests. It is anticipated that white-nose syndrome will continue to spread, partly because the fungus can be carried on humans'…

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Added by Long Islander on December 26, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

A Wind Power Boonedoggle - T. Boone Pickens badly misjudged the supply and price of natural gas

  • DECEMBER 22, 2010

A Wind Power Boonedoggle

T. Boone Pickens badly misjudged the supply and price of natural gas.

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Added by Long Islander on December 22, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

Bird Migration Study Could Impact Windpower Siting Off Maine Coast

Bird Migration Study Could Impact Windpower Siting Off Maine Coast

Reported By:…

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Added by Long Islander on December 21, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

WSJ: The Wind Subsidy Bubble

  • DECEMBER 20, 2010

The Wind Subsidy Bubble

Green pork should be a GOP budget target.

Ethanol isn't the only heavily subsidized energy source that won a multibillion dollar jackpot in last week's tax deal. The other big winner was the wind industry, which received a one year extension of a $3 billion grant program for renewable energy projects.…

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Added by Long Islander on December 20, 2010 at 1:24pm — 3 Comments

E-mail or fax members of your Congressional delegation today and ask that they let the 1603 grant program expire

WindAction Editorial

An exclusive feature of WindAction.org

Please tell Congress: No more billions for big wind

(Posted December 9, 2010)



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Added by Long Islander on December 10, 2010 at 2:08am — 1 Comment

Maine Voices (Donald Smith): An 82-year-old got tired of spitting into the wind, went out on a limb

Posted: December 6, 2010

Updated: Today at 1:14 AM



Maine Voices: An 82-year-old got tired of spitting into the wind, went out on a limb

By risking arrest to oppose wind power, he drew attention from media far and wide.

LINCOLN - My name is Donald Smith. I am 82 years old…

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Added by Long Islander on December 6, 2010 at 4:51am — 2 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

******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********

(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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