The Shills, Cape Wind & Perpetuating Ignorance!

A few folks are comfortable behaving like sheep following the Judas Goat in their ignorance.....

....accepting and spewing misinformation .....

An article was posted that included an interview with Mark Rodgers of Cape Wind, here:

Offshore winds soon to power Cape Cod: Part 2

 It's important to note that there are companies that actually employ people to write PROPAGANDA opposing or supporting ANY issues.  

 

I call them SHILLS!  Sometimes, as in the case below, they take a KERNEL OF TRUTH, misstate and embellish it.  T. Boone Pickens liked to limelight, was inclined to speak volumes.  Much of it may be found HERE and elsewhere.  

To those who believe we can drill our way out of our dilemma and dismiss Peak World Oil Theory, Mr. Boone, who made his fortune in oil, had this to say:

Pickens is an outspoken believer in the so-called peak oil theory that holds that maximum world production has peaked at about 85 million barrels a day — vs. current demand of about 86 million barrels a day — and will never rise much above that even with lots of new drilling and production.

  

It's important to remember that T. Boone Pickens was a SWIFT-BOATER, which defines his willingness to accept NONSENSE and FABRICATIONS for political purposes.  FROM a NYT article, Pickens Drops Plan for Largest Wind Farm: 

The Texas Panhandle was to be the site of the original wind farm.

 

Mr. Pickens has said in the past that he had to delay his wind plans due to the financing difficulties that have hit wind farms across the country in the last nine months, along with a fall-off in natural gas prices.

The latest scaling back, according to the Dallas paper, is due to transmission constraints. Texas plans to build about $5 billion worth of transmission lines to help carry the wind from the western part of the state, but they will not go where Mr. Pickens had hoped. Originally, he had even planned to build his own transmission lines.

 

  In other words, it would seem that the Oil Genius planned to construct a Massive Wind Farm where there was no DEMAND, NO GOVERNMENT-FUNDED TRANSMISSION LINES.  It doesn't sound like the Epitaph for Wind Energy as much as a BAD BUSINESS DECISION. And then the attack from the CLUELESS JO SHILL:     

Joe

Outrageous LIE'S. [sic]  It been proven over and over that Wind Farms are a farce and don't produce even remotely the energy that these liberal morons profess.

T. Bone Pickens the wealthiest Oil Barren in the U.S. spent over a billion dollars to build a Wind Farm in West Texas where the wind velocity is the highest in the U. S.

IT FAILED and Pickens stated WIND POWER doesn't work and is a joke.

Let not also remember that these morons want to increase your electric bills here on the Cape & Islands by 4 times what your paying now per kilowatt hour.

Cape & Island taxpayers NOW need to be heard immensely to prevent this disgusting fleecing of everyone's wallet to feed there own coffers.



What is always significant in defining SHILLS is their unfounded political attacks and name-calling....WITH EASILY DISPROVEN 'FACTS'....


liberal morons

disgusting fleecing of everyone's wallet to feed there own coffers



 
ANYONE can conduct an internet search and find an article the supports or discredits ANY issue without adequate substantiation.

Such appears to be the case with Cape Wind and Wind Energy.


Wonder what the Dirty Energy Kochs pay for this service?


Posted reply:

You are sadly misinformed about T. Boone Pickens and need to do further research.

T. Boone Pickens sought personal gain without conducting his due diligence.

This from the NYT:

"The latest scaling back, according to the Dallas paper, is due to transmission constraints. Texas plans to build about $5 billion worth of transmission lines to help carry the wind from the western part of the state, but they will not go where Mr. Pickens had hoped. Originally, he had even planned to build his own transmission lines."

In other words, he acknowledged planning a Wind Farm where there is NO DEMAND!

Your Dirty Energy Electric bill just increased 37%. You were just fleeced!

There is additional information available to those who attempt to inform themselves of the facts.

Both Wind Energy and Solar Energy are declining in cost, increasing in efficiency as the market continues to grow.

Instead of believing the right-wing propaganda you are consuming, you might consider Renewable Energy, here's a most recent article:
http://www.renewableenergyworl...

Or a personal favorite, Rocky Mountain Institute: http://www.rmi.org/

You will note that RMI also highlights making buildings MORE EFFICIENT.

This isn't a matter of those dastardly liberals fleecing you to line their pockets. It seems to be a matter of your willingness to preserve your own ignorance and create enemies where none exist.