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In the last couple of years I have watched Illuzzi do his fence jumping on the wind issues. One day he wants to destroy the ridgelines and if you wait a few weeks he doesn’t. It’s a lot like waiting for the wind to blow — you really never know where it’s coming from.
In the last couple of years I have watched Illuzzi do his fence jumping on the wind issues. One day he wants to destroy the ridgelines and if you wait a few weeks he doesn’t. It’s a lot like waiting for the wind to blow — you really never know where it’s coming from.
I read with great amusement a My Turn in the Forum from Sen. Vince Illuzzi (Free Press, Feb. 8). The confused senator suggests wind power will resolve escalating energy costs, global warming and one of my favorites -- provide reliability.
Wind turbines have never once replaced a fossil-fired generating power plant. Anyone who can spell Bob backwards or read a stop sign can get this one! Wind power is not reliable and produces power less than 30 percent of the time. When the wind doesn’t blow where does the power come from? The average wind development has a 20-year life.
The Lowell project will require 26 wind turbines for a 3½-mile stretch on the Lowell Mountain range. The foundation base per turbine will be 30 feet by 30 feet by 30 feet …
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Wind turbines have never once replaced a fossil-fired generating power plant. Anyone who can spell Bob backwards or read a stop sign can get this one! Wind power is not reliable and produces power less than 30 percent of the time. When the wind doesn’t blow where does the power come from? The average wind development has a 20-year life.
The Lowell project will require 26 wind turbines for a 3½-mile stretch on the Lowell Mountain range. The foundation base per turbine will be 30 feet by 30 feet by 30 feet …
I read with great amusement a My Turn in the Forum from Sen. Vince Illuzzi (Free Press, Feb. 8). The confused senator suggests wind power will resolve escalating energy costs, global warming and one of my favorites -- provide reliability.
Wind turbines have never once replaced a fossil-fired generating power plant. Anyone who can spell Bob backwards or read a stop sign can get this one! Wind power is not reliable and produces power less than 30 percent of the time. When the wind doesn’t blow where does the power come from? The average wind development has a 20-year life.
The Lowell project will require 26 wind turbines for a 3½-mile stretch on the Lowell Mountain range. The foundation base per turbine will be 30 feet by 30 feet by 30 feet — this will add up to an average of 16,000 tons of steel and concrete for these 400-foot-tall structures.
After the developer has made millions of dollars from the federal subsidies, accelerated depreciation and green energy credits what becomes of the site? I have to admit when you ask a developer this question it is like watching a deer in headlights. If a site is to be returned to its pristine condition the developer will have to come up with some “out of pocket expense,” not our tax dollars! If you want to get a developer squirming just say the D word “Decommissioning.”
In the last couple of years I have watched Illuzzi do his fence jumping on the wind issues. One day he wants to destroy the ridgelines and if you wait a few weeks he doesn’t. It’s a lot like waiting for the wind to blow — you really never know where it’s coming from.
Wind developers and cronies love playing on public fears and offer pathetic solutions to our serious environmental and energy issues. However, before we dance to Illuzzi’s tune and march of the cliff, please log on to www.countryguardian.net/denmark.htm and read about the failures and reality of wind developments.
Three cheers for the representatives in the Northeast Kingdom who have recently displayed the courage and leadership in defending the NEK! They are holding firm and refused to sell out to special interest!
Your insight and ability to see through the developers’ manure peddling campaigns have earned you the respect and gratitude of so many. Thank you!
Wind turbines have never once replaced a fossil-fired generating power plant. Anyone who can spell Bob backwards or read a stop sign can get this one! Wind power is not reliable and produces power less than 30 percent of the time. When the wind doesn’t blow where does the power come from? The average wind development has a 20-year life.
The Lowell project will require 26 wind turbines for a 3½-mile stretch on the Lowell Mountain range. The foundation base per turbine will be 30 feet by 30 feet by 30 feet — this will add up to an average of 16,000 tons of steel and concrete for these 400-foot-tall structures.
After the developer has made millions of dollars from the federal subsidies, accelerated depreciation and green energy credits what becomes of the site? I have to admit when you ask a developer this question it is like watching a deer in headlights. If a site is to be returned to its pristine condition the developer will have to come up with some “out of pocket expense,” not our tax dollars! If you want to get a developer squirming just say the D word “Decommissioning.”
In the last couple of years I have watched Illuzzi do his fence jumping on the wind issues. One day he wants to destroy the ridgelines and if you wait a few weeks he doesn’t. It’s a lot like waiting for the wind to blow — you really never know where it’s coming from.
Wind developers and cronies love playing on public fears and offer pathetic solutions to our serious environmental and energy issues. However, before we dance to Illuzzi’s tune and march of the cliff, please log on to www.countryguardian.net/denmark.htm and read about the failures and reality of wind developments.
Three cheers for the representatives in the Northeast Kingdom who have recently displayed the courage and leadership in defending the NEK! They are holding firm and refused to sell out to special interest!
Your insight and ability to see through the developers’ manure peddling campaigns have earned you the respect and gratitude of so many. Thank you!