Going "Green" is on the move. But to go about it impulsively (which tends to be a human trait) needs to be carefully monitored so that we can really yield the best results that reflect the intellectual capabilities we know we can design. Looking at how we live our lives on the micro level through a green lens is going to make the biggest difference in global warming because it has the fabric to encourage a conditioning in how we behave with our natural environment. This will be a "monkey see monkey do" effect with the next generations.  Technology and lowering our Carbon footprint with innovative renewable designs are here. We have also learned a lot about what we have done incorrectly in the past as well as designing public administrative methods that ensure a thorough process is implemented in the design and installation process.

 There are some new buzz words: "Dark Green", Light Green", and Bright Green" Environmentalist. Which one are you? I fall in between the light and bright. 

All the listed sites are listed as objective as possible and are links  that are provided as a public convenience and for information only. I encourage you to search on your own and send me any suggestions that you feel fall into an objective category.  I am trying to reach out to our Legislatures to have them help in providing more comprehensive information about their  "Green" decision making & activities as they attempt to implement alternative designs to the State of Maine and beyond and respond to any concerns the public may have. I encourage everyone to be involved with that due to how it can and will effect you and what kind of tax increases may be a part of that. I have requested a comprehensive cost/benefit analysis simplified to a one turbine analysis as a starting point but haven't recieved anything as of yet. I really feel like it would give the public a concrete look at what they are investing in. 

 In Support of a State Wide Moratorium to have time to investigate Further Potential Effects and Ensure Safety for Proper Installation of Industrial Scale Turbines, Please Keep Signing the Petition at the Link Below (It will b outdated when you no longer see this link).  Thank You.

Info on Industrial Scale Turbines you might not have known.

There are a lot of things to know about industrial scale wind and how it compares to other scale models. My turbine does not use fossil fuel at all. We spray the gears once or twice a year to keep them lubricated and running smooth, that's it. It was asked of Andy Price from CES who owns the Freedom units, "How much fossil fuel is used?" and he stated 200 gallons per unit on an hour of operation dependency. Then they need to tap back into the grid to maintain propelling motion when the wind is not blowing(as often times it doesn't) to protect the bearings from wear and tear due to wieght from the rotors sitting still in one spot. This shifts the weight to avoid that damage.  Also due to scale you have the concern of appropriate placement. Our unit causes flicker issues that caused a headache for my daughter for two weeks straight before we realized it was being caused by that light strobbing from the turbine in the morning for a couple hours. This made it a very realistic issue for me to ask, "how far back would you need to place a 400' tower with a rotor diameter of 270' if mine is a 50' tower sitting 180' away with a 9' rotor diameter?" Also in the assembly of the unit, in the instruction manual it clearly tells you how to know what gauge wire you need compared to how far you go back, it gets thicker the further you go back. So this would explain why they need this huge and very expensive upgrade to the transmission lines to accommodate these units. Even stimulus funds from the Federal Government is getting put on the red line debt we already have, nothings free right? I just received the comprehensive plan from John Kerry's office, Governor's Energy and Independence, and Maine's rural demand does not exceed its in-state production and is not even predicted to projected out to the year 2016. So it is hard not to ask why Maine is investing in this and creating impacts due to scale when we have the rural culture and lack of demand to implement other lower impact devices and take advantage of the PUC's rebate offers to Residential, Business and municipality level projects. Ask questions, I think we really need to be. 

In the photo above (which you can click on and you can see a larger image), Is a scale model of how different scale turbines are like next to a 16' structure.  The little turbine model next to the structure is simulating a 50ft high tower with a 9ft rotor diameter blade rated to produce 200kW a month. (I have one of these at my home). The next one to the right is a true community scale model scaled to the structure of the left, has been placed at 150ft with a 49.2ft rotor diameter and the last one is simulating the Industrial scale turbines at 400ft tall with a 275ft rotor diameter.