NY’s Push for the
‘Unreliables’:
A Blatant Grab of
Taxpayer & Ratepayer Money
The 12/29/15 Batavia Daily News Editorial, Shining a light on solar energy, was a refreshing critique of unreliable, subsidy-dependent solar energy. However, deserving of correction is the opening
line of the editorial:
"When proposals
for wind turbines started showing up in Western New York, even those who
opposed them could at least see why a company would want to install the
turbines — this region gets plenty of wind."
You would think, after more than a decade of
dealing with the controversial wind issue in our area, that 'even those who support wind could see why a
company would want to install the turbines’ here -- and it's NOT how much wind we have, but rather...
New York
State has MANDATES for the 'unreliables' (ie: wind & solar), and is
offering very generous taxpayer and ratepayer-funded subsidies and incentives
that draw these rent-seeking corporate hucksters here.
The
‘green’ agenda being pushed by Albany (noted as the most corrupt government in
the nation) is NOT, nor has it ever been, about harvesting the wind or catching
the sun. As has been said by
countless NY officials and wind salesmen alike, "It's
all about the money!"
There are countless articles that have been
published in this newspaper over the past decade discussing the utter failure
that is industrial wind energy that could be referenced here. Unfortunately,
the Batavia Daily News erased the entire history of their on-line newspaper a couple
months ago when they redesigned their website.
If the history of the Batavia Daily News were
still available, people might be interested in reading the article the Batavia
Daily published when 'First Wind LLC' (now Sun Edison) pulled out of Attica, NY
(which borders the existing 5 wind factory towns here in Wyoming County). First
Wind officials reported they were leaving the area because ‘there is NOT sufficient wind here.’
As all of those who have opposed the
industrialization of our beautiful rural countrysides with wind factories have
known from the start – because we took the time to research the
issue – most of western New York State is listed as a “2” on a scale of 1 – 7
on the Dept. of Energy’s wind resource map. Furthermore, easily accessible
information exposes the utter inefficiency of the destructive, sprawling mess
that is industrial wind – which decries any claims of ‘good winds’ here.
As cited within the pages of this newspaper
time and time again - industrial wind provides NO firm capacity, and therefore
can NOT provide reliable, dispatchable baseload power. Thus, wind can NOT replace
conventional sources that do.
New
York State wind factories have been averaging pathetic 24% Capacity Factors
(actual outputs) - many days providing nothing at all. Physicist, and Malone,
NY town board member, Jack Sullivan has reported on the fact that NY’s wind
factories are NOT even producing enough power to pay for themselves over their
brief 10 – 20 year lifespans.
There were also many articles discussing the
fact that the ONLY reason Invenergy went ahead with the Orangeville project was
because taxpayer-funded wind welfare (Wind PTC – aka: Pork-To-Cronies) was extended
in the 2012 Fiscal Cliff Deal. (Ironically,
this seems to be exactly what the Batavia Daily News is worried about regarding
the push for solar.)
The list could go
on, but what it boils down to is this:
The fact that these
financially-motivated corporations would build solar projects where there is
little sun, and/or destructive wind factories where there is ‘marginal’ wind,
effectively exposes the whole wind/solar scam for what it is:
A BLATANT GRAB OF
TAXPAYER & RATEPAYER FUNDS!
More on solar here:
Mary Kay Barton
Mary Kay Barton is a retired New York
State-certified Health Educator, a Cornell-certified Master Gardener, and a
tireless advocate for scientifically-sound, affordable, and reliable
electricity for all Americans. She has served over the past decade in local
Water Quality organizations and enjoys gardening and birding in her National
Wildlife Federation “Backyard Wildlife Habitat.”
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