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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Ahhh! The beautiful sounds of industrial wind in nature. Who needs songbirds, anyway?
Click on the link – Sound is Art! to hear the wonderful Mojave Wind Turbines, as recorded by Michael Peters What wondrous music! I’ll be taking down my bird feeders as soon as I can find an old industrial metal … Continue reading
Selling Industrial Wind: Government, the Media and Common Sense – UPDATE
UPDATE 1/30/2010: Mr. Boone’s work is published at MasterResource. Note supporting comment to the article by John Droz: One more consideration about Denmark’s “success” with wind energy. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) the average cost of electricity for … Continue reading
Field of Dreams II – Starring Industrial Wind
Ready! Fire! Aim! – or in industrial wind LLC lingo – Get Subsidies! Build! Outta Here! From the Business Week article, “Wyoming group studies tying wind farms to grid“: “There’s lots of wind farms built, being built or proposed, but … Continue reading
Today’s industrial wind quiz: Which problem can be fixed? Nuclear plant shutdown or weak wind output.
FPL Group, the leading U.S. wind and solar power producer, experienced a nuclear power plant shutdown and weak output from its wind farms causing it to trim its profits from a year ago. Oh, the power company still did OK, … Continue reading
Industrial wind – the perfect energy solution for 1810.
Matthew Wald’s commentary in the New York Times suggests “Expanding Use of Wind Power Feasible, but May Be Costly.” He writes that “Wind could replace coal and natural gas for 20 to 30 percent of the electricity used in the … Continue reading
Robert Bryce says industrial wind business is “a scam from beginning to end.” w/video
Thanks to Jon Boone for directing our attention to the excellent discussion of US energy independence featuring author Robert Bryce, John Stossel and T. Boone Pickens. In discussing Mr. Bryce’s upcoming book, Mr. Boone refers to this comment from Mr. … Continue reading
Industrial wind – just the facts, folks!
Quick facts about industrial wind! – courtesy of Jon Boone: WIND AND CAP-AND-TRADE WIND AND COST WIND AND NATURAL GAS WIND AND THE ENERGY ROT IN DENMARK WHY WIND TECHNOLOGY IS PROBLEMATIC Related links: A Conversation with Jon Boone – … Continue reading
Wind development projects in Garrett County, Maryland must meet US Fish and Wildlife Service requirements for protection of endangered species.
What follows is a letter written to Maryland DNR Secretary, John Griffin regarding the serious impact of industrial wind on endangered species in the highlands of Western Maryland. We thank Mr. John Bambacus for his permission to post the letter … Continue reading
Allegheny Treasures comments on West Virginia Public Service Commission siting approval for Mineral County, WV.
First, a disclaimer. Allegheny Treasures, while supporting the philosophy of groups opposing industrial wind as a viable source of the country’s energy needs, has no direct relationship to any citizen group. This blog is an amateur effort formed simply to … Continue reading
US WindForce statement on WV PSC ruling.
For your convenience, we provide below the news release prepared by US WindForce, LLC regarding the WV PSC approval of the Pinnacle Knob siting certificate.
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