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Some recent energy articles of interest

Posted By Walter Schneider On April 27, 2011 @ 10:26 am In Energy Newsletter, Wildlife, Energy Issues, Alternative Energy Sources, Community & Industry | No Comments

The Stuart Young wind report, partly funded by the environmental organization John Muir Trust, is another item you should add as an objective source of information that is critical of wind energy ( [1] http://www.jmt.org/news.asp?s=2&nid=JMT-N10561 ). It shows, yet again, that wind energy is a high cost, low benefit option, and that industry claims are rarely met. Kudos to the John Muir Trust which has been a rare voice of reason in the cacophony of self-serving political noise coming from the environmental community.

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Note by folc.ca: The cited report states: “At the end of the period studied, the connected capacity of wind power was over 2500MW so the expectation is that the wind network will produce, on average, 750MW of energy. In fact, it’s delivering far less than everyone’s expectations. The total wind capacity metered now is 3226MW but at 3a.m. on Monday 28th March, the total output was 9MW.”

That is born out by similar observations in Alberta. For instance, during much of the cold spell during the week of Feb. 27 - Mar. 5, 2011, a week during which record cold temperature occurred in Alberta, of the nominal wind-power generating capacity of 777MW in Alberta, 0MW to 2MW were being produced.

You can [2] observe current wind power generation in Alberta.

“A Reality Check for Wind Energy Investors” is a good article written by an energy experienced attorney and CPA. Read through the comments and his good responses to those: [3] http://seekingalpha.com/article/262050-a-reality-check-for-wind-power-investors.

“Major wind farm canceled over FWS bird strike concerns”

[4] http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/04/06/xcel-windpower-dispute/

A good (very short) New Scientist video about how turbines kill bats [5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRqu4WiLQfk&hd=1. Combine that with this [6] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8419796/Wind-turbines-hit-bat-populations.html.

What happens when fantasies like wind energy collide with reality? [7] http://tinyurl.com/3ua72xe.

Two more states’ RPS mandates have been studied and found seriously wanting:

1 - Ohio [8] http://www.atinstitute.org/study-ohio’s-alternative-energy-mandates-will-keep-its-economy-in-a-slump/, and

2 - Minnesota [9] http://www.atinstitute.org/study-minnesota’s-renewable-energy-mandate-will-damage-state-economy-with-little-to-no-benefit-to-environment/.

A very worthwhile radio interview with activists in Minnesota [10] http://tinyurl.com/3u494h7.

An interesting article about how wind turbines are no longer all the rage in [the Netherlands] [11] http://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2011/04/trouw_wind_turbines_unpopular.php.

This is very good news, from a credible source: “The US Will Build Five Nuclear Reactors by 2020” [12] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-04/u-s-may-build-five-new-nuclear-reactors-by-2020-new-energy-finance-says.html.

Some recent global warming articles of interest —

900+ Peer Reviewed Papers Supporting Skepticism about AGW [13] http://www.populartechnology.net/2009/10/peer-reviewed-papers-supporting.html.

An organization’s commendable efforts to have constructive, non-partisan solutions to global warming and energy issues [14] http://www.climatescienceinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=380&Itemid=108.

“Research on Forecasting for the Manmade Global Warming Alarm” [15] http://www.forecastingprinciples.com/images/stories/pdf/ags2011congress.pdf

Bill O’Reilly talks about proposed US government cuts, especially the money for “Climate Control” [16] http://tinyurl.com/3rowyg3.

Supreme Court Hears the extremely important CO2 Emission Case [17] http://tinyurl.com/3rwcdjw.

A recent article of general interest —

A short video talking about the debt situation with the US government [18] http://www.youtube.com/embed/VtVbUmcQSuk

Thank you for your support.

john droz jr.,

physicist & environmental advocate

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[1] http://www.jmt.org/news.asp?s=2&nid=JMT-N10561 : http://www.jmt.org/news.asp?s=2&nid=JMT-N10561
[2] observe current wind power generation in Alberta: http://ets.aeso.ca/ets_web/ip/Market/Reports/CSDReportServlet
[3] http://seekingalpha.com/article/262050-a-reality-check-for-wind-power-investors: http://seekingalpha.com/article/262050-a-reality-check-for-wind-power-investors
[4] http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/04/06/xcel-windpower-dispute/: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/04/06/xcel-windpower-dispute/
[5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRqu4WiLQfk&hd=1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRqu4WiLQfk&hd=1
[6] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8419796/Wind-turbines-hit-bat-populations.html: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8419796/Wind-turbines-hit-bat-populat
ions.html
[7] http://tinyurl.com/3ua72xe: http://tinyurl.com/3ua72xe
[8] http://www.atinstitute.org/study-ohio’s-alternative-energy-mandates-will-keep-its-economy-in-a-slump/: http://www.atinstitute.org/study-ohio%E2%80%99s-alternative-energy-mandates-will
-keep-its-economy-in-a-slump/
[9] http://www.atinstitute.org/study-minnesota’s-renewable-energy-mandate-will-damage-state-economy-with-little-to-no-benefit-to-environment/: http://www.atinstitute.org/study-minnesota%E2%80%99s-renewable-energy-mandate-wi
ll-damage-state-economy-with-little-to-no-benefit-to-environment/
[10] http://tinyurl.com/3u494h7: http://tinyurl.com/3u494h7
[11] http://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2011/04/trouw_wind_turbines_unpopular.php: http://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2011/04/trouw_wind_turbines_unpopular.php
[12] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-04/u-s-may-build-five-new-nuclear-reactors-by-2020-new-energy-finance-says.html: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-04/u-s-may-build-five-new-nuclear-reactors
-by-2020-new-energy-finance-says.html
[13] http://www.populartechnology.net/2009/10/peer-reviewed-papers-supporting.html: http://www.populartechnology.net/2009/10/peer-reviewed-papers-supporting.html
[14] http://www.climatescienceinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=380&Itemid=108: http://www.climatescienceinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&view
=article&id=380&Itemid=108
[15] http://www.forecastingprinciples.com/images/stories/pdf/ags2011congress.pdf: http://www.forecastingprinciples.com/images/stories/pdf/ags2011congress.pdf
[16] http://tinyurl.com/3rowyg3: http://tinyurl.com/3rowyg3
[17] http://tinyurl.com/3rwcdjw: http://tinyurl.com/3rwcdjw
[18] http://www.youtube.com/embed/VtVbUmcQSuk: http://www.youtube.com/embed/VtVbUmcQSuk

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