"Dirty" Energy? Yup, Wind Turbines.

What is more dirty than oil, gas, or coal? You got it, wind turbines! 

That is NOT a picture of the Alberta oil sands, that is a toxic lake created because wind turbines need rare earth metals to run. 
 

Vast fortunes are being amassed here in Inner Mongolia; the region has more than 90 per cent of the world’s legal reserves of rare earth metals, and specifically neodymium, the element needed to make the magnets in the most striking of green energy producers, wind turbines.

 

Live has uncovered the distinctly dirty truth about the process used to extract neodymium: it has an appalling environmental impact that raises serious questions over the credibility of so-called green technology.
The reality is that, as Britain flaunts its environmental credentials by speckling its coastlines and unspoiled moors and mountains with thousands of wind turbines, it is contributing to a vast man-made lake of poison in northern China. This is the deadly and sinister side of the massively profitable rare-earths industry that the ‘green’ companies profiting from the demand for wind turbines would prefer you knew nothing about.
Hidden out of sight behind smoke-shrouded factory complexes in the city of Baotou, and patrolled by platoons of security guards, lies a five-mile wide ‘tailing’ lake. It has killed farmland for miles around, made thousands of people ill and put one of China’s key waterways in jeopardy.

You never hear environmentalists talking about this, do you? I wonder why? Canada is an easy target. We are a democracy, so you can say anything you want without fear of being locked up in jail for years without a trail, or hung. Basically, environmentalists are chickens. They are also stupid. Ouch, am I being too harsh?


They want us to change to light bulbs that contain mercury, this is somehow more environmentally friendly than our regular light bulbs. They want us to convert from coal/gas/nuclear powered energy to wind turbines that are environmentally ruining our habitat. They turn their noses up at nuclear energy because it's too clean, too efficient, and creates waste, that can now be re-used. It just doesn't fit their hippy anti-corporate lifestyle. 

They want our standard of living reduced because we have it too good compared to those people in third world countries. We should be ashamed of our good fortune. Never mind that our ancestors toiled long and hard to get us to where we are today, we should feel guilty because we are not groveling in the dirt, living a life of pain and hunger. Not that they would volunteer to forgo their ipods and go to Africa to help those people. They are too busy scamming people into believing that "global warming" exists and they need to be funded to research it, to the tune of BILLIONS of dollars. We are not buying it. The science is NOT settled. Organizations like the Suzuki Foundation should not be considered charities, they are not. 


Let's go along with their world view for just a minute. The oil sands should be shut down, everyone should ride their bikes to work, and you can only eat whatever can be produced within 100 miles of where you live. Are they kidding me? Seriously? They want us to be living a substandard lifestyle, while they fly off to Bali for the latest Eco-conference. Talk about hypocrites, but they don't see it. They are so brainwashed by Gore/Suzuki and various teachers/professors that they actually believe they are crusaders for a new world. Dumb a$$es. 


How are those wind turbines working out? Try this one:

Wind farms in Pacific Northwest paid to not produce

Wind farms in the Pacific Northwest -- built with government subsidies and maintained with tax credits for every megawatt produced -- are now getting paid to shut down as the federal agency charged with managing the region's electricity grid says there's an oversupply of renewable power at certain times of the year.
The problem arose during the late spring and early summer last year. Rapid snow melt filled the Columbia River Basin. The water rushed through the 31 dams run by the Bonneville Power Administration, a federal agency based in Portland, Ore., allowing for peak hydropower generation. At the very same time, the wind howled, leading to maximum wind power production.

Demand could not keep up with supply, so BPA shut down the wind farms for nearly 200 hours over 38 days. 
"It's the one system in the world where in real time, moment to moment, you have to produce as much energy as is being consumed," BPA spokesman Doug Johnson said of the renewable energy.
Now, Bonneville is offering to compensate wind companies for half their lost revenue. The bill could reach up to $50 million a year.
The extra payout means energy users will eventually have to pay more. 

Nice! Put bird choppers on your land, get money, produce electricity, get money, shut down and produce nothing, get money. It's a huge WIN, WIN, WIN, for producers, a big LOSE, LOSE, LOSE, for consumers.

Environmentalists in the meantime are flying around the globe, with their fingers in their ears, shouting, WE make a difference, WE have a consensus, WE are not lying (HA), WE need more money, WE are the future, WE can occupy anywhere for no reason at all, WE know our models don't work, but who cares. 

WE are the new generation. WE have no clue what we are doing, but WE are doing it loudly, and people are paying us for it. 

YIKES!

Alison Whines, While Danielle Delivers.

Alison went to Ontario and Quebec with some "National Energy" program (as if that would sit well with Albertans) and thought she had their support. When she asks for it, Daddy Dalton slams her and Alberta.

Now, in shock by being betrayed by her Liberal partner, she is whining for an apology. (Read the comments, they are priceless!)

