Comments on: Now Is Not the Time to Delay Renewable Energy Deployment in New Hampshire http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-energy-climate-change/now-is-not-the-time-to-delay-renewable-energy-deployment-in-new-hampshire/ For a thriving New England Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:46:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Crawford http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-energy-climate-change/now-is-not-the-time-to-delay-renewable-energy-deployment-in-new-hampshire/#comment-2827 Crawford Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:05:29 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=13894#comment-2827 New Hampshire does not have an electricity generation problem. Last time I checked, NH can currently meet all its demand with non-carbon emitting production from NH sources. Therefore, why should New Hampshire lose it’s comparative advantage in natural beauty just so CT and MA residents don’t have to put wind turbines up in their backyards? Seems like a big equity issue from where I’m standing on top of Mount Cardigan looking at an industrial eyesore to the east, with more such tin-can farms proposed to add to the ambiance. Secondly, a much more sensible approach for NH would be the gradual ramping up of far less intrusive solar technologies, on-going reductions in demand via more efficient technology adoption (LED’s, Refrigerators, etc.), and people opting for non-electric alternatives (solar dryers, etc.).

]]> By: David Wright http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-energy-climate-change/now-is-not-the-time-to-delay-renewable-energy-deployment-in-new-hampshire/#comment-2796 David Wright Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:51:55 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=13894#comment-2796 Indeed it is time “to put the brakes on” this unreliable, environmental and health-damaging technology in New England. We have a glut of renewable and sustainable electrical power in the Northeast, and mandates to use this intermittent and unpredictable source actually result in little if any CO2 reduction due to the inefficent ramping of the back-up (mostly natural gas) generators, while pushing up the cost of electricity for struggling families.

The efficiencies of New England and New York wind turbines have beern routinely exaggerated, and industrial wind has not lived up to its promise. It’s time to curtail this costly, ugly, destructive experiment and put our efforts at combatting climate change in increasing the efficiency of heating our buildings and running our vehicles while learning to live with less energy consumption.

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