Harwood, the public advocate, believes Maine’s standard offer bid process needs to be adjusted. One approach could be to seek bids for both long- and short-term contracts, to smooth out rate impacts as a hedge against volatility. But the real answer, he said, is for New England states to speed up the transition to renewable generation and away from their dependence on natural gas.…
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I don't agree with everything that scientist Vaclav Smil says here, but it's refreshing to hear from someone who has the confidence to call BS on the delusional. Speaking one's mind .....there is hope.
This Eminent Scientist Says Climate Activists Need to Get Real
By David Marches
The “really” in the title of Vaclav Smil’s newest book, “How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got…
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Is 'green' really clean?
Dated: April 15, 2022 by Sharyl Attkisson
This week, Easter Sunday on Full Measure, we'll replay my investigation on the topic. In case you missed it the first time, catch it this week and tell your friends!
We'll also report on a push in…
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Update: The BDN is now carrying this article. I'm not sure when it went up. Looks like some of the usual "Cats Kill Birds" wind industry shills are infesting the comments. But also there seems to be considerable common sense brewing. People are likely figuring out that so much of what we have been told (and not just about wind) is not true and it's usually the exact opposite that's what's true.…
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Two bills under consideration seek to balance the desire for solar incentives with the burden of high electricity bills.
By Tux Turkel
Staff Writer
Two bills now before the Legislature are aimed at reducing future sticker shock for electricity customers, without completely eroding the incentives that have attracted hundreds of millions of dollars in solar investment from across the world in…
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Should we even be subjecting our engines and small engines to ethanol in the first place?
By Mark Moore
April 12, 2022
Suspending a federal rule barring the sale of higher-ethanol blends of gasoline during the summer months in the latest bid to reduce prices at the pump as inflation reaches new highs.
While visiting an ethanol…
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NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy pleaded guilty to three counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act during a Tuesday court appearance in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It was charged in the deaths of eagles at three of its wind farms in Wyoming and New Mexico. In addition to those deaths, golden and bald eagles were killed at wind farms affiliated with ESI and NextEra since 2012 in eight states, prosecutors said: Wyoming, California, New Mexico, North Dakota, Colorado, Michigan, Arizona…
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The large scale solar arrays popping up in Maine like mushrooms become more hideous looking the more knowledge one has over their fecklessness and multiple costs. The town boards falling prey to the solar snake oil industry owe it to the people to become educated in these matters. As it stands now, almost none of these elected decision makers have any business deciding energy issues, issues they are simply not equipped to challenge. Doing "something" simply for the perceived need of…
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Climate
Misinformation is derailing renewable energy projects across the United States
March 28, 20225:00 AM ET
Julia Simon
On a winter night in early 2016, Jeremy Kitson gathered in his buddy's large shed with some neighbors to plan their fight against a proposed wind farm in rural Van Wert County, Ohio. The project would be about a mile from his home.
From the beginning, Kitson — who teaches physics and…
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Please see these articles and much, much more:
*** Wind project ordered to stop emitting night-time noise, pay neighbors damages
*** Energy reliability is everything
*** No Amount Of Wind And Solar Power Can Ever Provide Energy Independence
Renewable Failure
Iowa’s claimed wind energy percentage is wildly exaggerated
More Confirmation of the Infeasibility of a Fully Wind/Solar/Storage Electricity…
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Carcasses of cows and yaks floating down the Liqi River...4-year olds—working with their parents for less than $2 a day........But hey, you drive a Tesla.
Joe Biden’s Electric Car Plans Support the World’s Worst Humanitarian Abuses
By Tom Harris
March 09, 2022
In his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, President Joe Biden promoted electric vehicles (EVs), trumpeting his plans to establish “a…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 12, 2022 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments
by Abigail Curtis
Midcoast environmental groups want to keep the pressure on the state as they advocate against building a floating offshore wind assembly, manufacturing and launching facility on Sears Island.
Stephen Miller, the executive director of the Islesboro Islands…
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Where does one even begin to critique this highly prejudiced and dead wrong opinion?
Fossil fuels will keep powering Russia’s ability to make war until we commit to a carbon-free economy.
By Greg Kesich Editorial Page Editor
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..........Americans are desperately looking for ways to aid Ukraine and punish Russia that fall short of war between two nuclear superpowers. The best way would be to speeding up the transition…
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March 4, 2022
Dear Editor:
To Mr. Hylan of Brooklin regarding my “homework” [“Some homework assignments,” Feb. 24]:
While readily apparent that my “hysterical” commentary struck a nerve with Mr. Hylan of Brooklin, I missed the “many inaccuracies” he alludes to in his rebuttal. The snow did cover the solar panels, the wind did stop and these alternative energy sources did not work, period. Will that be forever? I didn’t say that, as each of these fuels will play a role in…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 5, 2022 at 8:08pm — 5 Comments
In the 5 years from 2015 to 2019, Massachusetts ratepayers were billed over $4 billion in above market energy costs to support state-mandated renewable energy policies. Much of this higher cost has been shielded by persistently low natural gas prices, but this is changing quickly as the US enters a period of higher priced energy. Residential electricity prices in the Commonwealth are one…
Added by Long Islander on March 3, 2022 at 7:14pm — 4 Comments
Maine Public | By Fred Bever
Published March 2, 2022 at 5:47 PM EST
A subsidiary of national energy company Con Edison Inc. is proposing a major new transmission line in northern Maine.
Con Ed is calling it the Maine Power Link. Plans call for a 1,200 megawatt, high-voltage alternating current transmission line that could connect to the regional grid and unlock the…
Added by Long Islander on March 3, 2022 at 11:00am — 2 Comments
Please see these articles and much, much more:
You Can Thank Environmentalists for the Invasion of Ukraine
Biden's war on fossil fuels has strengthened Putin and weakened America
The Green Dream Goes Lethal
The True Cost Of The Green Energy…
Added by Long Islander on February 28, 2022 at 10:00am — 1 Comment
By Kevon Martis -- February 25, 2022
The wind zoning regulations demanded by Apex Clean Energy company (APEX) in Montcalm County are demonstrably irresponsible and should be resisted.
APEX will no doubt make great hay out of my speaking at a rally called Big Wind Go Home and, in fact, APEX land agent Dan Paris already is. But I am here to tell you that it is your…
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Skyrocketing prices for electricity, heating oil and gasoline are hitting Mainers especially hard when the mercury falls.
By Tux Turkel Staff Writer
EXCERPTS
The combined cost of household energy in Maine this winter – electricity, heating fuel and gasoline – is soaring to levels not seen since at least 2014.
This total energy burden will weigh heavily on Mainers in 2022, as they…
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By Dominic Poli, Staff Writer | Greenfield Recorder | 2/18/2022
CHARLEMONT – One of the three blades of Berkshire East Mountain Resort’s wind turbine snapped in half on Thursday morning, likely resulting in a lengthy repair, though the incident will not disrupt the outdoor adventure center’s operations.
Jon…
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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
******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********
(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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"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."
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