"SAVING PARADISE " a novel that ruffles the feathers of BIG WIND !!!
You can find out more information on Mike Bond’s books on his website, Facebook Page and/or @MikeBondBooks on Twitter.
Purchase: You can purchase Saving Paradise for $12.24 on Amazon. .
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Comment by Mike DiCenso on August 17, 2013 at 8:40pm
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Sounds like a good read. Anybody see "Politics of Power" hosted by Chris Hayes? It is what one would expect with the glaring omission of turbine impacts and the careful shots of very few turbines. There were no panoramic scenes with dozens or hundreds of turbines and no mention of people who live nearby. There were a couple comments worth mentioning. BP and Shell are or have dumped their interests in wind projects. They neglected to say why. Solar was faulted for being hard to meter, meaning solar lends itself to the individual and not to corporate manipulation or large scale projects. Solar can go on everyone's rooftops and would not need to cover every mtn. and ridgeline, so for the true green enviros, solar makes much more sense than wind. That was glossed over and there was no mention of carbon debt. How convenient. They also mentioned India and China are developing with disregard for carbon emissions so the US will make no difference if the rest of the world keeps carbonizing. It is worth watching for the perspective, however faulty, the pro windies are subscribing to. They even hit on how gov. subsidies are so good for say rail development. Whoa, Chris. Rail was run on coal. How much carbon has been spewed by locomotives? Again he glossed over the impacts with no mention that maybe rail is responsible for a good portion of the global warming we are dealing with now. Check it out if you get a chance on MSNBC.
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Thanks for the heads up, Monique! If this Mike Bond is a popular novelist, I'm sure the wind industry is squirming. As well they should.
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Comment by Long Islander on August 16, 2013 at 4:27pm
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Dear Doctor Firstwind,
I am writing to you a near broken person. I haven’t slept well for a long time and many nights I don’t sleep at all. I am shaky and my whole nervous system is shot. I am getting heart palpitations and just can’t believe that my health has deteriorated so rapidly – at my advanced age and in my retirement home. I took care of my health my whole life. And we scrimped and saved for this little place out in the country. I am very scared. Is moving away from the turbines the only thing that will work?
Sincerely,
Sleepless in Stetson
Dear Sleepless,
I have been getting a lot of similar letters from your neighbors so not to worry – you are not alone! I’ll tell you the same thing that I’ve told to every one of them – RELAX! Life is way to short to be getting all worked up over nothing. It’s really just mind over matter. You worked hard your whole life as you said, but now let me suggest that perhaps you just turn it down a notch and take it as it comes. No sense in sweating the small stuff. You know those motel rooms where you pop in a quarter and the bed vibrates? Well, think of this as the wind company giving you lots and lots of quarters. Very soothing actually. Beyond that, I think you basically just need to get some rest.
Dr. Firstwind
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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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