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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 15, 2010

Items of interest: 1-“Industries that require never-ending subsidies simply cannot increase overall economic welfare. To conclude otherwise is to believe in “free-lunch” economics of the worst kind. Yet, freelunch economics are driving the push for renewable energy.” Gresham’s Law of … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 14, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Joe Manchin fails first major test: Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. to Senate Amdt. with Amdt. No. 4753) Manchin (D-WV), Yea 2-“The contracts are … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 10, 2010

Items of interest: 1-LA Times joins NY Times to support spending your tax dollars on unreliable and costly wind and solar.  Don’t these papers have a “science” section? Keeping it clean – LA Times 2-This would be even funnier if … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 9, 2010

Items of interest: 1-A MUST SEE!!! Part II of John Droz Jr.’s excellent presentation us up.  View Part I first, if you haven’t already seen.  Link provided below. Jane Talks About Wind with a Town Representative (Part II) – MasterResource … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 8, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Excellent piece from John Droz, Jr. Dick and Jane Talk Wind Energy (a teachable moment: Part I) – MasterResource 2-“They’ll be much more friendly to avian species, and California will still get the same amount of renewable, … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 7, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Important letters for your consideration: LETTER: With turbines going up, time for wind moratorium – News Tribune LETTER: Industrial wind too expensive, too inefficient – News Tribune 2-“DWP officials said they remain serious about their bid to … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 6, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Oh my!  Logic entering the conversation … this can’t be good for the greenies!  “(he)… insisted on a more cautious approach to the solar initiative, including figuring out how much it would cost.” DWP quietly scales back … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 5, 2010

Items of interest: 1-“Any lingering doubts that China will be basing its industrial economy on nuclear energy were erased this week” CHINA SOLIDIFIES WORLD NUCLEAR ENERGY LEADERSHIP ASPIRATIONS – Nuclear Townhall 2-Plus, the electricity will be reasonably priced and reliably … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 4, 2010

Items of interest: 1-I can’t begin to describe how incredibly sad this is. Wind turbines tower over landscape – Hawaii News Now 2-Well, when you have the “source scientists” praying to the Mayan Moon goddess … you begin to understand … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 3, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Well, if they put in some new transmission lines and if power doesn’t go out and if we shut them off when the wind blows from the south and if another turbine like this one breaks down … Continue reading

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