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This article shows a method of calculating the CO2 associated with electricity consumption of any state in New England. In this case it was applied to Vermont. At the end of the article is a list of references.

The Energy Information Agency, EIA, calculates CO2 emissions based on in-state fossil fuel electricity generation; Vermont has very little of such generation, i.e., according to the EIA Vermont has a small quantity of CO2 emissions relating to electricity. It is…

Back in 1997 the US installed wind turbine capacity was about 1/35th of what it is today. America had  approximately 2200 MW of installed wind energy capacity.  Today it is over 82,000 MW. Back then eagle mortality was important to the public and the USFWS freely admitted that wind turbines were one of the primary killers of eagles being shipped to the Denver eagle Repository. The Denver Eagle Repository at that time was receiving approximately 1000 eagle carcasses each…

“I think that measuring with…

Although EPA’s Clean Power Plan may be eliminated by the Trump administration, state clean energy goals could drive projects that deliver Canadian hydro and wind power from Maine and the Atlantic Ocean. Order 1000 requires public utility transmission providers to consider “transmission needs driven by public policy requirements [PPR] in both the local and regional transmission planning processes.”…

Given the history of collaboration between Big Wind and FWS officials, the motives behind this push should be questioned by Congress and the public.”

https://www.masterresource.org/cuisinarts-of-the-air/protect-eagles-usfwss-30-year-take-permits/

WIND, SOLAR AND HYDRO ELECTRICITY COSTS

If massive build-outs of heavily subsidized wind and solar were to occur (at great expense and environmental damage), which would have upstream CO2 emissions, electric grids would gradually become “cleaner”, i.e., have less CO2/kWh.

That approach would take decades, plus the variable, intermittent, grid disturbing, electricity from:

1) Large-scale, ridge-line wind…

I apologize for this being seemingly off topic but it really isn't. The entire wind industry is based on big lies which President Trump wishes to expose. The vampires on both sides of the aisle are reacting violently to the sunlight. I'll go a step further and say that "the aisle", that is the two party system, is to at least some extent illusory. Despite the high profile signature issues of each party, they share 90% identical DNA and one strand of DNA they have in common is they are not…

Here is Mine:  I had help from Long Islander and Chris O'Neil and only hope it makes a difference with the New DOE.

Comments on Monhegan Island Offshore Wind Project to DOE

This is to call your attention to a situation in Maine which I believe is a poster child for how the forgotten American is being robbed and disrespected by the renewable energy special interests and their coterie of shills. As you will see, there is a time sensitive element to…

Key documents from the fight over wind turbines in Falmouth Massachusetts 

This article deals with the energy from source to electrical energy user. The complete pathway must be used to enable evaluation of one energy pathway versus another. First some definitions:

- Source energy is the energy taken from coal mines, oil and gas wells, and forests for conversion to electricity and heat.

- Primary energy = source energy - energy used for exploration, extraction, processing and transport of fuels (coal, oil, gas, biofuels, wastes, etc.) to…

The PSB just issued its new rule, which has been submitted to ICAR.  See this section, excerpted from the rule, below.  This is a huge victory for us!!  They adopted the German nighttime standard of 35 dBA and the highest standard in Denmark for daytime of 42 dBA, plus a setback of 10x the total height which is what Poland requires and the Cape Cod Commission recommend.  The wind industry just sustained a huge loss.  This comes as a big surprise, and we will have to defend this through the…