Comments - Governor LePage: Maine losing business opportunities because of high cost of wind power - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-29T12:51:08Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A42482&xn_auth=nodid anyone see this about the…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-10-07:4401701:Comment:427102012-10-07T16:33:02.480ZDonna Amrita Davidgehttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/DonnaAmritaDavidge
<p>did anyone see this about the whole scam of Obama and the EPA?</p>
<p><a href="http://icecap.us/index.php/go/political-climate" target="_blank">http://icecap.us/index.php/go/political-climate</a></p>
<p>did anyone see this about the whole scam of Obama and the EPA?</p>
<p><a href="http://icecap.us/index.php/go/political-climate" target="_blank">http://icecap.us/index.php/go/political-climate</a></p> Yes as I have labeled this po…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-10-07:4401701:Comment:426152012-10-07T13:24:17.684ZMichele Currivanhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/MicheleCurrivan
Yes as I have labeled this political group of padding their pockets as. THE KGB OF WIND. KING, GARDINER AND BALDACCI.
Yes as I have labeled this political group of padding their pockets as. THE KGB OF WIND. KING, GARDINER AND BALDACCI. The wind industry in Maine ha…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-10-07:4401701:Comment:426142012-10-07T00:21:23.459ZLong Islanderhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LongIslander
<p>The wind industry in Maine has had to back off some of the original major claims it made to justify its desecration of our beautiful state. A good example is their false claim that wind will get us off oil. Another is that wind will have an effect on CO2. You just don't hear these as often as you once did and part of the reason might be due to the fact that we showed them to be outright lies.</p>
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<p>These days the wind industry is pandering and pushing itself as a provider of jobs.…</p>
<p>The wind industry in Maine has had to back off some of the original major claims it made to justify its desecration of our beautiful state. A good example is their false claim that wind will get us off oil. Another is that wind will have an effect on CO2. You just don't hear these as often as you once did and part of the reason might be due to the fact that we showed them to be outright lies.</p>
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<p>These days the wind industry is pandering and pushing itself as a provider of jobs. That somehow wind will help the economy.</p>
<p>The reality of wind power in Maine is it creates short term construction jobs as well as short term related jobs such as that of the Portland lawyer who is paid to say that fishermen on Maine's pristine lakes care not for the scenery, but only the fish. Or jobs for so called biologists who will make pronouncements at the Vinalhaven wind site that "there are no bats on Vinalhaven".</p>
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<p>Sellout <strong>NRCM</strong> and other wind cheerleaders have stepped way out of their bailiwicks and weighed in on job creation. You'll hear them talk about the 300 Maine companies that have benefited from wind projects. What they don't tell you is some of those they've counted have done little more than sell a few boxes of nails. No matter how trivial, they count them. Another thing they will not tell you is that 300 companies, with all due respect, represent but <strong>a tiny fraction</strong> of Maine's 34,942 firms according to the U.S. Census Bureau.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.census.gov/econ/susb/">http://www.census.gov/econ/susb/</a></p>
<p>Moreover, there is no mention about the strain that wind power's inevitable higher electricity rates place on all 34,942 firms. Without question, our high electricity rates are a MAJOR obstacle to our existing businesses and attracting new businesses. So while some of the largest companies can afford to dispatch their workers complete with construction vests to hearings to testify for wind projects (and they exit in mass at 4PM), these are but a vocal minority. The vast majority of Maine businesses will be affected very adversely if we keep protecting these wind companies at the expense of lower priced electricity providers.</p>
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<p>Also, tourism and "Quality of Place" will be hurt.</p>
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<p>Maine needs jobs, not snowjobs.</p> Gary is right on..and someone…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-10-06:4401701:Comment:424892012-10-06T15:57:53.686ZDonna Amrita Davidgehttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/DonnaAmritaDavidge
<p>Gary is right on..and someone needs to repeal the Expedited Wind Law..what LePage says is good but we need more than words..we need to get rid of the KING mandate and not get King in again,</p>
<p>Gary is right on..and someone needs to repeal the Expedited Wind Law..what LePage says is good but we need more than words..we need to get rid of the KING mandate and not get King in again,</p> Step One: replace Patricia Ah…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-10-06:4401701:Comment:424862012-10-06T14:02:30.533ZGary Campbellhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/GaryCampbell
<p>Step One: replace Patricia Aho as DEP Commissioner</p>
<p>Step Two: replace David Littell as PUC Commissioner</p>
<p>They're both Diectors of RGGI</p>
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<p>Step One: replace Patricia Aho as DEP Commissioner</p>
<p>Step Two: replace David Littell as PUC Commissioner</p>
<p>They're both Diectors of RGGI</p>
<p></p> Hallelujah!!!!!! Finally som…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-10-06:4401701:Comment:425052012-10-06T14:01:33.381ZJim Lutzhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/JimLutz
<p>Hallelujah!!!!!! Finally some clear thinking in the Statehouse, not robot like environmental drivel as from the past administration. I hope this kind of clear thinking will result in a stop to further expansion of Wind in Maine, and give us new power generation more in line with growing our manufacturing base and more jobs. Wind is killing jobs, just like it does wherever it is brought on line. When business moves out, jobs do too. Thank you Gov. LePage!!!</p>
<p>Hallelujah!!!!!! Finally some clear thinking in the Statehouse, not robot like environmental drivel as from the past administration. I hope this kind of clear thinking will result in a stop to further expansion of Wind in Maine, and give us new power generation more in line with growing our manufacturing base and more jobs. Wind is killing jobs, just like it does wherever it is brought on line. When business moves out, jobs do too. Thank you Gov. LePage!!!</p> Some related must reading:
Re…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-10-06:4401701:Comment:421902012-10-06T13:07:51.119ZLong Islanderhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LongIslander
<p><em><strong>Some related must reading:</strong></em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.windaction.org/faqs/32263" target="_blank">Renewable policies crushing New England's economy</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/maine-electricity-rates-going-up" target="_blank">What every Maine ratepayer needs to know</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/page/nrcm-s-co2-analysis" target="_blank">Trading Maine's Ridges for Virtually Nothing as…</a></p>
<p><em><strong>Some related must reading:</strong></em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.windaction.org/faqs/32263" target="_blank">Renewable policies crushing New England's economy</a></p>
<p>and</p>
<p><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/maine-electricity-rates-going-up" target="_blank">What every Maine ratepayer needs to know</a></p>
<p>and</p>
<p><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/page/nrcm-s-co2-analysis" target="_blank">Trading Maine's Ridges for Virtually Nothing as Illustrated by NRCM CO2 Data</a></p>