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2011-10-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Scuttled wind farm project was a billion-dollar boondoogle

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Posted by Fred 2011-10-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Iff anything, IMO it should've been a WIND-SEA COMBO, not just Wind.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-10-03 00:22|| 2011-10-03 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 The greenies never want to mention that wind or solar require the equivalent gas or coal power plant to pick up the load when the government supported green power systems go offline (no wind, too much wind, overcast or no daylight).

Windmills are also really great bird killers (ignored by EPA while prosecuting for 28 birds by oil and powerlines). Wonder what critters solar collectors fry?

Posted by tipover 2011-10-03 00:31|| 2011-10-03 00:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Right next to Niagra Falls, which produces a quarter of all the electricity used in NY and Ontario (population about 20 million), and very cheaply.

That amount could be doubled by diverting all the flow over the falls, but that would spoil the view.

Much better to built enormous expensive windmills.

Posted by phil_b 2011-10-03 00:42|| 2011-10-03 00:42|| Front Page Top

#4 One of the weirder, more "unexpected" things I've come across in recent years was an abandoned wind farm at the southernmost point in the USA (not Key West, but on the big island of Hawaii). Buncha giant, rusting hulks. This scam has been going on for a long time.

Posted by Pollyandrew 2011-10-03 00:53|| 2011-10-03 00:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Those rusting hulks have been at south point on big island have been replaced with NEW turbines bound to get a winner one of these days.
With solar farms I just thought of something most likely heavy herbicide use to keep those areas squeaky clean of plants, sort of like railroad right of ways.

Posted by Choluse Graling8806 2011-10-03 07:17|| 2011-10-03 07:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Choluse Graling8806 Yep. On our mountain ridges where they put these things they have trails of rock roads. No trespassing signs. As you said nothing is growing just like the power lines. Like the Blue Water guys know gets into the drinking water system. Oh, it might timeout. Then no one has told us that. Most are on state land so they collect all the booty. On private land an owner can collect $3000/month. Microwave tower $700/month. Gas well is right up there also for as long as it produces, also monthly income.

Posted by Dale 2011-10-03 08:14|| 2011-10-03 08:14|| Front Page Top

#7 would require subsidies of $60 million to $100 million a year.

I.e. 3-5 times times the value of the electricity the wind farm would produce. Legal theft by sanction of a corrupt governing class.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-03 16:56|| 2011-10-03 16:56|| Front Page Top

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