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Jane Talks About Wind with a Town Representative (Part II)

By -- December 9, 2010

Building on yesterday’s Q&A on the realities of windpower, Part II has our heroine Jane discussing energy matters with her town supervisor:

Viewers are asking good questions about why I did or didn’t do such-and-such with the initial animated video. So here’s some background on making such a video as a teaching tool for wind activists around the country.

Making a Video

There are severe software restrictions when making these seemingly simple videos. For instance:…

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Dick and Jane Talk Wind Energy (a teachable moment: Part I)

By -- December 8, 2010

[Editor note: Part II’s video on Jane talking about wind energy with her town supervisor is tomorrow.]

In my thirty plus years of working on environmental issues, I’ve learned a few things. One is that our “representatives” are often anything but. Another is that government bureaucrats have little interest in taking initiative, no matter how much sense it might make.

Yet another is that “environmental” organizations are much less interested in the environment then they might lead you to believe.

Yet still another insight is that active support from a sufficient number of citizens can be enough to offset these other liabilities. Put another way, if we do not get sufficient support from fellow citizens, our campaign objective has little chance for success. Phrased differently: the success of our campaign has more to do with the support we get, than the merits of what we are trying to do.…

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A Republican Enigma on Renewables (Sen. LeMieux, please check your premises)

By Thomas Stacy II -- December 7, 2010

In line with conservative values, and with the passion of a local Tea Party leader, U.S. Senator LeMieux (R–FL) is behind his state’s lawsuit against the federal government’s healthcare reform law.  He also has a national debt clock on his WEB SITE, and his headline platforms include reducing government waste and improving transparency and accountability from soup to nuts.

So can we feel assured this senator upholds these values across the board?

No, unfortunately, when it comes to the failed government experiment with politically correct renewable energy.

Senator LeMieux has co-sponsored a bill–along with 25 of his closest friends across the aisle–to extend the ARRA 1603 tax credits, doling out 30% of project costs up front to so-called “renewables.”

So what goes? Florida is not a big renewables state.…

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Energy and Poverty – What is Really at Stake in Cancun

By Donald Hertzmark -- December 6, 2010
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Daylight Saving Time: Arrogant Central Planning

By Robert Murphy -- December 3, 2010
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Who is Charles Koch? (A builder of business and critic of political capitalism)

By -- December 2, 2010
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Germany’s Offshore Wind: Wasted Resources, Environmental Blight

By Edgar Gaertner -- December 1, 2010
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Technical Appendix to the Calculator: Fossil Fuel Consumption, CO2 Emissions, and Costs with Wind (Part II)

By Kent Hawkins -- November 30, 2010
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The Calculator: Fossil Fuel Consumption, CO2 Emissions, and Costs with Wind (Part I)

By Kent Hawkins -- November 29, 2010
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MasterResource Update: The Progress Continues (3Q–2010+ report)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- November 25, 2010
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