Do not know what so bad with wind power?? Nothing as long as it not in my backyard ?? They do not look that bad! If I had $$ I would put one up.
Maybe good idea to find a way to warn off birds!!

About 5/6 years ago I went on tour of Spain and we went to Morocco for 2 days. The African coast was very mountainous and was just lined with windmills, miles of them. Are they trying to save oil?

Back 100 years every farm in Maine had at least one windmill

let's renew the fernald act: ok to do wind power, BUT, the power must be used in maine.

A HORNET 600(watt) wind mill base price is $499..less mounting tower, inverter, battery for storage.

It it works you can add more to make your own wind farm.

Starting small makes all the sense in the world; but these huge wind farms controlled by out of state corporations will ruin the market for small, home/farm/business installations and net metering.

Please stop promoting these 'showcase' trophy sites.

fjh, WELL SAID!

This giant out of state corporation is pushing this project down our throats. Why? To make money!! Privatization of energy is a big problem that has wreaked havoc all over the earth. REMEMBER ENRON?! That is the first step- take away these monopolies in the power industry.

If each town could simply create its own wind power systems, or if this giant project was state sponsored then I think Mainers would be more receptive.

John, see the big picture and stop catering to these prepackaged mass media notions of environmetal debate. Or are you still afraid of being called a tree-hugger?

Would those that oppose wind power in Maine be willing to live without electricity? Surely their lives currently result in the consumption of electricity produced as the result of some damage done to the planet. What alternatives do they recommend?
Nay-sating is easy, coming up with viable alternatives is much harder.

I agree that if Maine allows our "resource" to be used, then it must be owned and operated to profit Maine, not line the pockets of already wealthy corporations.

Properly sited wind industry could benefit Maine. These large scale industrial proposals in undeveloped areas are what many people, myself included, oppose. LURC showed amazing foresight in turning down Reddington and I hope both Kibby and Stetson go down as well.

Siting guidlines need to be established and areas with exisiting industrial development seem the logical place for Maine to get into the wind business.

Mr. Richardson's story implies there is something wrong with the regulatory system that needs to be fixed because two recent wind power projects have been rejected by public review agencies.

Apparently, this is "problem."

I would say this indicates the system is working exactly how it should -- weeding out those projects that do not pass regulatory muster.

Mr. Richardson then suggests that, essentially, a state committee be created to override existing regulatory bodies, like LURC, for the specific purpose of guaranteeing that wind power projects are never denied.

This is nothing more than throwing away the rule book just because it won't let you do exactly what you want, where you want, all the time.

Mr. Richardson cannot cite a single specific problem with the existing permit review process for wind power -- except that it does not automatically approve all projects and can result in denials.

Why not suggest Gov. Baldacci tell all of Maine's judges to overturn all denials of wind power projects that come before them ?

And what does "streamline" mean ? This is nothing more than a deceptive and dishonest euphemism for gutting the rules so projects that do meet legal muster suddenly and magically meet legal muster.

Why not be honest and call it what it is: cooking the books.

Mr. Richardson writes:

"Maine’s efforts to lead the region as a producer of wind power have been a case of one step forward, two steps back."

When did the people of Maine say this was their goal and intent ? Who said it ? When ?

In sentence logic this is called an embedded assumption. Assumed to be true, but never shown to be true. It has no place in good journalism since it slants the entire story and issue and perspective from the get-go.

C'mon folks, let's have some more broad-based and open-minded reportage here. PPH and Mr. Richardson are certainly up to it, and it mean that sincerely. Cheers.

I dare Mr. Richardson to take on the topic of energy privatization.

Upstate NY is dealing with a similar battle between industrial scale and residential turbines. So far, towns have shown a willingness to embrace small scale wind collection, but the projects that propose 40 370-foot turbines have met with opposition, mainly because people are seeing them as boondoggles for the energy companies, who receive subsidies. The wind "farms" do little for the local area, other than paying a few select land owners. Also, the working life of the towers is about 20 years, after that, the town is stuck with them.
Here is a site that talks about what's happening:
http://www.delcowind.org/

I do not wish to have any windmill running through my prppert and we keep paying a higher cost for everything anyway so what difference does paying more for power. the people that want it let it be put in their backyards not ours that don't want it.

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