Comments - My letter to the EUT Commitee - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-28T23:01:51Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A74034&xn_auth=noFunny how Angus was worried a…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2016-02-04:4401701:Comment:739652016-02-04T02:00:16.328ZMonique Aniel Thurstonhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/moniqueaniel
<p>Funny how Angus was worried about Maine cold winters becoming uninhabitable, while he pushed hard to decrease global warming and thus make Maine winters even colder.</p>
<p>Funny how Angus was worried about Maine cold winters becoming uninhabitable, while he pushed hard to decrease global warming and thus make Maine winters even colder.</p> Here is an excerpt of Angus K…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2016-02-04:4401701:Comment:741372016-02-04T01:57:17.180ZMonique Aniel Thurstonhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/moniqueaniel
<p>Here is an excerpt of Angus King speaking at Bowdoin College in 2008 about why we need wind turbines . This excerpt deals mostly with his predictions about oil prices . See entire article by clicking on the link,</p>
<p>this excerpt is taken from the article written by NRCM : </p>
<p>" King, who is now working on two conventional wind farm proposals in western Maine, did not say how such a massive project would be paid for, except that it will take government and private funding.</p>
<p>But…</p>
<p>Here is an excerpt of Angus King speaking at Bowdoin College in 2008 about why we need wind turbines . This excerpt deals mostly with his predictions about oil prices . See entire article by clicking on the link,</p>
<p>this excerpt is taken from the article written by NRCM : </p>
<p>" King, who is now working on two conventional wind farm proposals in western Maine, did not say how such a massive project would be paid for, except that it will take government and private funding.</p>
<p>But he insisted that the price won’t look so daunting in 10 to 12 years as oil and gas prices triple. Oil could realistically cost $300 a barrel in 2020, he said.</p>
<p>“Filling up your (car’s gas) tank will be $200. To fill up the (heating oil) tank in your basement with oil — $2,000.” Maine, with its cold winters, will be uninhabitable, he said.</p>
<p>King’s idea is provocative, said Pete Didisheim, advocacy director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine and a leading wind energy advocate. “It’s a bigger concept than anybody’s talking about.”</p>
<p>Land-based wind projects are far more financially sound, he said. The technological challenges of building large floating platforms, among other things, means offshore wind power is at least 10 years away.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nrcm.org/news/environmental-issues-in-the-news/king-pushes-for-offshore-wind-turbines/" target="_blank">http://www.nrcm.org/news/environmental-issues-in-the-news/king-push...</a></p> Avangrid Inc (AGR:New York Co…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2016-02-04:4401701:Comment:740412016-02-04T01:31:24.690ZMonique Aniel Thurstonhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/moniqueaniel
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<p>Hon. John Elias Baldacci serves as Vice Chairman of AVANGRID, Inc. and also has been its Non-Executive & Independent Director since January 16, 2014. Hon. Baldacci serves as Vice Chair of the Board of the Northeast Midwest Institute. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in History from the University of Maine at Orono.</p>
</div> If true, the fact that former…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2016-02-04:4401701:Comment:739632016-02-04T01:14:56.711ZJim Wiegandhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/JimWiegand
<p><span class="font-size-4"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">If true, the fact that former Gov. Baldacci</font></span></span> <span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;">is now a highly paid executive in the wind industry could be viewed by some as an unethical reward, a delayed payoff or even the acceptance of a bribe for his part in the…</span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><font size="4" face="times new roman, serif">If true, the fact that former Gov. Baldacci</font></span> </span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class="font-size-4"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;">is now a highly paid executive in the wind industry could be viewed by some as an unethical reward, a delayed payoff or even the acceptance of a bribe for his part in the <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" class="font-size-4"><font size="4" face="times new roman, serif">Expedited Wind Act</font></span>. <br/></span></span></p>
<p></p> Amen.tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2016-02-04:4401701:Comment:740392016-02-04T01:10:10.025ZLong Islanderhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LongIslander
<p>Amen.</p>
<p>Amen.</p>