Instead of making the premier available to talk to media, Reford’s office provided her statement to Edmonton media outlets via an audio file of an early morning radio appearance on the Corus Radio Network Wednesday.
Asked if the Ontario premier needs to apologize, Redford said yes.
“I think he does, too,” she said.
McGuinty may not be keen on Albertan resources, but others in Ontario are, said Redford, who recently spoke with business leaders in Ontario and Quebec.

Is she trying to start a fight with a Liberal government to make the PC's look good? She's not that smart. Are Albertans likely to buy it? NO. We are an independent, freedom loving people, who respect the earth that has given us so much, we can smell a phoney a mile away. That's why we didn't like Stelmach, (who at least was honest, but in over his head) and that is why Alison is even worse, because she thinks she knows what Albertans want, without even having to ask us.

This little tidbit should make all Albertans sit up and take notice:

“I know Ontario is in difficult economic circumstances right now, but the way to get out of those is to grow your economy and the Canadian Energy Strategy gives you the opportunity to do that,” she said.

What the heck is "the Canadian Energy Strategy"????? Here is what Dalton thinks it is....remember he is spending BILLIONS on wind turbines:

Asked about a Canadian Energy Strategy, something Redford has been touting pre-election, McGuinty acknowledged he had talked with the Alberta premier about it.
“I think where we can make common cause if we talk about a national energy strategy, I’d like to take a look at that in a broader context. I’d like that to officially include a clean energy strategy and the work that we’re doing here in Ontario and I’d like to broaden the vision so it’s one that we can all share right across the country.
“I’m talking about expanding out vision of energy in Canada so it includes a clean energy vision as well. I think they can grow strong in their way, and that’s good for all of us and we can grow strong in our way. That’s good for all Canadians too,” McGuinty said.

Hey Dalton! Alberta already has wind turbines, we had them before you, and they are useless. Albertans do not want our energy bills to triple because we are embracing environmentalists and polar bears. We have clean gas, oil and coal, that is what is good for all Canadians. Stop importing "blood" oil from the Saudi's and Iran, then we can talk about "clean". Stop your manufacturing industries from polluting the Great Lakes, then come talk to us. Stop having smog days in Toronto, then we will talk.

I find Alison and Dalton to be two peas in the same pod, promising everything and delivering nothing. Alberta can not afford Alison, she has already proved to us that she is ready to buy union votes, why would she change her stripes now?

Remember that the first thing Alison REDford did was to pay off the teachers who got her elected with 100 Million of our tax dollars. The second thing she did was to bring in a draconian law that allows police to convict drivers on the spot, without a court date, who blow over .05 NOT the legal limit of .08. She has now delayed that law until after the election. I wonder why? DUH!

What are Danielle and the Wildrose doing about this mess?

 Jesse Kline: Wildrose taps into anger over Alberta’s new drunk driving law

Alberta’s Wildrose Party has come up with a unique way of fermenting populist anger against the ruling Progressive Conservative party. Wildrose members have recently been spotted giving away drink coasters outside of local watering holes, to protest the province’s new drinking and driving law. One side of the coaster features a slash through the number “.05” with the text, “drink responsibly,” while the other side has a red line through the letters “PC” and reads, “vote responsibly.” A novel campaign tactic, to be sure.
The coasters refer to a recently passed law, which will penalize drivers who have a blood-alcohol content (BAC) of .05, even though the legal limit under the Criminal Code is .08.
“We’ve done polling on this and we know that two to one Albertans don’t want the .05 legislation. They don’t like it,” said Wildrose MLA Rob Anderson. “They think it’s a gross abuse of government power. It infringes on people’s rights and it doesn’t go after the real problem on our streets, which is people who are well over the legal limit.”

I wonder where I can get one of those coasters? This is an excellent idea, not like the PC's $70,000 retreat that produced nothing. Will it work?

From a policy perspective, it’s easy to see why the Wildrose has come out against this. But it makes even more sense from a political perspective. Former premier Ed Stelmach’s government raised alcohol taxes and instituted minimum drink prices at bars. It also passed a law limiting happy hours and instituting archaic regulations about how alcohol can be served around closing time — showing that the prohibitionist mentality is still alive and well in the province.
And who is hurt by these types of policies? It’s not the rich guy who has to spend a few pennies more for a bottle of French wine; it’s the hard working men and women who cook our food, work our oil rigs, fix our sinks and edit our newspapers and just want the freedom to enjoy a few cold ones after a hard day’s work.

It will work. Albertans do not like intrusions on our freedoms. We have also heard rumours of a sales tax and increased taxes on booze and cigarettes. This is not sitting well with us.

The PC's are old, stale and out of touch with voters. The Wildrose is actually a Conservative party that is fresh, and would invigorate all of Alberta by giving us the freedom to innovate, create and get the job done, without an intrusive government. What's not to like about Wildrose, and the promise they bring to Alberta? 

New or old, just look at the pictures to see the truth. (Why do I always want to add a red clown nose to any Alison REDford picture I see?)