Another PPH Wind Propaganda Piece This Morning

Some gems:

  • Studies have shown that wind farms can actually be a boon to tourism, if local tourism agencies market them as a tourist attraction.
  • Wind power-related avian deaths are less than those associated with other forms of energy, and much less than those associated with the average house cat.
  • Rural communities that are host to a turbine can see an increase in the tax base, as the potential for income from the land is realized.
  • There is no need for a moratorium on wind farm development.

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/02/16/maine-voices-with-smart-plan...

About the author:

https://growsmartmaine.org/about-us/board-of-directors/ (Board of GrowSmart Maine)

http://www.rbouvierconsulting.com/

https://econenvtmaine.wordpress.com/author/groovyiguana/

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        - Rachel Bouvier 12/1/17 

           http://legislature.maine.gov/uploads/originals/conservedlandspublic...

We asked a prominent member of a powerful Maine environmental group what she thought of the anguish that their wind turbine advocacy has helped bring about and she simply shrugged, saying "it's for the greater good". We've even heard that some have a name for those of us who suffer -- "policy roadkill".

http://www.windtaskforce.org/page/anguish

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Comment by Brad Blake on February 16, 2018 at 12:53pm

We know who funds this consulting firm.  Reed & Reed has financed what they tout as the "biggest crane in the Northeast" by erecting every wind turbine in northern New England.  From the rbouvier consulting website:

"rbouvier consulting worked with Reed & Reed, Inc. (a general contracting company in Maine) to lay out the economic advantages associated with generating 100 MW of electricity from wind power, versus importing the same amount of energy from Hydro Quebec."

Comment by Long Islander on February 16, 2018 at 9:15am

The manipulation of and by the media is truly revolting:

http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/wife-of-attorney-who-re...

 

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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