Based On Lies
Dec 8th, 2009 by Frank Knotts
As we have seen demonstrated in recent weeks, much of the so-called consensus on man-made global warming or if you prefer , climate change, is based on junk science, manipulated numbers and out-and-out lies.
With the release of the “climate gate ” e-mails that showed that many of the leading “SCIENTIST” in the field of climate study were engaged in misleading the world on the subject of man-made global warming. The e-mails showed these so-called scientist discussing how best to manipulate recent global temperatures to make it seem as if the planet is warming. The e-mails also displayed the fact that they were disappointed that the actual numbers didn’t back-up their theories and then again discuss how to hide the facts. I believe this last , shows their un-scientific bias and that they are driving an agenda , instead of seeking scientific truth.
Now if we know that the scientist who have been leading the push for major changes to our climate policies were engaged in mis-leading the people and our law makers and that the information they gave us was not accurate and in some cases may have been intentionally falsified to achieve the desired results. Then does it not make sense that we should re-evaluate any legislation that has been passed based on this questionable information?
I am not just talking about on a national level, but also right here on a state level in Delaware.
During the debate over whether or not Blue Water Wind should be allowed to put wind mills in the coastal waters off of the Delaware shores and whether or not Delmarva Power should be “FORCED” to buy power from these wind mills, much of the debate centered around global warming. And the benefits of non-fossil fuel energy for reversing the perceived climate effects that fossil fuels were having on global temperatures.
We heard from people from the University of Delaware testifying before the legislature in support of these measures. We heard law makers quoting facts and figures, many possibly from the very scientist who have now been proven to be lying. The public support for this project and its unconstitutional mandates on a private company was also based on the false information being peddled around the nation and the world.
My point is that the Delaware legislature should revisit this issue. Any mandates on DP&L should be made null and void. Any permits for building wind mills off the coast should be pulled .
The state of Delaware should investigate anyone involved in promoting this project, from Blue Water Wind , and including anyone from the University of Delaware who gave testimony or supplied information that the legislature may have based its decision on.
If we now know that information coming from around the world is questionable and that information and decisions made here in the state of Delaware were based on, and incorporated that information into information and decisions here, then does it not make sense that we re-think those decisions ?
The cost of going forward with the Blue Water Wind Project to our energy needs here in the state are too high to make such a decision based on what could be out-and-out fraudulent information.
I call on the state legislature to call for an investigation into this matter and to do it quickly.
There’s lies, damn lies, and then there are liberal democratic socialists.
Frank, I have read most if not all of the material from both Blue Water Wind and Delmarva Power. It is a staggering amount of material and mind numbing to the point of putting anyone to sleep.
While the Global Warming nuts such as John Kowalko may have been motivated by Climate Gate lies, most Delaware Legislators focused on the Dollar and Cents issues that were the basis of the presentations of both Delmarva Power and Blue Water Wind.
I know of no Repbublican elected officials who voted for or against this project that did so on the basis of Global Warming. The Democrats I talked to also did not cite Global Warming as their reason for supporting Blue Water Wind.
(I did not talk to John Kowalko but that would be pointless.)
The countless meetings and studies on this issue focused on Financial Viability, and the potential for Delaware jobs, assuming Delaware could get a facility for manufacturing wind turbines.
In the end the deal makes sense on paper depending on the price of oil and coal in the future. If the Price of oil gets higher in the future then the Blue Water Wind proposal actually is viable for most electricity buyers.
The deal was based on projections of energy costs extending 20 years.
There were 2 Republican House members, that I know of, who opposed the bill on philosophic grounds that the government should not be dictating to private businesses who they should do business with. They were George Carey and Donna Stone.
Gerald Hocker opposed the bill on the basis of the impact of this project on his district and his constituents.
Of the Senate members who I talked to the most knowledgeable was John Still. Still voted yes on the basis that he thought that energy prices would increase over the next 20 years and thereby making the project viable. At the time I talked with Sen. Still he had already announced his retirement. John Still had no dog in this hunt. Not once did he mention Global Warming.
You can investigate all you want. You will find that Blue Power Wind and Delmarva Power both made their cases on the basis of financial viability and Dollars and Cents issues.
I suggest you contact both parties and ask for their presentations on this issue. Both are informative.
While I am angry at the extent of the lies one discovers in the ClimateGate scandal. I never once saw Global Warming advanced as a serious reason for condoning the Blue Water Wind Proposal.
Most serious Delaware Legislators made their decision based on:
1. Will this benefit Delaware electric purchasers in the future?
2. Will this get Delaware some jobs??
T.W. , I followed this issue very closely and read extensively on the so called benefits of wind power and also the negatives.
I can not speak to what individual legislators may say now was their motivation for voting for this project, but in the public forum, global warming was a driving force. I was also contacted by a person who was a part of the University of Delaware’s team who was pushing for Blue Water Wind , and I can tell you that he was clearly motivated by global warming.
But since you have brought up the financial side of the issue I will addres that .
“1. Will this benefit Delaware electric purchasers in the future?”
I would have to say that from what I have learned about wind energy in general and the BWW project specifically, no. BWW sold the project as offering stable prices for up to twenty years.Understand that they never said cheaper or competitive, but stable. This is because they were front loading the increases they expected in twenty years into the price on day one. The minute BWW goes on line, the price of electric goes up to DP&L customers. Add to this the cost of building the back up natural gas power plant that “MUST” be built and the cost goes up even more.
The BWW project was a knee jerk reaction to the fact that DP&L rates jumped through the roof after the state imposed caps were removed. The caps had artificially kept the cost down and when they expired the prices shot up to market prices that had been going up over the nine years of the caps. So the legislature attempted to solve a problem they created by creating another problem.
Wind energy on an industial level cannot at this time be sold as a cost saving alternative, no way no how. Until someone invents a way to store the energy on an industrial level , then wind and solar alike are just too un-reliable.
2. Will this get Delaware some jobs??
On this part of the promise of BWW, well we would have to wait and see. There would be around two hundred jobs during construction , which would drop down to around twenty to thirty for maintenance. Of course BWW threw the carrot of possibly bringing the construction of the actual windmills to Delaware. This is something that might or might not happen. But let’s say a plant was built here. For how long and how many jobs would depend on the demand for the mills and whether surrounding states also built plants to create jobs. This could end up being just another gambling type pipe dream of revenue.
I think that added to the false science, and the facts that BWW cannot at this time deliver on their promises , there is clearly cause to completely scrap the agreemant. If this pie in the sky project were to ever get off the ground it will cost consumers thousands of dollars more for their energy and the resulting increase of doing business in the state.
HOLOCAUST DENIERS!!!
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL!!!
So what if the scientists emails show they made up data…maybe THAT data wasn’t right but…the science is settled…there is no serious debate that climate change…man made climate change is real…VIVA LA GORE!….VIVA LA GORE!