Comments - An Act To Require Prompt and Effective Use of the Renewable Energy Resources of Northern Maine - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-29T15:08:04Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A217428&xn_auth=noI was preparing for the BEP m…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-05-19:4401701:Comment:2175472021-05-19T03:43:43.436ZKenneth Capronhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/KennethCapron
<p>I was preparing for the BEP meeting Thursday when I noticed in the statutes that the BEP has Zero authority over wind projects _ unlike they had over NECEC. I wonder which genius put that in the rules.<br/><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.maine.gov/dep/bep/index.html&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2bInFKwhJrd-5DmGiUnmsV" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.maine.gov/dep/bep/index.html</a></p>
<p>I was preparing for the BEP meeting Thursday when I noticed in the statutes that the BEP has Zero authority over wind projects _ unlike they had over NECEC. I wonder which genius put that in the rules.<br/><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.maine.gov/dep/bep/index.html&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2bInFKwhJrd-5DmGiUnmsV" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.maine.gov/dep/bep/index.html</a></p> Stephen - and the media knows…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-05-19:4401701:Comment:2175462021-05-19T02:04:09.395ZLong Islanderhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LongIslander
<p>Stephen - and the media knows it but they simply obey "the narrative". The watchdogs no longer bark. The country is in huge trouble. The wind scam is but one manifestation. Everything is rigged.</p>
<p>Stephen - and the media knows it but they simply obey "the narrative". The watchdogs no longer bark. The country is in huge trouble. The wind scam is but one manifestation. Everything is rigged.</p> Willem, the great wind debacl…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-05-18:4401701:Comment:2174932021-05-18T23:00:58.156ZStephen Littlefieldhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/StephenLittlefield
<p>Willem, the great wind debacle has, is, and always will be the greatest ponzi scheme perpetrated upon the citizens of the country! It gets shuffled from one owner to another, and in the end the chinese windmills will fail and the only ones left to pick up the pieces will be the local citizens to pay for junking the useless hulk. the politicians know it, the owners know it, and the public will know it when they get the bill!</p>
<p>Willem, the great wind debacle has, is, and always will be the greatest ponzi scheme perpetrated upon the citizens of the country! It gets shuffled from one owner to another, and in the end the chinese windmills will fail and the only ones left to pick up the pieces will be the local citizens to pay for junking the useless hulk. the politicians know it, the owners know it, and the public will know it when they get the bill!</p> Wind and solar cannot functio…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-05-18:4401701:Comment:2174882021-05-18T02:01:46.417ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
<p>Wind and solar cannot function on the grid, unless OTHER generators counteract the output variations of wind and solar, 24/7/365</p>
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<p>Presently, the subsidies for wind and solar enable owners to recoup about 45% of the turnkey cost within 5 years.</p>
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<p>Very often these original owners sell their wind and solar systems in year six, usually to friends and associates, or foreigners.</p>
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<p>The new owners again get all the subsidies, just as before, they milk the…</p>
<p>Wind and solar cannot function on the grid, unless OTHER generators counteract the output variations of wind and solar, 24/7/365</p>
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<p>Presently, the subsidies for wind and solar enable owners to recoup about 45% of the turnkey cost within 5 years.</p>
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<p>Very often these original owners sell their wind and solar systems in year six, usually to friends and associates, or foreigners.</p>
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<p>The new owners again get all the subsidies, just as before, they milk the project for 5 years, and then sell it.</p>
<p>And round and round it goes!</p>
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<p>Those folks get rich, and do not give a damn about you and your electricity bills.</p>
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<p>All of them hand huge bribes to politicians to maintain the favorable status quo.</p>
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<p>These politicians/owners have taken on the power to IGNORE YOU FOREVER.</p>
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<p>They will finance fraudulent elections, to get Trump out, and install a 78 year old, blathering idiot.</p>
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<p>Biden must have thought he would never have a chance to win, but the insiders knew the fix was in.</p> Robert. Prepare to be disappo…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-05-17:4401701:Comment:2173802021-05-17T04:51:58.958ZKenneth Capronhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/KennethCapron
<p>Robert. Prepare to be disappointed. Three minutes is all you get. So you have to hit some tender spots. I even tried the 'legacy to your grandkids' routine and the damage that will be caused that they will need to fix. I quoted Erin Brockovich verbatim - nada. I pointed out the bill was paraphrased from Gov Jay Inslee. I mean, short of the Devil, I threw everything at these folks. Thy didn't budge. Didn't bat a wind blade.<br/><br/><br/></p>
