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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Secretary Salazar challenged on industrial wind support.
West Virginia Physician Dr. Wayne Spiggle recently received an email from Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar in which the Secretary announced that the Department of the Interior will issue a 50-state report outlining the country’s most promising ways to reconnect … Continue reading
Posted in Allegheny Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Wayne C. Spiggle, West Virginia Wind
Tagged allegheny front, Allegheny Front wind farms, Department of the Interior, Environment, Ken Salazar, Mineral County WV, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Wayne Spiggle, Windtoons, WV DNR, WV Industrial Wind, WV landscape, WV Mountains
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Another green job success story … for Finland.
“Oops there’s goes another half-billion, kerplop! Kerplop!“ I love that Frank Sinatra tune! According to ABC News, “With the approval of the Obama administration, an electric car company that received a $529 million federal government loan guarantee is assembling its … Continue reading
Posted in green lunacy
Tagged electric cars finland, Fisker, green job scam, Joe biden cheerleader
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Do GE wind turbines really suck that much?
In a continuing effort to generate American jobs, First Wind has selected Germany based Siemens to supply some 30 massive turbines for the Kawailoa Wind project located on the North Shore of Oahu. First Wind noted that the Siemens equipment (which … Continue reading
Taxpayer dollars = wind business profits.
Thanks to Jon Boone for directing us to a stunning article by Paul Chesser, associate fellow for the National Legal and Policy Center and executive director of American Tradition Institute. In the article, Mr. Chesser points out that, “Duke has been on a wind and … Continue reading
Duke Energy buys American! OOPS … scratch that!
Here’s another slap in the face for all you US taxpaying, “buy American – so we have more jobs” folks out there in Neverland: US based Duke Energy is building two wind plants in US based Texas utilizing 87 massive … Continue reading
Sure, wind turbines make people sick … but not all that many. Wait … What?
The Canadian Wind Energy Association just opened the “health impact” door. One might wonder now if the American Wind Energy Association will now be forced to walk through it? Wind Concerns Ontario – News Release October 17/2011-In a dramatic reversal … Continue reading
Green Jobs?
Thanks to John Terry for pointing us to this informative interview with the “Green Jobs Answer Man.” ——————– ——————–
Posted in green lunacy, Robert Bryce
Tagged green jobs, Industrial wind jobs, Obama green energy, wind subsidies
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“Gas will be the world’s dominant fuel for most of the next century.”
Take a moment to read an interesting commentary by the UK’s Matt Ridley, aka “The Rational Optimist” – Gas against Wind.
“The greatest threat to the wind industry’s growth is, in fact, the wind industry’s growth.”
Some time back we made the observation that “The greatest threat to the wind industry’s growth is, in fact, the wind industry’s growth.” Confirming that thought is an excellent analysis published by Robert Bryce at National Review Online in which … Continue reading
Flaming wind turbine alert! Grab a chair and bring along some marshmallows.
In an earlier post we discussed our concern for the “Just let them burn and they will eventually burn out” fire fighting technique offered by the developer of the wind project high on the Allegheny Front in Mineral County, West … Continue reading
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