Comments - TRUMP Recent Interview--- See Minute 9 on..Trump,"They are Ruining the Country with Windmills"! - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-28T13:31:27Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A217971&xn_auth=noIn 1958 Communists Had 45 Goa…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-05-28:4401701:Comment:2181152021-05-28T18:18:33.773ZThinklike A. Mountainhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/ThinklikeAMountain
<p><strong>In 1958 Communists Had 45 Goals to Take Over the U.S. Without Firing a Shot. Here Are the Ones They've Already Achieved…</strong><br></br></p>
<p><strong>In 1958 Communists Had 45 Goals to Take Over the U.S. Without Firing a Shot. Here Are the Ones They've Already Achieved</strong><br/> <a href="https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/kevindowneyjr/2021/05/27/communists-have-45-goals-to-take-over-the-u-s-without-firing-a-shot-here-are-the-shocking-goals-they-have-already-achieved-n1450032" target="_blank">https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/kevindowneyjr/2021/05/27/communists-have-45-goals-to-take-over-the-u-s-without-firing-a-shot-here-are-the-shocking-goals-they-have-already-achieved-n1450032</a></p> HIGH COSTS OF WIND, SOLAR, AN…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-05-28:4401701:Comment:2181142021-05-28T13:14:29.936ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
<p><strong>HIGH COSTS OF WIND, SOLAR, AND BATTERY SYSTEMS IN NEW ENGLAND</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/high-costs-of-wind-solar-and-battery-systems">https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/high-costs-of-wind-solar-and-battery-systems</a></p>
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<p><strong><span>Warren Buffett Riding the Subsidy Gravy Train</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span>Quote:</span></strong><span> "I will do anything that is…</span></p>
<p><strong>HIGH COSTS OF WIND, SOLAR, AND BATTERY SYSTEMS IN NEW ENGLAND</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/high-costs-of-wind-solar-and-battery-systems">https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/high-costs-of-wind-solar-and-battery-systems</a></p>
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<p><strong><span>Warren Buffett Riding the Subsidy Gravy Train</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span>Quote:</span></strong><span> "I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire's tax rate, for example, on wind energy, we get a tax credit if we build a lot of wind farms. That's the only reason to build them. They don't make sense without the tax credit." </span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/nancy-pfotenhauer/2014/05/12/even-warren-buffet-admits-wind-energy-is-a-bad-investment"><span>https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/nancy-pfotenhauer/2014/05/12/even-warren-buffet-admits-wind-energy-is-a-bad-investment</span></a></p>
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<p><strong><span>Green Mountain Power, GMP, Riding the Subsidy Gravy Train</span></strong></p>
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<p><span>Vermont utilities buy about 1.4 million MWh/y of hydro power, at 5.7 c/kWh, under a 20-y contract, from Hydro Quebec. The HQ electricity is not variable, not intermittent and does not cause midday solar bulges</span></p>
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<p><span>GMP, a Canadian company, refuses to buy more hydro electricity from HQ, because that electricity would just be a “pass-through”, on which GMP would make minimal profit. HQ has plenty of electricity and is eager to sell it. <b>This approach requires no subsidies!!</b></span></p>
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<p><span>GMP rakes in millions of our hard-earned money, by investing in: 1) utility-scale solar/battery combos, 2) leasing heat pumps and 3) wall-hung Tesla batteries for playing “catch the peak games”.</span></p>
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<p><span>GMP rides the subsidy gravy train, a la Warren Buffett, and plays the “green, forward-looking utility” role.</span></p>
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<p><span>Per standard Wall Street practice for tax-sheltered projects, the cash value of the subsidies is about 45% of the project turnkey cost,</span> <span>which includes the costs of: 1) financing, 2) subsidies, 3) owner’s return on investment.</span></p>
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<p><span>The subsidies are “front-loaded”, i.e., about 40% is recovered by GMP in the first 5 years, the other 5% in the remaining years, i.e., skimming the fat off the milk for GMP in the early years, and long-term increased costs for ratepayers and taxpayers.</span></p>
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<p><span>Subsidies consist of:</span></p>
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<p><span>1) Grants from various sources, such as the VT Clean Energy Development Fund</span></p>
<p><span>2) 26% federal investment tax credits, plus state FITs. Tax credits reduce, dollar-for-dollar, the taxes GMP pays on profits</span></p>
<p><span>3) 100% depreciation over 5 years; the normal for utilities is 20 to 25 years. Write-offs reduce GMP taxable income</span></p>
