The Charade of Industrial Wind in Maine: --- BY: PAUL ACKERMAN
"The Charade of Industrial Wind
in Maine"
BY: PAUL ACKERMAN
Maine abounds in natural beauty. Historically there have always been practical and impractical uses of the Maine geography and waters. In recent years we have been brow beaten by a corrupt government philosophy into allowing an ever increasing degree of impractical destruction of Maine by the industrial wind industry, related power companies and businesses.
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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on February 25, 2016 at 5:57pm
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LD 1513 in it's current state of delay is felt to be in review by the Corporate interests so that they can write what they feel suits their needs as to the overall bill. I am not sure of my source by name at this time but if I review some of my video on this LD I am sure I can identify the person. Another person stated that it was in FACT being worked on by Corporate interests, so if there is any information out there as to this type of meeting we may need to request it under FOAA or FOIA or both.
Conversation had outside of Cross Building today:
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Comment by Long Islander on February 25, 2016 at 2:26pm
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Organize the protest well in advance and they will come. The numbers must be big. Summer sees the most people here. An optimized location might draw the biggest numbers, minimizing travel time. Even time of day would be worth studying so people could get home by dark, etc. Again, the numbers must be big and that will happen if there is great planning including close contact with all the local groups and bedfellows with common angst.
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Comment by Pineo Girl on February 25, 2016 at 1:52pm
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So maybe we can muster folks from all of the UT's that want to opt out of the expedited wind zone - Bowers, Moosehead, Lexington, Trescott to name a few - We have good ammunition with LD 1513 to cause a stir! Also try to bring in STEWC because of the new transmission proposal - and maybe community solar folks because of legislation to get rid of net metering!
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Comment by Penny Gray on February 25, 2016 at 1:20pm
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Getting a good response/turn-out would be key to a march on Augusta. This link is for an event in March that might be good for networking. Strength in numbers. Sent by East/West Corridor folks: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qojnNnfFGpyk0mapcqKF4MuP0Qe7ORn...
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Paula - That sounds like a great idea! I think the solar folks had a protest earlier this year related to net metering! Maybe they would join in - You know this would also hurt their efforts - Even the community solar people.
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Number of us here in Clifton are up for a demo in Augusta. Who/How to organize it?
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I'm ready to bite!
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Pineo Girl - indeed the government is elected by and for "We the People". But if they never feel our teeth, they regard us as "Them, the Feeble".
BITE THEM.
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Excellent article. Thank you, Paul Ackerman.
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This article is an indication of just why Americans are so angry - on both sides of the aisle - and against our state and local governments! It is why so many D's are "feelin' the Bern" and Donald Trump is gaining momentum. Our elected officials are elected to represent We the People! In Maine we have to put a stop to this!
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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."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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