Comments - Doing “the green right thing" in Fairfield, ME - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-29T10:34:14Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A164912&xn_auth=noFairfield, ME forecast - four…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2019-04-09:4401701:Comment:1650212019-04-09T16:17:41.615ZLong Islanderhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LongIslander
<p>Fairfield, ME forecast - four of the next five days, including today, are either cloudy or mostly cloudy.…</p>
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<p>Fairfield, ME forecast - four of the next five days, including today, are either cloudy or mostly cloudy.</p>
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<p><a href="https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.5858&lon=-69.5962#.XKzEt6QpBPY" target="_blank">https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.5858&lon=-69.5962#.XKzEt6QpBPY</a></p> Comment by Willem Post yester…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2019-04-09:4401701:Comment:1648562019-04-09T16:08:02.487ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Those starry-eyed planning board fools know how to screw a neighbor to make THEIR VISION of the future come true, while lining their pockets and of their friends, at the expense of others.</p>
<p>They nothing about analyzing energy systems and spout whatever lobbyists give them for talking points…</p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Those starry-eyed planning board fools know how to screw a neighbor to make THEIR VISION of the future come true, while lining their pockets and of their friends, at the expense of others.</p>
<p>They nothing about analyzing energy systems and spout whatever lobbyists give them for talking points to delude/deceive already-struggling Joe and Jane Worker in Maine’s near zero growth economy.</p>
<p>They want to destroy the meadows, views and pristine ridgelines of Maine to put several hundred acres of solar panels and up to 400 ft tall wind turbines that will in no way do anything regarding global warming, but that will line their pockets, aka bribes, and the pockets of multi millionaires with tax shelters.</p>
<p>Those wind turbines and solar panels will use millions of tons of strategic rare earth metals from China, which has 60% of the world market.</p>
<p>Do they not know damaging ecosystems of meadows and forests will degrade their ability to sequester CO2?</p>
<p>What will provide the peaking, filling in and balancing services, 24/7/365, if all gas turbine plants are shut down and variable, intermittent wind and solar, dependent on NE’s mediocre, random winds and sunshine, become the dominant electricity sources on the NE grid and nearby grids?</p>
<p>What happens during 5 to 7 day wind/solar lulls, which occur at random throughout the year?</p>
<p>Would they use massive 500,000 MWh battery systems, at a turnkey cost of $400/kWh, and that would last about 15 years?</p>
<p>The insanity of it all only exists because of the grossly excessive direct and indirect subsidies.</p>
<p>People by the tens of thousands need to start wearing yellow vests and march to the state house to demonstrate against wind turbines, and environmental destruction, before it is too late.</p>
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<p></p> Another sometimes power syste…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2019-04-09:4401701:Comment:1647382019-04-09T15:05:21.276ZStephen Littlefieldhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/StephenLittlefield
<p>Another sometimes power system, I love how they talk about how 'some of the businesses will be powered from right next door' (sometimes) oh yeah, they left that out! And one is supposedly sending it to Conn. More NIMBY, if Conn. wants it, why don't they build it there? There's plenty of land to build on in Conn. and Mass. but, they want it built up here! Another sad chapter in Maine's current history, more bird kills, more ugly scenery on the landscape and temporary power that doesn't work…</p>
<p>Another sometimes power system, I love how they talk about how 'some of the businesses will be powered from right next door' (sometimes) oh yeah, they left that out! And one is supposedly sending it to Conn. More NIMBY, if Conn. wants it, why don't they build it there? There's plenty of land to build on in Conn. and Mass. but, they want it built up here! Another sad chapter in Maine's current history, more bird kills, more ugly scenery on the landscape and temporary power that doesn't work all the time that will be shipped out of state while Mainers bear the burden.</p>