September 2012 Blog Posts (54)

It’s Time To Call Out The Pretenders

It’s time to call out the pretenders.  The article attached to this blog tells us it is time to start asking some deep questions about the alarmists that have an agenda.  The agenda is that gaining control over our economies is a factor of making energy so precious that the governments have to take control of them.  They have to set up agency upon agency to regulate the way we do business, and make it so expensive that no one can build a business to employ citizens, pay taxes, and build…

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Added by Jim Lutz on September 7, 2012 at 2:37pm — 1 Comment

Dutch Province to ban New Windmill Construction

(Reuters) - The Netherlands has been famous for its windmills for centuries but now one of its most populous provinces has said it wants to ban their modern-day incarnations - wind turbines - on the grounds that they are ugly and noisy.  Read more...

 

PS... this is the province which includes Amsterdam, the…

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Added by Ellin Beltz on September 6, 2012 at 3:02pm — 1 Comment

This Must NOT Be the Future of the Appalachian Trail in Maine!

IS THIS VISTA FROM THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL

ON BALDPATE THE FUTURE???

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Added by Brad Blake on September 6, 2012 at 1:30am — 14 Comments

Counter Arguments to the AWEA Regional Conference

The day before the AWEA Regional Conference was to begin, I sent the following to all Maine media to let them know that we, the citizens, wanted to be included in the reporting on the AWEA regional conference.  I provided plenty of facts as well as our common positions of opposition to wind power development in Maine. 

 

RE:  AWEA Regional Conference
       September 5, 6, 2012
       South Portland, Maine
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Added by Brad Blake on September 6, 2012 at 12:21am — 3 Comments

Maine media bias in favor of wind development has been obvious for some time

Two Letters to the Editor from the 8/10/12 Bangor Daily News

The Maine media bias in favor of wind development has been obvious for some time. A recent BDN article served as a perfect example. The story of the truck losing its wind tower load in a ditch went the extra mile for the industry by devoting much of its space to promotional data for First Wind and the industry in general.

I don’t recall other stories reporting truck accidents including…

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Added by Long Islander on September 5, 2012 at 11:00pm — 7 Comments

First Wind and Emera announced deal despite risk posed by legal appeal

This article is part of the series Energy in MaineRead more →

Energy firms announced deal despite risk posed by legal appeal

By NAOMI SCHALIT AND JOHN CHRISTIE
Senior Reporters
June 27,…
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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on September 5, 2012 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Maine Guides, lodge owners honor Governor LePage for stance against wind power

Guides, lodge owners honor LePage for stance against wind power

Presentation takes place at annual retreat for financial, economics insiders

A group of economists, financial advisers, hedge fund managers and bankers…

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Added by Long Islander on September 5, 2012 at 7:30pm — 3 Comments

First Wind Company Aiming to Send Rhode Island Rates Through the Roof

Following are sources showing First Wind and Deepwater Wind are in essence the same company:
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Added by Long Islander on September 5, 2012 at 4:30pm — 6 Comments

Interesting conflicts or conflicts of interest?

Stacey Fitts, co-chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology, works for Kleinschmidt Associates, an engineering, licensing, environmental service firm offering specialized technical services to the renewable industry.



Co-Chair Fitts was quoted in the February 7, 2011 Sun-Journal as saying "Everyone…

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Added by Whetstone_Willy on September 5, 2012 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Governor LePage: Wind power a ‘boutique energy source’

LePage: Wind power a ‘boutique energy source’

Posted Aug. 03, 2012, at 9:06 p.m.

GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage was mostly casual and off-the-record as he…

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Added by Long Islander on September 5, 2012 at 4:00pm — 7 Comments

Originator of "Gaia Theory": "I personally can’t stand windmills"

Green ‘drivel’ 

The godfather of global warming lowers the boom on climate change hysteria

lorrie-goldstein

BY LORRIE GOLDSTEIN ,TORONTO SUN

FIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2012 06:03 PM…

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Added by Whetstone_Willy on September 5, 2012 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Press Herald: Wind summit touts growing Maine potential

Wind summit touts growing Maine potential

But critics say improvements in wind technology aren't necessarily a good thing for Maine.

By Tux Turkel tturkel@mainetoday.com

Staff…

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Added by Long Islander on September 5, 2012 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

PPH: Anti-Angus wind ad has a couple of the most spurious claims seen so far in the campaign

Truth Test: Republican ad fails to get facts, period

It attacks two Senate candidates: independent Angus King over a loan he didn't benefit from and Democrat Cynthia Dill over bills that died before affecting taxpayers.

By Michael Shepherd …

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Added by Long Islander on September 1, 2012 at 11:30pm — No Comments

US Senate Candidate Angus King May be Attacked on Wind Power

Summers' new front against King may be in the wind

Republicans criticize the independent former governor as a wind farm developer who benefited from a controversial federal loan guarantee. Angus King, however, says he's proud of the Record Hill project.

By John Richardson …

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Added by Long Islander on September 1, 2012 at 9:30pm — No Comments

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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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