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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Janet Mills proposes rolling back dune protections to build offshore wind port
"LD 2266, HP1456An Act Regarding Offshore Wind Terminals Located in Coastal Sand Dune Systems - Rep. Walter Runte of York March 18, 2024 Public Hearing 11:00 am Public Hearing"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Electric Transmission Buildout Could Cost Americans Trillions of Dollars
"In case you haven't looked at the big picture lately, consider these facts: Production from Maine qualified renewable developments, as in law, sited on Maine land is presently averaging a total of 11,317,790 megawatt-hours per year. 11,875,708…"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Janet Mills proposes rolling back dune protections to build offshore wind port
"Janet, what are you doing?  This climate diarrhea spewed out by you is getting real silly. Ruining an environmental gem to accomplish absolutely nothing but putting every Maine citizen into the energy poor house is the very definition of…"
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arthur qwenk commented on Long Islander's blog post Janet Mills proposes rolling back dune protections to build offshore wind port
"Wonder who is paying off General Mills? Let me guess......the Wind Lobby...."
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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Legislators want final say over Maine’s electric vehicle rules
"Porsche will stop making EVs No demand to justify investments  The EU will scratch its EV goals for 2030, because of lack of demand, except in very rich Norway, which has subsidies up to 50% of the EV price. An $80000 Audi SUV gets a 50% subsidy"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Massive NH-VT Renewable Transmission Line Plan Scrapped After Project Deemed “Not Viable”
" The commonality with this project as well as 3 other multibillion dollar transmission corridors is the direct connection to Massachusetts. Among the six New England states, Massachusetts does not have a secure future to claim…"
Mar 12
Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine Rep: Drop wind power; It’s time for Maine to drop this green energy pipe dream
"Until nuclear power loses its skull and crossbones reputation and money holds sway over common sense, it looks like we're going to continue destroying the planet in order to "save" it.  Anyone truly worried about global warming…"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine Rep: Drop wind power; It’s time for Maine to drop this green energy pipe dream
"Ms. Paul's examination of wind and solar developments is shared by the majority of Maine people. Everyone concurs that wind and solar are simply weak, diluted and nothing but extra weight causing reliable generators to provide compensatory…"
Mar 8
Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine Rep: Drop wind power; It’s time for Maine to drop this green energy pipe dream
"THE MAINE PEOPLE ARE BEING SCREWED OVER AND OVER AGAIN BY AN UNSCRUPULOUS CABAL OF SELF SEEKING IGNORANT ECO WARRIORS The only remedy is to elect Trump by a landslide, so he can quickly wipe out the harm Biden’s illegitimate cabal of usurpers…"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine legislature considers blocking seizure of private land to build power lines
""The state needs more transmission lines to meet its clean energy goals, which require broader reliance on wind and solar energy, battery storage and energy efficiency." The state does not need this project to meet Maine's clean…"
Mar 7
Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine legislature considers blocking seizure of private land to build power lines
"The Press Herald has a whole cabal of wind, solar shillers on the payroll, who do the bidding of the woke Mills cabal Trump has to win by a landslide to undo the Biden cabal follies, which will save a lot of money. He must close the north and south…"
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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post The obscure law that complicates offshore wind development
"Wow, it does not get much better than this..The Washington, DC, perpetrators of these EV follies want to be re-elected to have power over you, to use more of your money, to do more of the same follies, “for as long as it takes”, while…"
Feb 28
Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Rural America Set to Be Transformed by up to 55 Million-Acre Federal Solar Plan
"Hertz has an EV fleet, and sold most of it at very low prices, because nobody wanted to rent them. Nowadays, most EVs are bought under a lease, by upper class folks, because they make too much money to qualify for the EV tax credit I read a lot of…"
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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Will Maine's Outdoor Recreation Economy Roadmap consider devastation from wind turbines, solar arrays and transmission?
"Hertz has an EV fleet, and sold most of it at very low prices, because nobody wanted to rent them. Nowadays, most EVs are bought under a lease, by upper class folks, because they make too much money to qualify for the EV tax credit I read a lot of…"
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How Maine’s offshore wind went from ‘win-win’ to a political problem

March 18, 2024

by Billy Kobin

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.................2009: “This is among my highest priorities,” U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, said at the time. “It is a win-win for the state of Maine in terms of producing new jobs for the state and having the state lead the way in reducing our dependence on foreign oil.”.............................

For all the bipartisan praise more than a decade ago, offshore wind has become an…

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Posted on March 18, 2024 at 12:42pm

DUNCE ALERT: Federal government chooses final area in Gulf of Maine for offshore wind development

Maine Public | By Nicole Ogrysko

Published March 15, 2024 at 11:04 AM EDT

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has finalized an area in the Gulf of Maine where a commercial offshore wind farm could be developed.

The area covers 2 million acres offshore from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, ranging anywhere from 23 to 92 miles off the coast, BOEM said Friday.

