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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for October 24, 2010
Items of interest: 1-“After applying a six-stage, scientific analysis of wind production, paralleled with other sources such as coal, gas, and nuclear, he now sees the wind option as impractical and lacking in proof of consistent power output.“ Droz says … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for October 23, 2010
Items of interest: 1-The Industrial Wind Action Group has a great weekly email wrap-up of topical articles. Go here to subscribe. Of course it’s free! 2-The other day we suggested the Roanoke Times insist wind developers prove their “eco-friendly” claims. … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for October 22, 2010
Items of interest: 1-Discussion of subsidies worth your time. More on Cape Cod Wind Power – Bruce Everett’s Weblog 2-“Just like BP’s compromised relationship with the federal agency responsible for regulating it in order to promote energy development in ecologically sensitive … Continue reading
When it comes to industrial wind, as in all things – “Listen to Your Mother”
The Allegheny Highlands Alliance presents: “Listen to Your Mother – The case for Wind Turbine Decommissioning, Dismantling and Removal Requirements” AT Note: The Allegheny Highlands Alliance (AHA) is a consortium of citizen/environment organizations with membership in five states along the … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for October 21, 2010
Items of interest: 1-And, of course, no one could have possibly dreamed this: “China, which has been blocking shipments of crucial minerals to Japan for the last month, has now quietly halted some shipments of those materials to the United … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for October 20, 2010
Items of interest: 1-Remember the “block of ice” post urging folks to really understand the “promises” of economic benefit related to wind farms? Wind farms would give taxpayers different options – Sun Journal 2-“And the wind farm developers get to … Continue reading
Should wind farms be required to back up their “eco-friendly” claims?
Today’s Roanoke Times has an interesting little editorial titled “What ‘green’ should mean.” Seems the FTC is planning to watch product labeling a little closer and challenge folks who mislead the public in an attempt to sell their product. The … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for October 19, 2010
Items of interest: 1-Folks in Western Maryland know what it is to honor a commitment. For one thing, you’ve got to be strong enough to stay in the game long enough to fulfill it. “At this point I think it’s … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for October 18, 2010
Items of interest: 1-“The purpose of the Act (Wind Energy Siting Reform Act) is to achieve the governor’s goal of shoehorning massive industrial wind turbines into our once quiet and rural neighborhoods through a careless set of special wind industry … Continue reading
“Write it down on a block of ice.” UPDATE
My dad liked that phrase … “Write it down on a block of ice!” He used to tell me that when I’d do a chore and tell him I was going to send him a bill. Sometimes, when I read … Continue reading