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BOWERS PROJECT DEFEATED!!

AN EPIC FAIL FOR FIRST WIND

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision denying Champlain Wind LLC's appeal concerning a permit for its Bowers Wind Project in Carroll Plt and Kossuth Twp. Champlain Wind is a subsidiary of Maine's largest wind developer, First Wind. The decision marks the end of a six year process of hearings and appeals which pitted the wind developer against local residents, professional guides, traditional sporting camp owners and loyal visitors to Maine's famed Downeast Lakes Region. Spearheading the opposition was the Partnership for the Preservation of the Downeast Lakes Watershed (PPDLW).

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https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/bowers-wind-project-defeated

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Willem Post commented on Dan McKay's blog post Maine seeks input ahead of 3-GW offshore wind solicitation
"The 3000 MW floating offshore wind turbines will cost at least $16 BILLION FOR CAPITAL COST, plus $500 million to ruin pristine Sears Island  The price of the electricity will be about 17 c/ kWh, as bought by utilities, which will mark it up…"
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Richard McDonald/Saving Maine commented on Dan McKay's blog post Maine seeks input ahead of 3-GW offshore wind solicitation
"This RFI BS is to avoid public hearings and the tough questions about this absurd ideological scam. "
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Willem Post's blog post Hertz loses another $200 million from its EVs
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Willem Post's blog post Hertz loses another $200 million from its EVs
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Willem Post's blog post Hertz loses another $200 million from its EVs
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Penny Gray commented on Dan McKay's blog post Maine seeks input ahead of 3-GW offshore wind solicitation
"What sort of public input?  I'd sure like to tell them where they can put those wind turbines."
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Penny Gray commented on Dan McKay's blog post State Senator: NH Could Benefit From Offshore Wind Leases Announced for Gulf of Maine
"Just imagine two million acres of the Gulf of Maine carpeted with floating turbines.  Why would humans do this? Because the Gulf of Maine is a "sweet spot" for producing vast amounts of infrasound, millions of blinking lights, and…"
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Dan McKay commented on Willem Post's blog post Hertz loses another $200 million from its EVs
"Get in the line, Hertz. No bailout, but as soon as the government  capitulates to the truth and passes the buck to the billionaire cabal, you have your path to reparations"
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Hertz loses another $200 million from its EVs

Hertz loses another $200 million from its EVsHertz is increasing the number of EVs it will sell from its fleet — and will take a loss on those sales.Car rental operator Hertz (HTZ) reported it lost another $200 million due to its EV gamble.In its first quarter earnings report, Hertz…See More
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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Utility opposes new rules for heat pumps popular in Maine
"HEAT PUMPS ARE MONEY LOSERS IN MY VERMONT HOUSE, AS THEY ARE IN ALMOST ALL NEW ENGLAND HOUSES https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/heat-pumps-are-money-losers-in-my-vermont-house-as-they-are-in   Vermont…"
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Thinklike A. Mountain posted a blog post

Biden Calls For Record High 44.6% Capital Gains Tax Rate

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2024 - 10:10 PMHere is a direct quote from the Biden 2025 budget proposal: “Together, the proposals would increase the top marginal rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends to 44.6 percent.”Yes, you read that correctly: A Biden top capital gains and dividends tax rate of 44.6%.Under the Biden proposal, the combined federal-state capital gains tax exceeds 50% in many states.…See More
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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post 3 New York wind farms scrapped
"The scrapped projects are: 1404 MW Attentive Energy One 1314 MW Community Offshore Wind 1314 MW Excelsior Wind GE had bid its 18 MW wind turbine, but decided to standardize on its 15 MW turbine That meant more capital costs As a result, the 15…"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Utility opposes new rules for heat pumps popular in Maine
"Stoddard said a heat pump competes with a boiler that is a bigger and more powerful system...... What the hell is wrong with this guy. " bigger and more powerful" is an American economic principle that has made us the most powerful…"
Wednesday
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Utility opposes new rules for heat pumps popular in Maine
"As always, this mess was a concoction of the majority democrat legislature: "The Legislature has set forth the goal of at least 115,000 households in the State wholly heated by heat pumps and an additional 130,000 households in the State…"
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Willem Post's blog post The Intel Agencies of Government Are Fully Weaponized
"“This Will Be the Sleeper Issue of 2024” — THE DEMOCRAT ELECTION STEAL IS IN MOTION: 1.7 Million Mysterious Voter Registrations Recorded in Texas Since 2020…"
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Hertz loses another $200 million from its EVs

Posted by Willem Post on April 26, 2024 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Nobody wants EV's

Posted by Thinklike A. Mountain on April 22, 2024 at 10:53am — 1 Comment

3 New York wind farms scrapped

Posted by Long Islander on April 21, 2024 at 9:44am — 5 Comments

The Maine Labor Climate Council

Posted by Long Islander on April 17, 2024 at 8:50am — 3 Comments

Who is EDPR?

EDPR, hoping to build Maine's largest wind factory in The County, likes to say they're from Texas. Click on the box above and you'll see their parent, Energias de Portugal is owned by China Three Gorges which is owned by the People's Republic of China. Protect the United States Treasury from foreign subsidy feeders and protect The County - just say NO.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Three_Gorges_Corporation

Maine Governor's Energy Office's Patrick Woodcock letter seemingly endorsing EDPR's Number Nine wind project.

Number%20Nine%20-%2010-22-15%20-%20Copy.pdf

NRCM's CO2 - From A Different Point of View The PDF document at the following link put NRCM's own published CO2 information into the perspective of the Maine woods and shows the terrible tradeoff that is industrial wind in Maine.  

Putting Maine's Wind Power Goals into Proper Perspective

 

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Infrasound 1 Reply

Has anyone got any research data or articles or studies on infrasound and wind turbines ?  Is it a coincidence wind developers compare turbine sound with refrigerators ? ...................................…Continue

Started by Dan McKay. Last reply by Frank Haggerty Nov 5, 2023.

Be wary your state is in the crosshairs 1 Reply

Ever since the "pandemic" you can see every aspect of the way we live our lives is under attack.but it doesn't stop there!Huge corporations are buying up beloved farms, destroying open space with cluster housing and subdivisions, all the while…Continue

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    Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

    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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