October 2012 Blog Posts (28)

Governor LePage: Maine losing business opportunities because of high cost of wind power

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This week heating oil increased by about 10 cents compared to this time last month. At nearly 3…

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Added by Long Islander on October 6, 2012 at 4:30pm — 7 Comments

Look what they've done to my ridge; fix him up, I don't want his mother nature to see him like this

The commercial length has just doubled to :60.

Replacing the :30 Version:

This commercial is aptly named "Smooth…

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Added by Long Islander on October 6, 2012 at 11:30am — 8 Comments

Grand Lake Pictures

I just looked at Bill Beavers' post of the pictures of what Grand Lake will look with wind turbines.  While those pictures show what everyone knows will happen, the truly sad picture is when the sun goes down and the flashing red lights on the towers, and the white strobes on the control towers destroy the dark-sky viewing of our universe.  For those of you who have not had that experience, take a ride to the Lincoln Lakes area at night and see what I am talking about.  There are pictures…

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Added by Jim Lutz on October 6, 2012 at 10:31am — 1 Comment

Renewable policies crushing New England's economy

 

Renewable policies crushing New England's economy

(Posted June 23, 2011)



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Added by Long Islander on October 6, 2012 at 7:00am — 5 Comments

Maine PUC questions offshore wind project

PUC questions offshore wind project, seeks greater commitment from Statoil

Posted Oct. 04, 2012, at 7:53 p.m.

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Added by Long Islander on October 4, 2012 at 9:31pm — 3 Comments

UK sees real cost of onshore wind

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Telegraph, UK:

"And here’s the final rub. Once allowance is made for the inefficient use of back-up generating capacity, wind power turns out to be an expensive and inefficient way of reducing CO2 emissions when compared with the option of investing in efficient and flexible gas combined-cycle plants or indeed…

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Added by Ellin Beltz on October 3, 2012 at 7:49pm — No Comments

Subsidizing Big Wind: The Real Costs to Taxpayers

Subsidizing Big Wind:

The Real Costs to Taxpayers

 

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No.25 October 2012…


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Added by Long Islander on October 3, 2012 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

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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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