December 2016 Blog Posts (101)

Steep slopes and several piles of glacial boulders to be trampled for "free" taxpayer wind money

It was beyond our comprehension how a 34-foot wide roadway could be engineered on steep slopes and through several piles of glacial boulders, Mack-truck size, along with some larger stand-alone boulders.

There’s a photo of me in front of one three times my height, near a stake marked “T#10.” The good news is that turbine #10 was eliminated from the project, and that boulder will not be among those blasted.

That was the major change made: elimination of the turbine most visible…

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Added by Long Islander on December 24, 2016 at 6:33pm — 1 Comment

PPH - Why Maine’s renewable power remains a pipe dream

BY TUX TURKEL STAFF WRITER

The lack of transmission lines keeps wind and hydro projects at bay.

"Many residents and politicians support a transition away from power plants fired by fossil fuels."

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/12/19/why-maines-renewable-power-remains-a-pipe-dream/…

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Added by Long Islander on December 24, 2016 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

NEW from the EIA: Electricity a Virtual Non-Factor in Maine's CO2 Emissions

Based on data for the most recent year available, 2013, only 8.9% of Maine's CO2 emissions were the result of electricity generation. This makes Maine the fourth lowest state in the nation based on this measure. The same figure for the nation is 38.3%, more than four times higher. 

QUESTION: So why destroy the state's natural beauty (the reason Tourism is such an economic driver in Maine) with wind turbine and transmission blight in an effort to make "clean"…

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Added by Long Islander on December 24, 2016 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

PPH - Maine Audubon exec resigns after less than a year on the job

Ole Amundsen III said his resignation was a “very difficult” decision based on quality of life. He’s been making a 2½-hour round trip daily from his home in Waterville on Interstate 95 and an increasingly congested Interstate 295 – a commute that contributed to a very busy year professionally and personally.…

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Added by Long Islander on December 24, 2016 at 11:00am — 5 Comments

James Lutz in BDN: Wind turbines kill eagles

Wind turbines kill eagles

If I killed a bald or golden eagle, both of which are considered “protected,” I would be subject to fines of up to $100,000 and jail time of 10 or more years. Yet, the misguided White House has given wind farms …

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Added by Long Islander on December 24, 2016 at 10:06am — 6 Comments

THE BIG DISCONNECT BETWEEN POLICIES AND REALITIES

Don't know about anyone else, but last week's few days of bitter cold weather didn't make me any more or less believing in 'global warming'.

We need more than weather statistics and computer models to justify all the consequential, societal, environmental and economic upheaval that has come as part of the energy policies foisted on us by the climate change enforcers.  …

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Added by Paula D Kelso on December 23, 2016 at 10:45pm — 1 Comment

Wind farms near Donald Trump's golf course

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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on December 22, 2016 at 11:00am — No Comments

Hancock Spins in Maine

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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on December 21, 2016 at 12:00pm — 6 Comments

IRS Issues Guidance For Energy Tax Credit Claimants

"IR$…

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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on December 20, 2016 at 10:42am — No Comments

Wind Turbine Noise Adversely Impacts Nearby People and Animals

Wind Turbine Noise…

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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on December 19, 2016 at 2:37pm — No Comments

Feds get defensive in allowing wind turbines to kill more eagles

"Feds get defensive in allowing wind turbines…

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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on December 19, 2016 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Heat pumps hot stuff in Maine



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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on December 19, 2016 at 12:07pm — 1 Comment

The Green Blob that Will Define Trump's Presidency

The most dangerous menace of our time: the massively corrupt, overblown, expensive, misanthropic, bullying, insidious, ugly, mendacious and hideously destructive environmental industry—aka The Green Blob.

The Green Blob’s tentacles extend everywhere: into our kids’ classrooms (where they are brainwashed with environmental propaganda); into our universities (where whole departments have now been hijacked by green junk science—because hey, that’s where the money is); into the…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on December 19, 2016 at 11:41am — No Comments

Trump taps former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head Department Energy

"Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head…

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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on December 18, 2016 at 1:51pm — No Comments

FALMOUTH WIND TURBINES AND THE MASSACHUSETTS FAKE NEWS MEDIA

Falmouth, Massachusetts USA December 17, 2016

Why does the media lie to us either by omission or by commission ? We know today after the recent election the US media actively misinforms the public on crucial issues that matter especially with commercial wind ? 
 
Journalism over the past few years…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on December 17, 2016 at 7:12pm — 2 Comments

Offshore Wind Project A Giant Success Rhode Island ? Give Us A Break !

Rhode Island Facts Before Fiction 
Just like to point out the Block Island, Rhode Island wind farm is 5 GE Haliade 6 megawatt wind turbines.
 
The total is 30 megawatts at a cost of 300 million--The true cost won't be known until all the repairs are made…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on December 17, 2016 at 2:47pm — 1 Comment

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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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