[at-l] Google Alert - Appalachian Trail (fwd)

[Jim Bullard]

The problem is that it won't replace those power plants. If I understand 
things correctly, those existing power plants are already producing more 
power than New England needs and they aren't going to just shut them down. 
What will happen is that the excess power will get shoved onto "the grid" 
and used elsewhere. Result? Maine gives up its pristine wild character so 
that folks from NYC and points South in the megalopolis will have more 
electric power without further polluting their environment. It's the same 
nonsense that promotes electric cars as solutions to city pollution. 
Electric cars are *not* pollution free vehicles. They just shift the 
pollution to areas where the power has to be generated.

At 09:32 PM 7/6/2006 -0400, Carol Donaldson wrote:
>"Lee said the $150 million project would remove 800,000 pounds of 
>pollutants a day from existing power plants in New England, the equivalent 
>of taking 26,000 cars off the road."
>
>I vote that 26,000 cars get off the road and the drivers take a hike.
>
>Coosa
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>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Linda Patton
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>   > LURC plans 3-day meeting on wind power plans
>   > Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA
>   > ... Spencer-Famous. "It shows the importance of the whole issue because
>   > of the proximity to the Appalachian Trail.". According to the ...
>   > <http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/2904364.shtml>
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