Wind Farms May Actually Warm the US, Controversial Study Finds

A new study is proposing the idea that wind turbines are actually increasing local temperatures by as much as the total amount that has been increased…

RE proponents want to “electrify” the Vermont transportation sector. That means:

- Much less consumption of gasoline and much more generation of electricity.

- Internal combustion engines using gasoline, hereafter called E10 (a blend of 90% gasoline/10% ethanol from corn), would be replaced with electric vehicles.

For this article, it is assumed:

- Only EVs will be used to replace IC vehicles that currently are using gasoline. 

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A dramatic political shift against wind energy in Vermont threatens to derail the last remaining wind project under development in the state....................................................

“It is interesting and also disturbing that Vermont has had this arc of success in developing wind and then having it come circling back to the difficulty it is having now, especially when you realize that America’s first large-scale grid connected wind turbine was installed here at Grandpa’s…

Some of the more important articles in this issue are:

Green Folly

Large NY Wind Project seeking major property tax reduction

China to speed up ending wind and solar subsidies

Investigation Concludes: Turbine Noise ‘Detrimental and Unreasonable’

US Courts Ordering Wind Developers to Buy Out Noise-Affected Neighbors

Dr. Mariana Alves-Pereira explains vibroacoustic disease

Disposal of Wind Turbines Proving to be…

The EPA has a unique method of calculating the mileage of an electric vehicle. The EPA calls its MPGeq. The method is a grand deception of the US public. It is used nowhere else in the world.

Auto manufacturers did not object, because they were allowed to use the inflated EPA MPGeq values to boost their fleet averages. However, when rosy EV sales projections did not happen, the “54.5 mpg fleet average by 2025” proved to be an off-the-charts fantasy, and auto…

If I had a map of the amount of forest removed for turbine pads, access roads, and transmission lines I can calculate the impact on the atmosphere, esp. loss of CO2 conversion, and on the watershed and aquifer.

This would be a focused environmental impact statement prohibited under current siting legislation; and if my early calculations are right, that the CO2 no longer removed by photosynthesis is greater than the carbon offsets. iHYDRO software and possibly the Canadian software,…

The first meeting for the Maine Governors Wind Advisory Committee is set for this Thursday October 4, 2018. At the Cross Building in Augusta from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. They received comments from 85 people and 10 organization. The new Director is Angela Monroe.

The five-turbine Block Island Wind Farm to the island had become exposed in shallow water. In remarks to that newspaper, Jeffrey Grybowski, Deepwater Wind’s chief executive officer, cited “more sand movement than had been anticipated.”

The beach “is already prone to erosion” and “will be forever altered by a for-profit (hedge fund-owned) company,” it adds. The D.E. Shaw group, an investment and technology development firm, is Deepwater Wind’s principal…

Arguably, there is no other energy production system that takes up as much space as wind does. As an example, the newest General Electric-built turbine will be 853 feet tall, close to the height of the Eiffel Tower, with each blade longer than a football field. As the country’s energy needs continue to grow, using wind energy to meet those requirements will call for a significantly greater amount of land than would traditional energy sources. 

In sum, it’s important, in considering…

Falmouth, Massachusetts Wind Turbines The Long Con



Massachusetts - October 1, 2018



A long con is a scam that unfolds over years. It aims to rob the taxpayers of huge sums of money or valuable things like health and property rights.



The common factor is simply that the taxpayer relies on the good faith…

Boston's Longroad Energy Partners is of course run by Michael Alvarez and Paul Gaynor, onetime executive management of First Wind, the highly connected Maine centered wind developer which died in the Sun Edison bankruptcy. First Wind alone could fill up lifetimes of study for parasitologists.

This article in the Press Herald, with a headline of "Portland hub monitors 425 solar projects, six wind farms" is but one example of Alvarez, Gaynor et al's resurfacing in Maine. We thought we…

Paul Gaynor, Michael Alvarez and friends looking to build 600' tall subsidy meters.

Revived Weaver Wind project back on the radar

As for the birds, MDIFW “still has concerns” that Longroad is working to mitigate, said Brooke Barnes, an environmental consultant working with Longroad.…

Primary Energy Sources Requiring Combustion

Source energy is the energy taken from the earth, such as from a well, a mine, a forest. The energy for exploration, extraction, processing and transport is used to convert the source energy to primary energy for the US economy. The US electrical system uses about 40% of all primary energy.

- Source energy is the energy taken from coalmines, oil and gas wells, and forests for conversion (by means of…

Rep. Berry uses the word "wind" three times in his piece. Each time he prefaces it with the word "offshore", implying he is looking out for just the offshore wind industry. But don't be fooled -virtually all the wind turbines built to date in Maine have been on land. Berry is simply protecting his friends in the wind industry - irrespective of where they might get away with placing their next set of ratepayer robbing "subsidy meters".

Rep. Berry: CMP power line…

Energy Pathway for Maine advocates for clean-energy technologies in advance of November elections.

From the "economist" Jeremy Payne

“Maine has hundreds of renewable energy jobs today – from installers and operators to construction contractors, environmental specialists, and other professionals,” said Jeremy Payne, executive director of the Maine Renewable Energy Association. “Growth in this sector will…

Maine Republican governor says his secretive Maine Wind Energy Advisory Commission will move on despite recent departures.



Gov. Paul LePage told The Associated Press Tuesday that he thinks Maine's fast-tracked wind permitting law should be repealed. He said he "hopes'' his wind commission will hold a meeting.

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China could add as much as 400 million tons of coal capacity over the next two years, according to analysts at the consulting firm Woods Mackenzie.

That’s about a 10 percent increase in China’s coal production capacity, which is a stark contrast to the country’s talk about closing coal mines to reduce excess capacity and fight air pollution, according to Bloomberg. “For all its talk…

The meeting is today (Sep 25) at 6:00pm at the Eastbrook Community Center on Route 200. This is your chance to hear the old First Wind gang that has come back to life in the  form of "Longroad Energy:.

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Public Meeting Next Tuesday, Sep 25 on Weaver Wind

A public meeting on the proposal is scheduled to be held at 6 p.m.…