Comments - Sen. Chuck Grassley: Trump can get rid of wind energy ‘over my dead body’ - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-29T14:19:25Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A81892&xn_auth=noI say let's start digging his…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2016-08-31:4401701:Comment:818992016-08-31T16:05:07.646ZJim Wiegandhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/JimWiegand
<p>I say let's start digging his grave and do not order a headstone.</p>
<p>I say let's start digging his grave and do not order a headstone.</p> And we say again, wind energy…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2016-08-31:4401701:Comment:818972016-08-31T13:54:31.706ZPaula D Kelsohttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/PaulaDKelso
<p>And we say again, wind energy can be a good thing; the wind industry taking over Maine (and Vermont and New Hampshire) is a bad thing.</p>
<p>Let each geographical area devise it's own clean energy strategy. Maine's strength is hydro and biomass. NOT WIND. Add in some voluntary solar. California, Texas, Iowa if they want wind have at it. Maine's economic strength is 'quality of place'; let it be. Take your industrial wind somewhere else. A smattering of turbines conscientiously sited for…</p>
<p>And we say again, wind energy can be a good thing; the wind industry taking over Maine (and Vermont and New Hampshire) is a bad thing.</p>
<p>Let each geographical area devise it's own clean energy strategy. Maine's strength is hydro and biomass. NOT WIND. Add in some voluntary solar. California, Texas, Iowa if they want wind have at it. Maine's economic strength is 'quality of place'; let it be. Take your industrial wind somewhere else. A smattering of turbines conscientiously sited for local needs here ok; industrializing Maine's mountains for some other state's electrical consumption, just say no.</p> First, why is Trump picture f…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2016-08-31:4401701:Comment:818952016-08-31T11:30:38.965ZKathy Shermanhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/KathleenASherman
First, why is Trump picture from about 20-30 years ago.<br />
Second, I thought George Bush invented RPS for Texas. Iowa has the useless land and is windy -- Wind Vision by NREL of 140 meter rotors says Iowa can get pretty close to the max 55% capacity, so have at it Senator. Take down your inefficient turbines and put up the new. Please don't ask us to pay for it.<br />
Third, on the coal war -- coal production from West Virginia has not changed much since the end of WW II; it is surface-mined coal from…
First, why is Trump picture from about 20-30 years ago.<br />
Second, I thought George Bush invented RPS for Texas. Iowa has the useless land and is windy -- Wind Vision by NREL of 140 meter rotors says Iowa can get pretty close to the max 55% capacity, so have at it Senator. Take down your inefficient turbines and put up the new. Please don't ask us to pay for it.<br />
Third, on the coal war -- coal production from West Virginia has not changed much since the end of WW II; it is surface-mined coal from Wyoming that has risen exponentially. Trump and Clinton are both way off in what they say to western Pennsylvania - they should watch Flashdance. The Steelers went down a long time ago.<br />
Forth, I try to keep it to myself, but if you think that the current prez and Hillary "watching" etc. are what is wrong with your life, for way longer than 8 years, I can only say I am deeply sorry for you.<br />
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We need to get the energy discussion back to reality. States are not equally endowed. Maine is New England's "best" for wind, at 25th in US, only because it is pretty large with mountains. They are forested, however, and that's not really good for wind energy -etc.<br />
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Grassley - it looks like you might be deceased soon, so I wouldn't make threats. The bi-partisan issue might be rural-agricultural versus urban- needy resource sucking that for some reason the great plan is that these heat islands, paved, little green or blue centers of ugly is more energy efficient than "sprawl".