Letter: Wind, solar, biofuel should power Maine
Letter
Wind, solar, biofuel should power
Maine
I’m worried for Portland and all the cities that are going to be threatened by rising waters as a result of climate change. In order to reduce carbon emissions and reverse climate change, I think that Maine should use a combination of three energy sources: wind, solar, and biofuels.
Wind power creates jobs, is renewable and affordable. In the short term it is really expensive, but in the long run it will be worth the expense.
Solar energy is another renewable energy source that will move Maine into the future. Niall McCarthy of Forbes said “according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy, solar power employed 43 percent of the Electric Power Generation sector’s workforce in 2016.” Solar creates a great deal of jobs, and the demand for them will rise.
Biofuels are one more source that Maine could use to take into the carbon neutral future. According to Conserve Energy Future “they are cleaner fuels, which means they produce fewer emissions on burning.” Biofuels would bring down overall pollution, as well as being carbon limiting.
By using these three energy sources, Maine could be carbon neutral.
James Cagney V
Portland
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Comment by Paula D Kelso on January 18, 2018 at 4:55pm
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Blegh. Nuf said.
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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on January 16, 2018 at 8:50am
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Wind and solar plus battery storage had seven bids for a total of 4,048 MWh at a median bid of $30.60. GOT THAT RIGHT ........... Cheap Power at 30¢ / Kwh. Plus nearly an equal amount for Transmission in some places.
CO² still being added in all phases of creating these Green Dream Machines.
Environmental damages galore in mineral extractions somewhere on the planet. Great way to save the Planet BTW.
Some are convinced that BioMass from Forests is cleaner, when it in fact produces the same level of CO² as Coal.
Humanity alone produces 8.93 million tons of CO² per day sitting in Idle mode. God forbid they ever work again vs using electricity to perform work.
Imagine how much CO² the rest of life must produce in all its forms.
Ranging from 7,000 parts Per Million to 85 PPM over measurable Earth history,
when the Antarctic ice sheet started to take its current form, CO2 is found to have been about 760 ppm, so I guess we may be on a path to Global Freezing.
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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