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Energy Policy, Science and You
Presented by physicist John Droz, Jr.
Orono - September 22
Portland - September 23
Friends of Maine’s Mountains is sponsoring two presentations on renewable energy by John Droz, Jr., of Morehead City, NC and Brantingham Lake, NY. Mr. Droz is a retired physicist who specializes in energy education and public policy. The events are free and will be followed by question and answer sessions.
“Energy is one of the top three issues facing our nation financially and environmentally. I believe it is important that people have a greater understanding of how our energy policy decisions are made. The tactics used by lobbyists to advance their products and causes are worth our attention. For instance, some advertisements say wind energy is free. Wind is certainly free, but generating electricity from wind is expensive—and people need to be aware of these distinctions,” explained Mr. Droz.
“Our nation's energy policy involves serious technical, economic and environmental challenges and it's important that citizens understand these technical matters—and then insist that their representatives make decisions based on science rather than politics. There is well over a trillion dollars at stake regarding electrical energy—in addition to potentially enormous impacts on our environment.” Droz said.
During the one-hour multimedia presentation, Mr. Droz will discuss such issues as fossil fuels, industrial wind energy, geothermal power, nuclear power, and other electrical power sources available to us.
Mr. Droz is a member of the Sierra Club, the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, and other environmental organizations. He has undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics from Boston College, and a graduate degree in physics from Syracuse University.
The first lecture takes place on Thursday, September 22, at the University of Maine in Orono at the Donald P. Corbett Business Building, Lecture Hall 100, from 6 to 9 pm. The second identical lecture takes place the following night on, Friday, September 23, in Portland at the Deering High School Cafeteria from 6 to 9 pm.
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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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