<p><span>4) Deductions of interest on borrowed money. Interest deductions reduce GMP taxable income. See URL</span></p>
<p><a href="https://solarplusllc.com/macrs-and-bonus-depreciation/"><span>https://solarplusllc.com/macrs-and-bonus-depreciation/</span></a></p>
<p></p> STUDY FINDS EVs TRAVEL LESS T…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-05-28:4401701:Comment:2182102021-05-28T13:13:22.317ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
<p>STUDY FINDS EVs TRAVEL LESS THAN HALF OF US FLEET IN CALIFORNIA</p>
<p>New data suggests that electric vehicles may not be an easy future substitute for the gasoline-powered fleet, as EVs currently travel less than half as much as the US fleet average.</p>
<p>A team from the University of Chicago, University of California, Davis, and UC Berkeley combined billions of hourly electricity meter measurements with address-level EV registration records in California—home to about half of the EVs in…</p>
<p>STUDY FINDS EVs TRAVEL LESS THAN HALF OF US FLEET IN CALIFORNIA</p>
<p>New data suggests that electric vehicles may not be an easy future substitute for the gasoline-powered fleet, as EVs currently travel less than half as much as the US fleet average.</p>
<p>A team from the University of Chicago, University of California, Davis, and UC Berkeley combined billions of hourly electricity meter measurements with address-level EV registration records in California—home to about half of the EVs in the United States.</p>
<p>They found that the arrival of an EV in a household increases household electricity consumption by 2.9 kilowatt hours per day—less than half the amount assumed by state regulators.</p>
<p>Adjusted for the share of out-of-home charging, the electricity consumed translates to about 5,300 electric vehicle miles traveled (eVMT) per year—roughly half as large as EV driving estimates used by regulators and also half as large as vehicle miles traveled in gasoline-powered cars.</p>
<p>They reported their findings in a working paper published on the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) website.</p>
<p>There’s still so much we don’t know about the costs and benefits of EVs, so it seems appropriate to have some humility around this energy transition. Approaches that leave multiple technology pathways open are desirable; bans and mandates seem premature.</p>
<p>—co-author David Rapson, an associate professor at the UC Davis Economics Department<br/>The takeaway here is not that EVs should never or will never be our future. It’s rather that policymakers may be underestimating the costs of going fully electric.</p>
<p>—co-author Fiona Burlig, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy</p>
<p>averagehttps://www.caranddriver.com/news/a35498794/ev-owners-low-mileage-study/</p>
<p>The Vermont Department of Transportation making A BIG PUSH for EVs is at least 3 to 4 years TOO SOON.</p>
<p>The EVs NEEDED by Vermonters just are not affordable.</p>
<p>The EVs NEEDED by Vermonters are not marketed AT REASONABLE PRICES.</p>
<p>A SMALL SUV, Tesla Model Y, 326-mile range, AWD, costs $52,000, plus destination, fees, taxes.</p>
<p>A MEDIUM SUV, such as a Subaru Outback, if an EV with a bigger battery, would cost at least $60,000, plus destination, fees and taxes, more than DOUBLE the gasoline version, 550-mile range, costs $27,000, plus destination, fees and taxes.</p> Maine makes Breitbart:
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<p><strong>Maine makes Breitbart:</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/27/woke-superintendent-places-conditions-expectations-on-anti-crt-parents-attendance-at-graduation/" target="_blank">https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/27/woke-superintendent-places-conditions-expectations-on-anti-crt-parents-attendance-at-graduation/</a></p>
<p><strong>Maine makes Breitbart:</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/27/woke-superintendent-places-conditions-expectations-on-anti-crt-parents-attendance-at-graduation/" target="_blank">https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/27/woke-superintendent-places-conditions-expectations-on-anti-crt-parents-attendance-at-graduation/</a></p> God Bless President Trump.
Go…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2021-05-28:4401701:Comment:2178652021-05-28T01:31:39.264ZThinklike A. Mountainhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/ThinklikeAMountain
<p>God Bless President Trump.</p>
<p>God Bless America.</p>
<p>God help America.</p>
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<p>15 State Treasurers Warn They Will Pull Assets From Banks That Obstruct the Fossil Fuel Industry</p>
<p><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/15-state-treasurers-warn-they-will-pull-assets-banks-obstruct-fossil-fuel-industry" target="_blank">https://www.zerohedge.com/political/15-state-treasurers-warn-they-will-pull-assets-banks-obstruct-fossil-fuel-industry</a></p>
<p>God Bless President Trump.</p>
<p>God Bless America.</p>
<p>God help America.</p>
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<p>15 State Treasurers Warn They Will Pull Assets From Banks That Obstruct the Fossil Fuel Industry</p>
<p><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/15-state-treasurers-warn-they-will-pull-assets-banks-obstruct-fossil-fuel-industry" target="_blank">https://www.zerohedge.com/political/15-state-treasurers-warn-they-will-pull-assets-banks-obstruct-fossil-fuel-industry</a></p>