Concerns over VIEWS are a concern of Planners...E2TECH conf. in S. Portland.
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Comment by Gary Campbell on March 17, 2016 at 5:22pm
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The PPDLW fight against Bowers was a "well-funded campaign"? That's hilarious. We couldn't even afford a lawyer! The project was so poorly sited that even big money couldn't get it permitted!
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Comment by Frank J. Heller, MPA on March 3, 2016 at 8:10am
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A call to E2TECH to ask for a slot in the AGENDA should yeild a positive response; esp. a presentation on the visual and audio blight from giant wind turbines and the transmission line clear cuts. habitat considerations are yet another negative impact....let's watch the fall foliage...oh wait, there is that brown scar across the mountain.
Use Palmer's analysis and PHOTOS/VIDEOS.....
...and mention the remedy is to amend the wind siting act to include an environmental impact analysis, now missing.
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Comment by Long Islander on March 2, 2016 at 8:54pm
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Where are all the paintings of Maine with wind turbines from Maine's painters - arguably our greatest scenic experts?
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Comment by Monique Aniel Thurston on March 2, 2016 at 4:40pm
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James F. Palmer, who prepared a visual impact analysis for LURC during the Plum Creek proceeding, put it thus:
There are well developed professional procedures for evaluating the elements that are thought to determine scenic quality and to contribute to scenic impacts (e.g. Smardon et al. 1988, USDA Forest Service 1995). These procedures are grounded in professional experience, and have been accepted by the courts (Smardon and Karp, 1993). However the reliability of these procedures is not well-established through empirical evaluation. What research exists suggests that the reliability of professional assessments is comparable to, but not higher than public assessments of scenic quality. (Palmer and Hoffman 2001, Ribe et al. 2002). (5) [Emphasis provided.]
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Comment by Paula D Kelso on March 2, 2016 at 1:47pm
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Uh, did you notice the Eaton Peabody sponsorship. Don't get me started on that bunch. They make a bit of money on the wind scam, writing and administering TIF's, attorney for developers, showing up at any and every hearing and meeting and advising town's how to write their ordinances. So I'm guessing this 'forum' is more about how to defeat the 'adversary' than about an objective 'scientific' overview of the dynamics of 'subjective' public debate.
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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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