Comments on: A powerful personal perspective on NIMBY http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/a-powerful-personal-perspectiv.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 14:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: BurlVeneer http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/a-powerful-personal-perspectiv.html#comment-1301365 BurlVeneer Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134989#comment-1301365 That Delaware offshore wind farm project looks dead: http://theenergycollective.com/jimpierobon/72831/after-bluewater-offshore-wind-retreat-nrg-energy-what-next-shoe-drop-us That Delaware offshore wind farm project looks dead: http://theenergycollective.com/jimpierobon/72831/after-bluewater-offshore-wind-retreat-nrg-energy-what-next-shoe-drop-us

]]> By: sweetcraspy http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/a-powerful-personal-perspectiv.html#comment-1301306 sweetcraspy Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134989#comment-1301306 Whenever I see wind farms, I get a little thrill of living-in-the-future feeling.  I do know that they can be a big problem for migrating birds, but aesthetically, they only have positive connotations for me. Whenever I see wind farms, I get a little thrill of living-in-the-future feeling.  I do know that they can be a big problem for migrating birds, but aesthetically, they only have positive connotations for me.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/a-powerful-personal-perspectiv.html#comment-1301278 digi_owl Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134989#comment-1301278 Heh, i can relate to this. My mother is very defensive of her childhood view of the horizon. End result is that she clings to any "reason" for not having windmills off shore around those parts. Heh, i can relate to this. My mother is very defensive of her childhood view of the horizon. End result is that she clings to any “reason” for not having windmills off shore around those parts.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/a-powerful-personal-perspectiv.html#comment-1301089 Ito Kagehisa Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134989#comment-1301089 We're going to build a large offshore wind farm in Delaware.  The citizenry overwhelmingly support it, which is a good thing since local politicians are being offered millions in "campaign contributions" from entrenched nuclear and petroleum energy interests. The only problem is that the taxpayer is going to pay to build it, then pay to maintain it, then pay for the energy the windmills produce... and will never own them. Capitalism is dead, but so is socialism, I guess. We’re going to build a large offshore wind farm in Delaware.  The citizenry overwhelmingly support it, which is a good thing since local politicians are being offered millions in “campaign contributions” from entrenched nuclear and petroleum energy interests.

The only problem is that the taxpayer is going to pay to build it, then pay to maintain it, then pay for the energy the windmills produce… and will never own them. Capitalism is dead, but so is socialism, I guess.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/a-powerful-personal-perspectiv.html#comment-1301079 Brainspore Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134989#comment-1301079 Great, next we'll be sending the U.S. Military to "liberate" Holland. Great, next we’ll be sending the U.S. Military to “liberate” Holland.

]]> By: seaspray http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/a-powerful-personal-perspectiv.html#comment-1301012 seaspray Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134989#comment-1301012 and also wind farm wars http://www.youtube.com/denbrookwf and also wind farm wars
http://www.youtube.com/denbrookwf

]]> By: seaspray http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/a-powerful-personal-perspectiv.html#comment-1301008 seaspray Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134989#comment-1301008 Hey. One of my projects on BoingBoing :-D Having almost as many NIMBY problems with American offshore projects as we are with British... at least we haven't been accused of rape there yet though :-p bloody tories. Really chuffs to have something I'm working on mentioned on a site I love... but then I'm also a Christian so feel hated... Also watch out for more East Coast Windies! New York New York!!! Hey. One of my projects on BoingBoing :-D
Having almost as many NIMBY problems with American offshore projects as we are with British… at least we haven’t been accused of rape there yet though :-p bloody tories.
Really chuffs to have something I’m working on mentioned on a site I love… but then I’m also a Christian so feel hated…
Also watch out for more East Coast Windies! New York New York!!!

]]> By: rad11 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/a-powerful-personal-perspectiv.html#comment-1300874 rad11 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134989#comment-1300874 I strongly recommend the movie WINDFALL for all those interested in this topic: http://windfallthemovie.com/ I strongly recommend the movie WINDFALL for all those interested in this topic: http://windfallthemovie.com/

]]> By: Wally Ballou http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/a-powerful-personal-perspectiv.html#comment-1300809 Wally Ballou Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134989#comment-1300809 Since he is a  former resident of Cape Cod, Gessner's position can be said to have evolved from NIMBY to ISEBY ("In Somebody Else's Back Yard") Since he is a  former resident of Cape Cod, Gessner’s position can be said to have evolved from NIMBY to ISEBY (“In Somebody Else’s Back Yard”)

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/a-powerful-personal-perspectiv.html#comment-1300758 Navin_Johnson Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134989#comment-1300758 Yet another issue that "libertarian", ghoulish oil men, The Koch Bros. apparently had a big hand in:  <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/Bill-Koch/" rel="nofollow">Bill Koch:  The Dirty Money Behind Cape Wind Opposition</a> Yet another issue that “libertarian”, ghoulish oil men, The Koch Bros. apparently had a big hand in:  Bill Koch:  The Dirty Money Behind Cape Wind Opposition

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