H/T Instapundit Thoughts for Earth Day: Oil only kills wildlife when there’s an accident, but wind energy kills birds, bats and insects — including the ones needed to pollinate crops — when the turbines are working as intended. And how do the wind farms kill birds and bats? The air pressure change near the turbines ruptures …
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Obama administration strangles new Calvert Cliffs nuclear reactor with red tape, blames victim
From Memeorandum I see that the Washington Post reports that the Obama administration has killed a new nuclear reactor at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland by setting terms for approving it that made it economically unfeasible in order to force Constellation Energy to cancel the project. Or, that’s what actually happened if you know how to …
Bats versus wind energy — I'm rooting for the bats
Wind energy as a renewable energy source not only requires a back-up power source that neutralizes all its supposed energy benefits, but also requires installing tall, hideous turbines in large numbers — it cannot be justified as a source of green energy not only because it destroys the environment, kills birds and insects, but also …
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Windmills kill birds but killing birds is only evil when oil does it
So sayeth the environmentalists. Windmills are expensive and inefficient power sources and those reasons alone are why wind power is a hoax. On top of that, they are eyesores — infinitely more numerous and hideous than any oil well or oil drilling platform — or nuclear power plant, my personal favorite source of energy. The …
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