THE MONSTROUSITY OF A MACHINE, AFFECTIONALLY KNOWN AS  “ THE GREEN MACHINE “  OR  “ THE FEEL-GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL FUELS ’ IS QUICKLY BECOMING THE WORST INVENTION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY. THE INDUSTRIAL WIND MILL.THE NEWEST MODELS STAND OVER 400 FEET TALL WITH BLADES EXCEEDING 150 FEET IN LENGTH. ATOP A HOLLOW STEEL TUBULAR STRUCTURE SIT’S THE GUTS OF THE MACHINE WEIGHING AS MUCH AS 60 TONS WITH BLADES ADDING 40 TONS. IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM TOPPLING WITH ALL THIS WEIGHT CONCERNTRATED AT THE TOP, ANCHORING SYSTEMS AT THE BASE ARE USED FOR COUNTERBALANCE, THUS A VERY RIGID STRUCTURE IS IN PLACE. THIS DESIGN IS ADMIRABLE IN THE SHORT RUN, BUT FORCES THE STEEL TO MUCH  UNNOTICEABLE STRESSES.TIGHTEN A GUITAR STRING AND PLUNK IT . YOU CAN FEEL THE VIBRATION AS WELL AS HEAR IT. THERE’S VIBRATION IN WIND MILLS, AS WELL, AS THE WIND INDUCES MOTION IN THE BLADES. TOUCH YOUR HAND TO A SPINNING WIND MILL AND YOU WILL FEEL THE VIBRATION ALL THE WAY TO THE BASE. THIS VIBRATION CARRIES INTO THE ANCHORING SYSTEM WHICH IS TIED TO BASE ROCK. SENSITIVE MOTION DETECTION DEVICES PLACED ON THE GROUND NEAR WIND MILLS WOULD DETECT THIS VIBRATION AND BE ABLE TO GIVE A MEASURED VALUE TO IT.HOW MUCH IS STEEL WORTH IN VIBRATION MODE ?  THE ANSWER IS TOLD IN TIME. BEND A PIECE OF STEEL WIRE BACK AND FORTH AND IT BREAKS IN TIME. SIZE DOESN’T MATTER, TIME DOES. STEEL IS STEEL.OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO INCREASING STEEL FATIQUE DUE TO VIBRATIONS IS TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIALS AS WIND MILLS ARE SUBJECT TO IN A MOUNTAIN TOP ENVIRONMENT. HOT TEMPERATURES MAKE STEEL MORE MALLEABLE AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE IT MORE BRITTLE. I HAVE SEEN THE HEAVY STEEL OF AN EXCAVATOR BOOM REDUCED TO SCRAP DUE TO STEEL FATIQUE. THIS EXCAVATOR RAN 10 HOURS ADAY, 5 DAYS A WEEK, FOR 12 YEARS OR ABOUT THE SAME PER CENTAGE OF TIME A WIND MILL SPINS.NASA HAS CONDUCTED TESTS ON STEEL TOWERS AND HAS FOUND EVIDENCE OF FATIQUE BETWEEN 10 AND 11 YEARS OF OPERATION.WHETHER BY PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OR FICAL INCENTIVE BY GOVERNMENT, THESE WIND MILLS ARE DESIGNED TO PRODUCE FOR 10 YEARS MAXIMUM. 20 YEAR TIF ARRANGEMENTS ARE CRAZY. DECOMMISSIONING FUNDS AFTER 13 OR MORE YEARS IS A JOKE. WITH ALL THE POPULATION IN THIS WORLD USING ELECTRICITY, WHY, AFTER ONLY A FEW YEARS IS THE WIND INDUSTRY FADING AND NOT BOOMING ?  THESE ARE NOT THE MACHINES FOR THE FUTURE AND CERTAINLY YOU WON’T WANT TO TOUCH ANY LONG TERM INVESTMENT IN THEM. THROW THEM AWAY NOW OR THROW THEM AWAY IN 10 YEARS.

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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."

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