The final area represents an 80% reduction from the section that…

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Posted on March 16, 2024 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

Electric Transmission Buildout Could Cost Americans Trillions of Dollars

March 14, 2024

Though windmills and solar panels get the headlines, the big energy topic in Washington is electric transmission. Whether it is Congress’s newfound interest in permitting reform, the U.S. Department of Energy’s new Grid Deployment Office, or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) upcoming final rule on transmission planning and cost allocation, how to build and pay for long-range transmission to connect generators to customers is considered the final…

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Posted on March 16, 2024 at 8:57pm — 1 Comment

Janet Mills proposes rolling back dune protections to build offshore wind port

by Michael Shepherd

March 15, 2024

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills wants to roll back protections for the sand dunes that partially make up the state’s preferred site for a landmark offshore wind terminal.

The Democratic governor’s bill, which was submitted this week by Rep. Gerry Runte, D-York, a member of the Legislature’s energy committee, is aimed at clearing the way for the terminal. The Mills administration picked Sears Island in Searsport over nearby Mack Point as…

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Posted on March 15, 2024 at 4:28pm — 3 Comments

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At 9:10pm on June 17, 2015, Eskutassis said…

The arguments we have with those on the other side are really amazing.  I saw yours on the PPH article.  I posted one too.

At 11:13am on July 17, 2013, Peter Beckford said…

Yo Long Islander, can you do anything to give my blog post the widest audience, like emailing it on to everyone or something? Thanks a lot, Peter Beckford

We appreciate the steady diet of posts from you

At 8:03pm on July 14, 2012, Wind Scam said…
Wind Scam Artists strategies to destroy "America the Beautiful".
 
This is long, but it is worth scanning all of it. Be sure to download and search for your Reps. and Senators too. Don't forget to share with all.
This shows the backroom dealings of these wind scam artists and our politicians ramming this "Rip Off" unreliable and unproductive wind energy crap down our thro@@t.
 
Don't miss there campaign to save wind jobs that cost the American Taxpayer in excess of $8,000,000 each also, why because it come our of our wallets and purses.
Be sure to check out all their propaganda goals to destroy the Beautiful United States and make each of us pay for this destruction from "Fake Renewable Energy".
At 7:31am on February 29, 2012, Allen Barrette said…

Ok lets update Americas status first there are millions of abandoned homes from foreclosure, there is less electricity for lights,furnaces,etc. being used today  so we all can relax with the scare of congesting our grids. There is plenty of current being generated at the moment. So what steps do we take to rid our lands of the dinosaur turbines that this foreign company called first wind first and they are not from New England originally folks. The office in Boston is just a front to be what they thought was going to be action. Obama our fearless leader wants to keep this going,The wasteful spending, allowing the companies to change names as fast as the sun sets,how they do business,How they are awarded these funds I'll never understand because there is in my opinion no practical method in deciding who gets funding for these energy projects. I am disgusted at this administration, If you were working in my company I"d fire you for insubordination, you know your not suppose to use public money for your personal interests. It has to be personal because it surely is not a public interest  Shame on you ----- Got Vision           

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At 8:08pm on March 27, 2010, Mary Elen Marucci said…
HI, Ita a geodatabase I am building with two others as a project in intro GIS. Has to do with state and local ordinance rules affecting possible sites in a particular town. I enjoyed your picture gallery. Mary Ellen
At 10:52pm on March 14, 2010, Joanne Moore said…
Thanks for the link to the report. Geeze, these guys say just what industry pays them to say. Wow! The Name Norm Famous reminds me of one of the Lounge Lizards wannabe types. Very interesting to know he is the husband of Marcia Spenser-Famous. I had a sneaking suspicion he was. The name is unusual, if not famous. Heh. Another conflict of interest, ya think?
At 11:28am on January 24, 2010, Art Brigades said…
Investigative reporting.... We need to whip this beast a little better.

Interesting to read Tux Turkel's piece this morning. While his focus was narrowly on noise, and only at Vinalhaven, it surely helped puncture the huge bubble just a bit. More noteworthy than what he wrote was what he did not write.

How he could interview Hanna Pingree and NOT ask her why she withdrew her turbine noise bill is either abject stupidity or laziness. Legislators regularly rush to the statehouse with a new bill whenever a constituent says "there oughtta be a law..."

Could it be that he didn't ask the Speaker of the House (who can get anything she wants to a public hearing) why she doesn't think this is worthy of a bill, or why she isn't raising holy hell over getting a hearing???

It would be one thing if her district was Old Orchard Beach, but these are HER constituents who are under the bus!! Investigative reporting??? Please. One doesn't need to be a political veteran to know that the ties that bind among the Pingrees, Baldaccis, Adamses, and the wind mafia are very tight indeed. Turn a blind eye to a monumental calamity in your state, district, and town why? To repay political favors? Now that's a story that'll sell papers.

Turkel needs to pursue this angle. He also needs to expose the tragic economic realities of this trojan horse that has been wheeled into Maine.
 
 
 

 

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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