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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 05:52 PM Original message |
Rhode Island considers wind power ban |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. What connexion, if any, is there b/t this and Cape Wind project? |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Northern Maine is a desert? |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. yes, technically Northern Maine qualifies as desert -- or that's what authoritative BOOKS say |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Then you need to throw those books away |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Oh yes it IS a desert! Sheesh! I bet you even believe |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. LMAO |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Actually, I've been to the "Desert of Maine." |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Well, I'll be damn. n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Have you EVER been to northern Maine, lol??? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. There is no risk-free energy. |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I doubt it--the degree of risk for wind vs nuclear is much lower. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The external cost of nuclear energy is lower than the external cost of wind power. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Should note this is a ONE-YEAR ban ... so they can write regulations ... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. This is a standard development because no one has established rules on offshore wind |
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