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Category Archives: Politicians and Wind Energy
Industrial wind – “over subsidised and wasteful of public money”
Folks who happily promote the industrial wind business often point to Europe … except, of course, when the news about their product is bad – which is increasingly the case. And, that being the case, you’re not likely to find … Continue reading
Industrial wind hostage tape released.
Back on January 13, I posted this comment from an article at the Denver Post: ”Colorado has been spared a large hit in the first round of firings by Danish wind-turbine-maker Vestas Wind Systems, but large job cuts loom later … Continue reading
Investors run from Bluewater Wind
Jon Boone, of Stop Ill Wind, sent over an interesting article this morning. He highlighted this quote from the piece, “Support for the energy sector, and in particular energy innovation, is of course essential. But we need to distinguish between … Continue reading
Politics over science … does the security of the nation matter?
A must read by Lisa Linowes at MasterResource: “Wind Energy and Radar: A National Security Issue“ We at AT discussed the hostage politics of the Oregon wind deal in this post from May, 2010: Defense Secretary Gates: “homeland security concerns … Continue reading
News flash! Politicians support popular idea.
Politicians! Only in the fantasy world of industrial wind would they be used as a beacon of credibility. Where else would folks so desperate to promote an expensive, poor performing relic of the wooden shoe era look for support if … Continue reading
General Electric: Tax Avoiding Profiteer
I earlier decided not to post Timothy Carney’s earlier article at the Washington Examiner. Mr. Carney did an excellent job laying out the tax code “boondoggle” which allows the green energy vagrants to feed at the door of hard working … Continue reading
Maryland’s O’Malley selects winners and losers with taxpayer money.
From the Washington Examiner: “It is true, as O’Malley spokesman Adamec stated, that incentivizing cost-efficient energy sources is not consistent with the governor’s policies. However, those policies are inconsistent with the campaign promises of lowering utility rates, which first propelled … Continue reading
Senator Jay Rockefeller – “Confirmation Bias” … or just lazy?
On December 8, 2010, following the failure to extend subsidies for renewables (and before they found another way to subsidize profits), I wrote the following to “my” Senator Jay Rockefeller (WV): To Senator Rockefeller Sir, I am extremely disappointed to … Continue reading
Heck! If you can earn renewable credits by burning wood, I know where there’s some REALLY old chunks?
The creativity of some folks never ceases to amaze me. While some are trying to come up with things like fuel cells, mini-nukes and who knows what to lead the pack on new sources of renewable energy, some Californians just … Continue reading
