Posts Tagged ‘windmills’Wind Turbines Suck Power Like VampiresTuesday, November 1st, 2011 Nov. 1, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Having just passed Halloween, our minds think of ghosts, ghouls and goblins. One such goblin that will undoubtedly be overlooked is that wind power turbines gobble up energy from the electric grid even when they are not spinning. During the winter months, th... Bankrupt: Now Harrisburg, Next CA?Thursday, October 13th, 2011 John Seiler: And another government bites the dust. Today the city of Harrisburg, the capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, declared bankruptcy. Bloomberg reported: The state capital of 49,500 faces a debt burden five times its general-fund budget because of an overhaul and expansion o... Capping and Trading Us to DeathWednesday, August 31st, 2011AUG. 31, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The mounting contradictions of California’s Green Power Law are so many it is getting to be ridiculous. The policy is mandated by AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Using data from Nature Magazine, it is estimated that California’s 18,000 ... Markets ‘Crush’ Brown’s Windmill FantasyFriday, July 29th, 2011 JULY 29, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI With the swagger of a boxer before a match, on July 24 Gov. Jerry Brown said he would “crush” any efforts to block renewable energy projects in California. Brown apparently was referring to efforts by environmentalists to stop a planned gargantuan 968 Meg... CA Enviro Plan Channels Pol PotWednesday, June 8th, 2011 JUNE 8, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Remember Pol Pot, the Cambodian dictator and head of the Khmer Rouge? According to Wikipedia, "During his time in power, Pol Pot imposed a version of agrarian socialism, forcing urban dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced ... Gridlock On Renewable Energy HighwayTuesday, May 24th, 2011 MAY 24, 2011 By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY California politicians want to draw 33 percent of the state’s energy needs from “renewable” sources such as wind and solar by 2020, fewer than 10 years away. That plan will be hard to pull off for many reasons, including those outlined by energy e... Another Green $$$ BoondoggleSunday, March 6th, 2011 John Seiler: It's too bad their editorial page still is clueless, but the L.A. Times' news section has been running some great stuff about the vast waste in California governments at all levels. They've been printing a six-part series on the fathomless waste from a $5.7 billion L.A. Community Col... |