<p>Robert. Prepare to be disappointed. Three minutes is all you get. So you have to hit some tender spots. I even tried the 'legacy to your grandkids' routine and the damage that will be caused that they will need to fix. I quoted Erin Brockovich verbatim - nada. I pointed out the bill was paraphrased from Gov Jay Inslee. I mean, short of the Devil, I threw everything at these folks. Thy didn't budge. Didn't bat a wind blade.<br/><br/><br/></p> Lynn Oleum
Please see:
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<p>Lynn Oleum</p>
<p>Please see:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.windtaskforce.org/page/supposed-enviro-groups" target="_blank">https://www.windtaskforce.org/page/supposed-enviro-groups</a></p>
<p>(This needs to be updated.)</p>
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<p>Please see:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.windtaskforce.org/page/supposed-enviro-groups" target="_blank">https://www.windtaskforce.org/page/supposed-enviro-groups</a></p>
<p>(This needs to be updated.)</p> "Ignorant we can fix. Stupid…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-05-17:4401701:Comment:2175302021-05-17T00:04:07.839ZLynn Oleumhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LynnOleum
<p>"Ignorant we can fix. Stupid is a lifetime sentence."</p>
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<p>The Ivanpah solar thermal station on I-15 at the California-Nevada border produces 30% of the electricity it contracted to deliver from its solar towers. It burns gas to make the rest.</p>
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<p>There is a reason T. Boone Pickens built wind on top of his gas fields: To get the subsidies. Warren Buffett says the only reason to build wind is to get the subsidies.</p>
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<p>Blood sucking rent seekers.</p>
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<p>"Ignorant we can fix. Stupid is a lifetime sentence."</p>
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<p>The Ivanpah solar thermal station on I-15 at the California-Nevada border produces 30% of the electricity it contracted to deliver from its solar towers. It burns gas to make the rest.</p>
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<p>There is a reason T. Boone Pickens built wind on top of his gas fields: To get the subsidies. Warren Buffett says the only reason to build wind is to get the subsidies.</p>
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<p>Blood sucking rent seekers.</p>
<p></p> I can't stand it anymore so I…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-05-16:4401701:Comment:2174742021-05-16T23:13:31.056ZRobert Fellerhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/RobertFeller
<p>I can't stand it anymore so I'm submitting a response for the hearing on Tuesday that I attached for this blog - no profanity although very applicable and I am completely aware that this legislation is bound and determined to "save the environment" from GHG emissions and they want to push water uphill in a wheel barrow to get wind mills to attempt to generate electricity. Even peer reviewed studies about wind energy have conclusively shown it just doesn't work and that for every kwh of…</p>
<p>I can't stand it anymore so I'm submitting a response for the hearing on Tuesday that I attached for this blog - no profanity although very applicable and I am completely aware that this legislation is bound and determined to "save the environment" from GHG emissions and they want to push water uphill in a wheel barrow to get wind mills to attempt to generate electricity. Even peer reviewed studies about wind energy have conclusively shown it just doesn't work and that for every kwh of alleged electricity supposed to come from wind there MUST be the same amount coming from reliable fossil fuel fired generators. You simply cannot fix stupid.</p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8936302900?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maine%20130%20-%20SP%20563%20item%201%20RESPONSE.pdf</a></p> The ones getting kickbacks ar…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-05-16:4401701:Comment:2173752021-05-16T22:26:42.491ZLynn Oleumhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LynnOleum
<p>The ones getting kickbacks are Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth.</p>
<p>As Michael Shellenberger documented in "Apocalypse Never," Sierra Club gets a big chunk of their funding from gas companies. Sierra Club had supported nuclear power because it's non-polluting. David Brower, a member of the Sierra Club board, had confused nuclear power with nuclear weapons and wanted Sierra Club to oppose it. He left Sierra Club to found Friends of the Earth. He was able to do that because the…</p>
<p>The ones getting kickbacks are Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth.</p>
<p>As Michael Shellenberger documented in "Apocalypse Never," Sierra Club gets a big chunk of their funding from gas companies. Sierra Club had supported nuclear power because it's non-polluting. David Brower, a member of the Sierra Club board, had confused nuclear power with nuclear weapons and wanted Sierra Club to oppose it. He left Sierra Club to found Friends of the Earth. He was able to do that because the chairman of Atlantic Richfield Company (now ARCO) gave him $83,000 to do it -- about $500,000 in today's money. When gas companies offered Sierra Club a similar deal, they switched their position.</p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I get the feeling that someone is getting some kickbacks under the table. No politician would risk this…</p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I get the feeling that someone is getting some kickbacks under the table. No politician would risk this unless they had something big to gain. LD 1710</p>
<p><span>Tuesday at 9:30 am</span><span> </span><span>Public Hearing - <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://legislature.maine.gov/committee/#Committees/EUT" target="_blank">http://legislature.maine.gov/committee/#Committees/EUT</a></span></p>
<p><span>To testify - <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/" target="_blank">https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/</a></span></p>
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