Category Archives: Windtoons

Celebrate Earth Day! Take a wind turbine to the dumpster!

Posted on April 22, 2010 by morgan

(Courtesy of Windtoons)

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Friends of the Highland Mountains: “If you like the view of a dark, starry night, the kind rarely found in many parts of New England, you’d better visit soon.”

Posted on March 24, 2010 by morgan

(Image Courtesy of Windtoons) From National Wind Watch: The wind development industry is on the offensive — pressing its campaign to make rural Maine the power plant for New England. Its escalated efforts are, no doubt, due to the rising … Continue reading →

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Coal is 24/7/365 – Wind is ???

Posted on January 6, 2010 by morgan

(courtesy of Windtoons) Interesting read from the Credit Herald – a Financial blog:  New coal-fired power plant fuels debate Key thought from the article – “While burning coal releases CO2, the fuel has advantages over renewable forms of electricity. At … Continue reading →

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WV State Historic Preservation Officer thinks adverse effects of wind turbines on historic sites worth around $17.39/turbine/year. Wait! You can’t be serious?

Posted on November 12, 2009 by morgan

The West Virginia Division of Culture and History, not wanting to be accused of “close enough for government work,” calculated that each turbine would require an amount $434.7826086956521739130434… each, to mitigate the negative impact on the 18 historical sites in … Continue reading →

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Wild and Wonderful West Virginia – Come to see our magnificent mountains! Uh, but you better hurry.

Posted on November 6, 2009 by morgan

  Hey, as an added bonus, if you get here soon enough, you’ll be able to see the Bald and Golden Eagles that actually survived the turbines.   (used with permission – Windtoons)  

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Exclusive: Windtoons explains how $10,000 view-shed grant to Mineral County, WV will be spent.

Posted on November 5, 2009 by morgan

Windtoons scoops the secret agreement between Pinnacle Wind Force, LLC and the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Hey!  This mitigation thing is pretty cool!

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“Hey, Pop! Are those big fans on the mountain dangerous to animals?” “Nah! No history of that, Son!”

Posted on October 23, 2009 by morgan

Thanks to Jon Boone.

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And another thing, Pop … what exactly do they grow over at the wind farm?

Posted on October 20, 2009 by morgan

A knowledgeable commenter took exception to my use of the term “wind farm” suggesting that “A wind plant farms nothing, except perhaps income sheltering tax avoidance schemes.”  “Farm” is a funny term for a  line of metal poles with a … Continue reading →

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Hey, Pop! Was that a UFO that just landed on the roof?

Posted on October 20, 2009 by morgan

Thanks to Windtoons.com for the great lead to this sobering tale: From National Wind Watch – “Wind turbine concerns lead to road closure, home evacuations” McBAIN – A road in Missaukee County was closed for several hours Sunday afternoon and … Continue reading →

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