Just found a wind turbine article where the Judge ruled against the wind turbines & the company is going to have to remove 84 turbines over 8,400 acres on tribal Oklahoma land. See link below:
Thank you for this information. The article presents a compelling case and win for the tribe and land owners -- although it required a decade of litigation to make it happen. I will share this article with some folks that may find it useful in keeping a huge wind farm from being constructed near the Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington.
Very solid review of how we need to think of wind as solar as part of a much larger system. System thinking seems to be missing in a lot of the transition plans.
Rick, so much good data here. I appreciate your efforts. I think people often assume that if one critiques renewables like wind and solar, it is akin to saying we should be insensitive to pollution. But, as you rightly point out, there are ethical issues in ignoring the costs and land use challenges in destabilizing grid reliability.
Rick, thank you for another well laid out, logical article. You're spot on with this. I'm hoping more people take notice especially when their reliable, inexpensive electric power is not there. The impact on businesses is going to be significant also. Businesses (e.g., jobs) will go where there is cheep, reliable energy. I appreciate your wife's art work too. It definitely got the point across. If you don't mind, I'm sharing your article on the Gab site.
If I might make a minor editorial note: In the 7th paragraph above, "One of the additional perverse outcomes...." The last sentence, ...."which is leading to the premature shutdown of far to many plants before the end of their useful lives." The second "to" should be "too" (...shutdown of far too many plants...).
Libby, please do share with your board and anyone you'd like. We want to partner with as many utilities, people and other entities as possible to push back against the foolish and dangerous energy policies being force-fed by states like Washington and Oregon. We love what Substack provides in terms of easy and flexible sharing capability that also allows eye catching graphics to go with the links. Feel free to post on your social media platforms as well. We need common sense to go viral and welcome and appreciate your support.
Hey Rick -- thank you for your cogent analysis of the current power situation as it relates to melding the so-called "renewables" (sunlight and wind are renewable -- wind turbines and solar panels are no more renewable than a dishwasher) with traditional baseload generating power stations. The general public will only take notice when the sky-high costs associated with power hits their pocket books. And then again, maybe not -- if states such as California begin to issue "inflation fighting energy checks" to pay for the increased power costs, then the problem will continue to be kicked down the road. In related news -- it looks like the HHH Wind and Solar project may be cut to less than half of the proposed size. I will be online for the Jan 24th, 2024 zoom meeting. Cheers.
Hi Patrick. I greatly appreciate your supportive and insightful comments. Your observations are spot on when it comes to California. You and others will be interested in knowing, the state of Washington legislature has already passed mandates through clean energy laws that require electric utilities to identify the "energy burdened" customers they serve and to pay down their total energy costs using a formula determined by the state.. Yes, you heard me right, the state is going to use control over electric utilities gained through highly glorified clean energy legislation to force us to be involved in covering up the impacts their detached from reality policies will have on the poor. While initially it looked like utilities would be able to determine how we comply with the law, there has been some talk of utilities collecting what is effectively a tax and then sending it to the state to fund a state run low income energy assistance program. I plan to address this along with the negative impacts Washington's clean energy policies are already having on economic development opportunities in a soon to be published Substack article.
1/22/24
Just found a wind turbine article where the Judge ruled against the wind turbines & the company is going to have to remove 84 turbines over 8,400 acres on tribal Oklahoma land. See link below:
https://climate-science.press/2024/01/22/judge-orders-wind-farm-dismantled-in-win-for-tribal-sovereignty/
Thank you for this information. The article presents a compelling case and win for the tribe and land owners -- although it required a decade of litigation to make it happen. I will share this article with some folks that may find it useful in keeping a huge wind farm from being constructed near the Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington.
P, you're most welcome.
Very solid review of how we need to think of wind as solar as part of a much larger system. System thinking seems to be missing in a lot of the transition plans.
Thank you.
Rick, so much good data here. I appreciate your efforts. I think people often assume that if one critiques renewables like wind and solar, it is akin to saying we should be insensitive to pollution. But, as you rightly point out, there are ethical issues in ignoring the costs and land use challenges in destabilizing grid reliability.
1/21/24
Rick, thank you for another well laid out, logical article. You're spot on with this. I'm hoping more people take notice especially when their reliable, inexpensive electric power is not there. The impact on businesses is going to be significant also. Businesses (e.g., jobs) will go where there is cheep, reliable energy. I appreciate your wife's art work too. It definitely got the point across. If you don't mind, I'm sharing your article on the Gab site.
If I might make a minor editorial note: In the 7th paragraph above, "One of the additional perverse outcomes...." The last sentence, ...."which is leading to the premature shutdown of far to many plants before the end of their useful lives." The second "to" should be "too" (...shutdown of far too many plants...).
Fantastic information, thank you. I’d love to share it with my board.
Libby, please do share with your board and anyone you'd like. We want to partner with as many utilities, people and other entities as possible to push back against the foolish and dangerous energy policies being force-fed by states like Washington and Oregon. We love what Substack provides in terms of easy and flexible sharing capability that also allows eye catching graphics to go with the links. Feel free to post on your social media platforms as well. We need common sense to go viral and welcome and appreciate your support.
Hey Rick -- thank you for your cogent analysis of the current power situation as it relates to melding the so-called "renewables" (sunlight and wind are renewable -- wind turbines and solar panels are no more renewable than a dishwasher) with traditional baseload generating power stations. The general public will only take notice when the sky-high costs associated with power hits their pocket books. And then again, maybe not -- if states such as California begin to issue "inflation fighting energy checks" to pay for the increased power costs, then the problem will continue to be kicked down the road. In related news -- it looks like the HHH Wind and Solar project may be cut to less than half of the proposed size. I will be online for the Jan 24th, 2024 zoom meeting. Cheers.
Hi Patrick. I greatly appreciate your supportive and insightful comments. Your observations are spot on when it comes to California. You and others will be interested in knowing, the state of Washington legislature has already passed mandates through clean energy laws that require electric utilities to identify the "energy burdened" customers they serve and to pay down their total energy costs using a formula determined by the state.. Yes, you heard me right, the state is going to use control over electric utilities gained through highly glorified clean energy legislation to force us to be involved in covering up the impacts their detached from reality policies will have on the poor. While initially it looked like utilities would be able to determine how we comply with the law, there has been some talk of utilities collecting what is effectively a tax and then sending it to the state to fund a state run low income energy assistance program. I plan to address this along with the negative impacts Washington's clean energy policies are already having on economic development opportunities in a soon to be published Substack article.