http://tscg.biz/saintblog/2009/07/carolinas-become-new-front-in-land-use-battles-over-wind-energy.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:04:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://tscg.biz/saintblog/2009/07/carolinas-become-new-front-in-land-use-battles-over-wind-energy.html/comment-page-1#comment-588 Steve Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:04:29 +0000 http://tscg.biz/?p=3051#comment-588 I am against wind farms because they simple are no where near as efficient as burning fossil fuels or decaying uranium. That being said, I always get a chuckle when I see situations where the very same people who want the government to take over the entire energy industry are the very same people opposed to it whenever it hits too, close to home, like Ted Kennedy and the Kennedy clan opposing the farm off of Nantucket. It tells me that environmentalists are not really serious about so-called global warming or any other 'crisis' they come up with on any given day. This kind of thing should be a red flag and warning to us all. I am against wind farms because they simple are no where near as efficient as burning fossil fuels or decaying uranium. That being said, I always get a chuckle when I see situations where the very same people who want the government to take over the entire energy industry are the very same people opposed to it whenever it hits too, close to home, like Ted Kennedy and the Kennedy clan opposing the farm off of Nantucket. It tells me that environmentalists are not really serious about so-called global warming or any other ‘crisis’ they come up with on any given day. This kind of thing should be a red flag and warning to us all.

]]> http://tscg.biz/saintblog/2009/07/carolinas-become-new-front-in-land-use-battles-over-wind-energy.html/comment-page-1#comment-579 Jamie Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:13:49 +0000 http://tscg.biz/?p=3051#comment-579 This is interesting because SC has a major issue, more than most other states regarding indigenous renewable resources and the cost of fuel imported to run the coal plants. I can understand their issues with a federally mandadted RPS. Nuclear is on the rise in SC and frankly the best way for them to produce less emissions without a ton of extra money leaving the state to purchase recs. Ridge laws are in effect on the Pacific, similar to SC for on land wind use, so off-shore and bio-mass (which there are already a few plants wihtin the state) are all they can do in regard to the renewbale sector. The southeast could have serious issues economically and socially depending on how new climate action policies are approved. This is interesting because SC has a major issue, more than most other states regarding indigenous renewable resources and the cost of fuel imported to run the coal plants. I can understand their issues with a federally mandadted RPS. Nuclear is on the rise in SC and frankly the best way for them to produce less emissions without a ton of extra money leaving the state to purchase recs. Ridge laws are in effect on the Pacific, similar to SC for on land wind use, so off-shore and bio-mass (which there are already a few plants wihtin the state) are all they can do in regard to the renewbale sector. The southeast could have serious issues economically and socially depending on how new climate action policies are approved.

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