List/Grid Tag Archives: energy
Connecticut blocks windmills
This would be funny were it not so pathetic and duplicitous. Yesterday, the Connecticut Siting Council blocked the construction of a wind farm proposed by BNE Energy.
Billionaire “Pickens Plan” falls flat – wind farm not viable
The Don Quixote Plan has fallen flat. In less than three years, more than $80 million was spent on marketing for T. Boone Pickens’ wind turbine power generation plan. After the…
Rental property owners need not apply – Federal energy efficiency tax credits
In central Connecticut there are a lot of two and three family rental properties built in the 1940s through the 1960s. The last few years have been tough for renters…
Will California “boycott” the energy they get from Arizona?
There seems to be plenty of huffing and puffing from Los Angeles politicians as they beat their collective chests about banning travel to, and doing business in, Arizona. But will…
Obama guaranties nuclear plant loans – environmentalists balk
President Obama will announce support for a new nuclear power plant in Burke, Georgia this week. In reality, he is approving the federal loan guaranty that would be required to…
Venezuela celebrates new year with power rationing
Apparently in South America, they welcomed 2010 with power problems. You cannot rely upon “green technologies” to fully meet your needs all the time and – in times of shortage…
Obama administration to support offshore drilling… in Brazil
President Obama has elected to underwrite the cost of offshore drilling – in Brazil – with funds from the U.S. Treasury. So much for working to create energy independence.
Offshore energy platforms provide great fishing!
I have not had the opportunity to dive any oil rigs, but I have been around other hunks of metal underwater. The wrecks in New England, the Bahamas, Florida, and…
Hoist Yer Sails, Matey
Much has been written about “Cap and Trade” recently. Regardless of it’s “good intentions”, I suspect most would refer to it as the largest proposed regressive tax increase in this…
“Big Brother” is watching…
What is the difference between a citizen and a subject? Personally, my reflexive answer is freedom of one sort or another — the right to bear arms, the right to…
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