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The CO2 problem and climate change — the original reasons for the existence of wind power — have been largely ignored in Maine because the selling point is now jobs. The construction jobs should be fixing roads and bridges before they collapse, not building super-sized dirt roads across miles of our scenic mountains, oversized transportation lines and industial skyscrapers with red blinking lights wasting power. How many homes could be lit with the wasted energy every night? The Maine Campus

Not only will large-scale wind power blight Maine, but it won't lower emissions or reduce our oil dependence. The great green wind scam, by Jonathan Carter Portland Press Herald

Although wind is a renewable, European experience has shown that its development causes loss of jobs in the economy, grid stability problems, high subsidization, higher retail electricity rates, and usage issues. Canada Free Press

Vinalhaven citizen lawsuit alleges political interference in wind turbine regulatory process at top level of Maine government Fox Islands Wind Neighbors

The policy on which our national energy strategy is now centred is a ludicrously expensive, self-defeating joke, says Christopher Booker. In the week when it was reported that 20 per cent of the EU's fast-soaring, trillion-euro budget may soon be spent on "fighting climate change", it was timely that Britain's energy companies should have met with the Department of Energy and Climate Change to raise one of the best-hidden secrets of our Government's obsession with wind power. The Telegraph

Wind Power Promises and Predictions Gone Awry. The predictions and promises made by wind developers for Northern New York in 2005-2007 can now be analyzed in the light of a number of wind projects that have been in operation for 3 or more years. I have scrutinized a number of news articles, press releases, and meeting minutes from the above period on wind power. Developer promises have come to pass in nearly none of the cases. the empire page

Report Questions Wind Power’s Ability to Deliver Electricity When Most Needed. Stuart Young Consulting, with support from the John Muir Trust, has released a report studying the ability of wind power to make a significant contribution to the UK's energy supply. It concludes that the average power output of wind turbines across Scotland is well below the rates often claimed by industry and government. John Muir Trust

How much value will you loose if Wind Turbines are on the horizon? McCann Appraisal PDF 5.1 MB

This is a three-part series by Naomi Schalit, looking at wind energy in Maine and the laws surrounding it. A look at Maine's wind act, Bangor Daily News - Part I Some who created wind-power fast track now questioning the goals they set Part II Task force had mandate to promote wind power, not study it Part III Wind power law hasn't prevented development conflicts

This showed up in the Sun Journal: "Wind energy will leave Mainers, the nation, shackled to a heavy weight" Sun Journal

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