March 2009
10 posts
Smart grid or not, wind power is unwise
There is much discussion these days about how the “smart grid” will even out the supply demand curve by “load balancing”, thereby allowing intermittent sources like wind power to be efficiently integrated into the electrical delivery system. The assumption is that if wind power can be accommodated it therefore is justifiable to subsidize the wind industry since it...
A village of idiots?
The following comment was left on today’s Sun Journal online article about the Maine Medical Association meeting regarding wind turbine health issues. Mac makes some good points about the noise levels at Roxbury Pond. I hope he is wrong about his characterization of the citizens of Roxbury. When the time comes in the near future to reconsider the decision to allow industrial wind turbines...
"HYSTERIA: Exposing the secret agenda behind...
The U.N. recently announced global warming is leading inexorably to global catastrophe. Al Gore won the “best documentary” Oscar for his disaster film “An Inconvenient Truth.” The news media beat the drum of “climate catastrophe” daily, all but ignoring scientists who say the threat is overblown or nonexistent. And across America, school children are frightened...
After 50 years of environment protection MNRC...
The following announcement from MNRC is a perfect example of how far the organization has fallen from its long legacy of environmental protection in Maine. My response to this announcement follows:
“Please join us on March 25th at 7:00pm at Bates College for the 2009 Muskie Environmental Lecture. This year’s talk, “Protecting the Environment: Reflections on the Role of...
Saudi Arabia Warns on Rapid Shift to Renewable...
2009-03-16 16:20:57.331 GMT By Tara Patel March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, cautioned against falling investment in fossil fuels and a “premature shift” to renewable energy, which may leave the world short of fuels when the economy recovers. All energy sources have a role in meeting the energy demand though the fossil fuels of oil, natural gas and...
Renewable Energy Symposium at University of Maine...
Today was very worthwhile. We participated in 4 different group think tank discussions where we discussed prepared statements on foreign oil, energy independence, renewable energy, government’s role in energy policy, nuclear power. From these discussions we formulated questions for the morning panel which included off shore wind power advocate, and ocean energy task force member...
Follow the climate change debate going on in...
News
Welcome to the press room for the second International Conference on Climate Change, March 8-10, 2009 in New York. The theme of the conference is: “Global warming: was it ever really a crisis?”
If you are a journalist seeking more information about the conference, speakers or co-sponsors, please contact Dan Miller (dmiller@heartland.org) or Tammy Nash (tnash@heartland.org) (312)...
More Maine doctors concerned about wind turbines
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 For Immediate Release: At its monthly meeting held Tuesday, March 3, 2009, the Medical Staff of Northern Maine Medical Center unanimously approved the release of the following statement: Health Concerns and the Need for Careful Siting of Wind Turbines Members of Northern Maine Medical Center’s medical staff endorse the use of alternative energies. We echo the...
Wendy Todd and the golden rule
Ignorance is bliss. I wish I could go back and find the bubble that I was living in before industrial wind. We grow up here in the states thinking that we are safe and reasonably well protected. If we follow the golden rule that life will somehow be kind and that what is right will prevail. The residents of Mars Hill assumed that their town leaders and the Maine DEP would never let anything bad...
Offshore windpower is 16 years old in Europe -...
This is the first in a series of blog posts about alternative and renewable energy that works, does not destroy precious scenic resources, degrade wildlife habitat, or harm communities with turbine noise. Dong Energy, Denmark’s largest electric utility does not build land based wind projects, and most of Europe has moved away from the blight of wind farms that have ruined much of the...