Comments on: Highland Wind Heats Up

By: Karen Pease

Karen Pease — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:32:35 +0000

Och… y’all don’t get it, still.

If global warming is the problem…

And carbon reduction is the answer….

Grid-scale wind energy developments are NOT the solution.

I applaud your goals, but you’re advocating the sacrifice of much for a paltry, insignificant benefit. Please don’t approach this from a religious viewpoint, or that of a fanatic who’s drunk the koolaid and can’t be swayed by common sense. Let true science and economics guide you. Be open-minded. The time is coming when ‘wind’ will be exposed to mainstream America as the scam that it really is. Until then, those of us who oppose it will appear as selfish elitists who care for nothing but the ‘view’ (as Angus King loves to state). Nothing could be farther from the truth. But we are standing toe to toe with corporate power, established money, and a government ruled by big business instead of the will of common-sense Americans.

If you want to be forward-thinking and brave… come on over to the dark side. We’re WAY more fun… and we’ll be proven right when individuals finally get tired of believing the rhetoric and tag lines of those who will profit from the sale of useless, undependable energy sources.

My best… and I look forward to having open and honest dialogue.
kaz

By: Realit E. Chek

Realit E. Chek — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:34:37 +0000

Thanks for the post to update us on Maine’s progress toward its wind policy goals. These companies continue to invest in green energy in a way that allows us to reduce our emissions, benefit our state and local economies, and put us on a path toward energy independence.

Unfortunately, LURC’s decision places all future applications in a very precarious position. Let’s hope cooler heads prevail, and Maine continues to be able to benefit from sustainable wind development, and potentially even export its newest commodity: electrons!

By: Jane West

Jane West — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:24:15 +0000

Alan,

Point well taken, thanks for your feedback.

By: Jane West

Jane West — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:23:40 +0000

Frank,

We fully support a broad array of diverse renewable and low GHG emission energy producing options. Geothermal is a great alternative, where the resources are readily available. Likewise, wind energy is an excellent source of energy here in New England. By far, we agree that energy efficiency is the best and least expensive option to implement. Any combination of energy efficient and renewable resource options for our energy future makes sense in our effort to get us off of dirty fossil fuels.

By: Alan B. Hunter

Alan B. Hunter — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:56:57 +0000

Jane,
Thank you for your timely article.
A better choice of words may be “viewshed” instead of “scenic”.
Look to the landscape architects for established language of the trade.
Also, the National Forest System has great resources for visual quality management.
Alan Hunter
LF3342

By: Frank Haggerty

Frank Haggerty — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:15:25 +0000

The problem with commercial wind is that it is a billion dollar dream that only contributes to political campaigns , lobbyist , sales commisions and triples our electric rates here in Massachusetts .

The simple facts are geothermal can be done for one third the cost of commercial wind with the same results !

Fiber Optic lighting in a large store can save 75% of a business electric bill ! Heat pumps in Maine have saved 40% on energy costs .

The commercial wind turbine is a trophy for re-election of your local politician that read a one sided commercial wind turbine report from that semi quasi state agency in Massachusetts where they all make six figures and if they convince enough towns to believe in the one sided reports the employees of the semi quasi state agency go on to work for the commercial wind turbine company .

It’s a fact and it happens every day !