March 2018 Blog Posts (110)

My first reaction to the aerial photos of Fukushima power plant site was: why did they put the auxiliary transformers, that provide power to the plant, and the emergency diesel-generators, that provide power to the auxiliary transformers, on the OCEAN side? They should have been on the land side, protected from earthquakes, and out of reach of any tsunami.  

The lack of emergency power to operate the cooling pumps caused the reactor cores to overheat, melt and evaporate and…

Elements that contain unstable nuclei are radioactive; they are called radionuclides. They decay by releasing mostly alpha and beta particles accompanied by gamma rays. An alpha particle has low-energy, is positively charged and consists of two protons and two neutrons, i.e., a helium atom without its 2 electrons; it can be stopped by tissue paper or human skin.  A beta particle is a high-energy, negatively charged electron (negatron) or a positively charged positron; a sheet of aluminum can…

As can be seen in this article the wind industry identifies a setback requirement of 26 miles offshore as a deal-killer. While they might cite having to request new boundaries for their lease area off Maryland and potential conflict with shipping routes as reason it is likely that cost of the undersea cable is an important factor. In Rhode Island, the cost for the 22-mile cable to Block Island…

The people of  Maine need to ask themselves..........How corrupt is Audubon? Judge for yourselves from the information provided below.                                                                                                                                   In a 2010 settlement at Altamont, Audubon accepted fraudulent research that was supposed to have reduced raptor mortality by 50%. The truth lies not in the estimates, twisted logic or research data manipulations, but in the actual…

“We have nothing to gain and everything to lose.” Michael Dawson was one of four Midcoast fishermen who voiced their opposition to a University of Maine-led consortium of 19 other private and public partners interested in developing an experimental off-shore wind farm near Monhegan Island..........

“My concern is we will end up with wind farms from Rockland to Portland, and they will tell lobstermen, ‘You’re out of here!’” said Boothbay Harbor fisherman Andy…

Eagle Nation Foundation founder Terrence Ingram, with 57 years conducting midwinter bald eagle counts, is sounding an alarm that populations of eagles dropped 25 percent between 2010 and 2017......People throughout the Midwest, the Atlantic and other New England states are standing up and saying “Stop!”…

The geology of Maine will not be an issue with this. However political corruption is the same...follow the money to the source.  Where is the media on this?

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/climate/canad-covering-up-environmental-protection-destroying-the-water-supply/

Finally, the bill, LD 1810, has withstood the shenanigans of the self-possessed, egotistical, empty-suited Chairs of the EUT and ENR Committees.

It is important for people across the country to understand what a disgusting sellout organization Audubon has become. This is a complete turnaround from the organization that for decades was a pinnacle of protection for our bird species. But that all changed when Audubon joined up on a settlement with Enron in the late 1990’s to allow wind turbines in Condor Habitat. This settlement turned wild condors into pets dependent on their permanent feeding stations with wanderers trapped back into…

Proponents of wood burning often claim it is “carbon neutral”, so it is ok. In addition, wood burning provides jobs for loggers, etc.

Proponents fail to add “over a period of at least 80 years”.

Assuming a tree is harvested after it is has sequestered CO2 for about 40 years. Burning that tree immediately releases that CO2.

That CO2 would take at least 40 years to be sequestered again due to new tree growth.

That process…

This PPH position is what many of us have been saying for some time. 

Massachusetts wants to put a transmission line across Maine, but won't allow a gas line at home.

Plans to bring low-cost natural gas to New England stalled when Massachusetts courts turned down a financing scheme for pipeline projects that would have connected with gas reserves in the West. That decision keeps Maine manufacturers from taking full advantage of the gas boom…

“In order to be successful, we want more than just birders and that crowd involved,” said Maine Audubon staff naturalist Doug Hitchcox, who’s serving as an atlas outreach coordinator with his Audubon colleague Laura Minich Zitske. …

Once described as "The Most Beautiful Place on Earth" on the cover of U.S. News & World Report, Isle au Haut is now giving thought to wind power down the road. Not surprisingly, the Island Institute seems involved.

"Phase two, which will be installed after the cable fails, will take the lessons learned from phase one and possibly add other renewable technologies, such as wind, to provide electricity when there is extended cloud cover over the solar panels, Wilson…

Secretary General of NATO, told reporters in 2014, “Russia, as part of their sophisticated information and disinformation operations, engaged actively with so-called nongovernmental organizations—environmental organizations working against shale gas—to maintain dependence on imported Russian gas.

Former Secretary of State and then-presidential…