The use of intermittent power sources ( solar & wind) requires the addition of fossil burning peaking units to be on standby for use during the intermittancies. This marriage of wind/solar to its backup supplies is unbreakable.

Thus the poisons such as dioxin, aromatic hydrocarbons, CO2, and harmful particulate matter ( from the backups) are part & parcel of the use of wind/solar. These toxins are not part of some one-in-a-million scenario, but assault us all 24 hrs a day, 365 days per year.

Indian Point averts tons of this gunk, which would otherwise be in our lungs, our hair, our skin, and that of our loved ones. I know…….. My wife has COPD.

Get off the antinuclear bandwagon…its leading you to bad conclusions.

Why are lefty’s so behind the times?

Read this from Wikipedia about the Keystone XL pipeline:

“The 3,456 kilometres (2,147 mi) long pipeline runs from Hardisty, Alberta to the United States refineries in Wood River, Illinois and Patoka, Illinois.[32] The Canadian section involves approximately 864 kilometres (537 mi) of pipeline converted from the Canadian Mainline natural gas pipeline and 373 kilometres (232 mi) of new pipeline, pump stations and terminal facilities at Hardisty, Alberta. The United States section is 2,219 kilometres (1,379 mi) long.[33] It runs through Buchanan, Clinton and Caldwell counties in Missouri, and Nemaha, Brown and Doniphan counties in Kansas. Phase 1 went online in June 2010.”

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this is what happened to me:

You should be very wary about a “Long Term Plan” – you could find your rights are abrogated at the hands of the communitarians, you know, those folks who want your plan to say ‘we must balance individual property rights with the potential rights of future generations” or other such mumbo-jumbo tripe that passes for “doing what’s best for the community” or the “greater good”…

I am fighting a different battle in the same war… “Comprehensive Planning” on a local basis… you should google “Your Town/County” + “Comprehensive Plan” and read it… wrap your head with Duct Tape in case your head explodes…

a few resources:

http://americanpolicy.org/2011/03/31/agenda-21-in-one-easy-lesson/

http://americanpolicy.org/

http://americanstewards.us/news-publications/coordination-works

http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/ (buy her book – Behind the Green Mask: UN Agenda 21 -great resource)

I am intent on creating a National Conference (in Nashville) to teach a hand-to-gland combat style “How To” 3-day intensive workshop style boot camp on how to use legal, political, grassroots and guerrilla warfare against Sustainable Anything…

It is in the embryonic idea stage… Facebook me if you want to stay informed…
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Join our FB page at:
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We are fighting the property rights-stripping trend of “Sustainable Development”, “Smart Growth” and Agenda 21.

To learn more visit our Youtube Channel and view several videos on what we are facing:

http://www.youtube.com/user/RuCoPropertyRights?feature=watch

The City of New Haven was awarded a $16.0 million Tiger 2 grant, 43% below the figure cited by Mr. Norquist.
Mr. Norquist refers to the “original plan” and the “public-private effort called Downtown Crossing to replace the Route 34 connector with a walkable, pedestrian oriented street plan.”
The original plan called for a pair of 4-lane urban boulevards, the building or rebuilding of 4 crossing streets at city grade level and new bike/ped improvements.
Route 34 is a below-grade highway. It is not an elevated highway as stated by Norquist. Fundamentally, we are filling in the corridor to city grade level. This is a profound misunderstanding of the project details.
Mr. Norquist implies that the Tiger 2 grant funds all of Downtown Crossing. It is not nearly enough funding to do so. The grant covers the first phase of work, including the first cross street (College Street).
Mr. Norquist implies that the plan calls for 8 travel lanes side-by-side. In fact, the 2 urban boulevards with new bike/pedestrian improvements, are physically separated by city blocks. These new blocks will be filled with urban mixed use development with front doors from the sidewalk to stores and retail spaces. The first such development is at 100 College Street.
The resolution submitted to the Board of Aldermen proposed to cut by half the number of lanes in the original plan.
The design team listened and worked cooperatively with advocates prior to the final vote of the Board in early November. At that time, the Board of Aldermen overwhelmingly approved the Tiger 2 resolution and was based on a series of proposed design amendments to further support bike/pedestrian safety and traffic calming along the corridor.
The original Downtown Crossing plan was not rejected by Connecticut DOT. Rather, the plan is supported at the policy and professional staff level and included in the region’s transportation improvement plan.
Mr. Norquist states that the alderman caved in to expressway advocates. In fact, the City and State are working with a professional team of architects, economists and planners as well as traffic / civil engineers. This plan is approached comprehensively by many of nation’s top professionals in urban design.

Not sure why CFT even exists, when there are 120 land protecting trusts in CT. I have a comment for you: go away.

What birds had been sighted decades ago that are no longer here in Ash Creek?
Janet Krauss

Andrea