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POPSIf Not in Your Backyard, Where? This item is an example of systemic denial. The facts on Industrial Wind Action Group are too overwhelming to answer the fraud of proponents of wind power.
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POPSProposed Power Corridor Raises Eminent Domain Concerns in Six States
In addition to concerns expressed by farmers, local businesses relying on eco-tourism are opposed to the lines, which they fear would permanently blight places of significance like Harriet Tubman's birthplace and the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Landowners, environmentalists and businesses that oppose the power line are urging representatives to consider alternatives, such as wind power or burying the lines. If the project is rejected at the State level, PHI could invoke federal eminent domain powers, under the Energy Policy Act of 2005: In the event that the Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway is not approved by the Maryland Public Service Commission, PHI would be able use the power of eminent domain under Federal authority. Section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 provides authority for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review and override state siting decisions as well as other federal and state laws and policy and . . . .
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POPS"Saved Or Created" Green Collar Jobs Destroying Value All Over the Place speaking in a large hangar warmed by the desert heat. "That's the equivalent of powering about 13,200 homes during the day," he said, and it will save the Air Force nearly $1 million a year. ... The base's $100 million public-private solar power system covers 140 acres and generates more than 14 megawatts of electricity. Assuming the taxpayers' discount rate is 4.5% (based on the 30-year Treasury rate), a $1 million perpetual annuity is worth about $23 million today. Of course, that assumes the plant lasts forever. If its useful life is 30 years, chop that $23 million down to about $16 million. Did the public foot more than 20% or so of the bill for this public-private project? If so, it'd be a lot easier (and it'd make for much more entertaining show-and-tells) if the Treasury would just put our money into a big pile and light it on fire.
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POPSIrish Idea for Energy Independence There is an interesting video on the home page but it can't be clipped. It shows energy being produced by wind and stored for later use, perhaps even supplying other countries.
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POPSGreen Tape: Environmental Opposition to Any Kind of Energy The Chamber’s point is that for all the talk of embracing clean energy as an alternative to dirtier old energy sources, plenty of green angst is directed at precisely the things—like new transmission lines—that would bring clean energy closer to reality. That’s true enough: Wind farms, transmission lines, natural-gas facilities and even solar plants have been scotched due to “not-in-my-backyard” concerns. But so have dozens of old coal-fired plants in recent years as environmentalists led by the Sierra Club have campaigned against all manner of coal pollution. The Chamber’s chapter on “green tape” opposition to coal? “Coming soon.”
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POPSUS Now World's Top Wind Power Generator The piece also tells us, "The United States is also expected to overtake Germany this year as the world's biggest producer of solar power, aided by its far sunnier climate, Jefferies analyst Michael McNamara told Reuters on Monday." It's a damned good start, but that's all it is -- a start. Until we're 100% renewable, it's still a work in progress.
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