Bethany Preservation Group

Effie's magic fingers

Effie, why is it that you limited people's ability to post responses to your postings?

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Who's behind it?

North Texas Wind Resistance Alliance
Promoting the Truth about Wind Energy

Who's behind it?

Powerful corporate and financial interests

When you understand that wind energy does not work on a "utility-scale", the next questions are "Why are they doing it?" and ultimately "Who is behind it?"

Simply put, it's a corporate tax-avoidance scam, put in place by investment banking lobbyists, energy industry lobbyists, and the late Ken Lay and his Enron Wind subsidiary. Through manipulation in Congress and state legislatures, they have created a guaranteed high-return investment program, heavily subsidized by taxpayers and utility ratepayers, to benefit themselves at the expense of the public. They then market this scheme to the victimized public and gullible politicians as an environmentally-friendly "renewable energy" program, and have the "big" environmental groups that they support and sustain join in a chorus of approval.

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WIND FARMS: Invertebrates; arthropods; fungi, soils and peat

A Scottish mycologist I've called on the UK Government to declare a moratorium on all land-based wind farm development until a newly identified, potentially devastating threat turbines pose to the environment has been properly examined - letter to the Prime Minister and supporting information below. This action has been reported in the UK media and the issue is attracting growing interest amongst academics, anti-wind farm lobby groups and others in the UK

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"Outsourcing" Wind Turbines

Hello, everyone.

Our public utility company is using the back door to build wind turbines in New York. If you share my sentiments, please distribute this. Contact Mr. Laurito. Thank you.
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July 14, 2007

Mr. James P. Laurito
President & CEO
New York State Electric & Gas
James A. Carrigg Center
Corporate Drive
Binghamton, NY 13902-5224

Dear Mr. Laurito:

On June 27, 2007 you informed New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) customers that Energy East, parent company of NYSEG, announced that NYSEG would be acquired by IBERDROLA. This is a global energy company, which has headquarters in Spain.

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MIT Studies benefits of wind in the Northeast

Here is an article on how strong winds in the winter efficently offsets fossil fuel use. http://www.physorg.com/news9495.html

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German Dilemma: Who Owns the Wind?

With a growing number of wind power stations in Germany, a new kind of legal case is rearing its ugly head. The crime: stealing wind.

It's an offense not mentioned in the bible or the statute books. But in a broader sense it is about theft, even when the booty itself is invisible. But it is still a major problem for the German legal system, including a court in Leipzig that is currently hearing a case involving a dispute between the operators of two wind turbine facilities. Who owns the wind?

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Rising costs will make LIPA's off-shore project unaffordable

The winds have shifted.

The Long Island Power Authority's proposal to build a grid of industrial-strength wind generators a few miles into the ocean off Jones Beach is adrift. It's too expensive, and it should remain at sea.

Despite the pressing need to find alternative and renewable sources of power, LIPA customers can't afford to pay the higher price of wind power from this project, which could be as much as three times the cost of current fossil-fuel generation. Long Islanders have some of the highest electric bills in the nation, along with stratospheric property taxes. That's why, at this time, prudence demands that LIPA avoid entering into so risky and expensive a venture.

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LIPA to scrutinize wind farm figures

The Long Island Power Authority's wind-farm proposal is about to get some serious new scrutiny -- from LIPA itself.

At a board of trustees hearing Thursday, LIPA chairman Kevin Law said he intends to conduct thorough economic analysis of the proposal to put 40 wind turbines off the coast of Jones Beach. Law stressed that he, like most Long Islanders, is a strong supporter of renewable energy sources, particularly amid growing concerns about how greenhouse gases contribute to global warming.

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Webster considers wind power

Webster Town Supervisor Ron Nesbitt says the town could potentially reap big savings by installing a wind turbine at the Phillips Road water treatment plant. A test tower went up in December to determine if the conditions at the plant are right for wind energy. Right now, it costs the town about $200,000 a year to power that facility using electricity.

"What we've been told is that we could save 30 to 40 percent of that bill by installing a windmill," said Nesbitt.

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Wind Will Not Help Fight Global Warming

Rowe, MA -- Wind power will not help in the fight against global warming, says National Wind Watch, a coalition of individuals and grass-roots groups from around the country. Although many environmentalists look favorably towards large-scale wind power, it has proven to be ineffective and counterproductive.

Wind generated only 0.36 percent of the total electricity produced in the U.S. in 2005, according to the 2007 "Annual Energy Outlook" from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. They project that wind's share will be only 0.89 percent in 2030. A determined push could increase that number, but with many undesirable consequences for the environment, wildlife, and human health -- as documented on the National Wind Watch web site: www.wind-watch.org.

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