October 2016 Blog Posts (53)

The paper writes:

"Of course, the tourism industry here will always be driven by the coast – that’s what people think of when they think of Maine. But in many ways, that is because the coast is where the investment and attention have gone for decades. Inland Maine doesn’t have the infrastructure and high-end offerings of the coast, nor does it have an identity outside the state."

I'm not sure I agree fully that inland Maine does not have an identity…

A large “experimental” wind turbine has been proposed near the Lake Erie shoreline for the Ohio Air National Guard’s (ANG) Camp Perry base. It will be stationed directly in the path of migratory birds. Not only will this turbine produce little renewable energy: It will place birds and bats at risk and could open the floodgates to additional turbines on the Great Lakes....

As Mainers are kept busy simply trying to keep their heads above water, manipulators in Massachusetts quietly work their plans to grow wildly rich at our expense. The game is truly rigged and none of this happens without unrelenting help from Maine's own wind & transmission cabal consisting of Maine legislators, lobbyists, lawyers, regulators, so called environmental groups and media.

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Throughout the…

No surprise here! Otmar Edinhofer, the former Vice Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Committee on Climate has stated clearly - The UN Paris Climate Change Accord is not about climate change - It is about the transfer of wealth!  Brought to you by Barack Obama! Meanwhile - 65% of the world's greenhouse gases are coming from developing nations!  There is now a rush to get the US  to turn over the billions the US has agreed to pay before the 2016 election!…

No Comment!

http://www.centralmaine.com/2016/10/04/franklin-county-approves-amending-transcanada-tif-pact/

The Jig is Up for Globalist Warming

Nearly three-quarters of Americans don’t trust that there…

PORTLAND, Maine — The state department that oversees tax collection in Maine has come out against extending a property tax break on the 44-turbine Kibby Mountain wind farm in Franklin County, saying the deal is a giveaway on the backs of residents outside the unorganized territory.…

It seems that the wind developers' criterion for siting a wind project is "wherever the residents let us get away with it, small details like Katahdin and Moosehead be damned".

“This is a collaborative effort with other concerned citizens in the Katahdin region to strengthen and support our community,” said Stanley. “I hope that by hearing from other community leaders in Maine we can work together to improve the overall quality of life in our area and empower…

With Nuclear, oil, and coal fired electricity generation plants shutting down, New England is facing a power shortage.  What we know - don't rely on wind!  

http://www.unionleader.com/Editorial/Precarious-New-Englands-energy-crisis-10032016

The rest of the world is discovering what we already know in Maine - Wind power is not reliable!

http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/02/expert-wind-farms-violent-fluctuations-left-1-7-million-without-electricity/

To celebrate International Translation Day, the BBC asked translators around the world for their favorite phrases. Judith Sauerzapf-Christopherson, Institute of Translation and Interpreting submitted:

"Verspargelung der Lanschaft"      (German)

"Transformation of the surrounding landscape into an asparagus field."   (English) 

... a pejorative phrase to criticise the impact of wind farms on the…