You know, we could have used the help at the antiwar protests.
Always wondered why I never saw greens there.
"Pentagon emerges as foe of wind power" by Leora Broydo Vestel, New York Times | August 27, 2010
BARSTOW, Calif. — The military has found a new menace hiding in the vast emptiness of the Mojave Desert: wind turbines.
And yet they are sticking them up your asses, Americans!
Moving turbine blades can be indistinguishable from airplanes on many radar systems, and they can even cause blackout zones in which planes disappear from radar. Clusters of wind turbines look very similar to storm activity on weather radar, making it harder for air traffic controllers to give accurate weather information to pilots.
Why were we not TOLD THESE THINGS SOONER?
We were told wind was the answer!!
Although the military says no serious incidents have occurred because of the interference, the wind turbines pose an unacceptable risk to training, testing, and national security in certain regions, Dorothy Robyn, deputy undersecretary of defense, told a House Armed Services subcommittee recently.
The Defense Department has emerged as a formidable opponent of wind projects, in direct conflict with another branch of the federal government....
How f***ing efficient!
The impact of wind turbines on radar had been a back-burner concern for years, but it heated up in March, when the Defense Department put a last-minute halt to the $2 billion, 338-turbine Shepherds Flat wind project in Oregon out of concern the turbines would impair the effectiveness of surveillance radar.
The department eventually withdrew its opposition after an internal analysis indicated the effect on radar would not be as severe as initially thought. However, the Pentagon soon raised concerns about another wind project in the area, saying it could interfere with the very same radar.Fine.
Now take your carbon tax and stick it where the sun don't shine!
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Related: Coming Soon: Climate Conflicts
The World's Biggest Polluter
A Green Army
You will forgive me if I do not take the next agenda-pushing article to heart:
"Federal agencies launch bid to reduce carbon footprint; Aiming to cut emissions by 28% from 2008 levels" by Lisa Rein, Washington Post | September 12, 2010
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says it will design energy-efficient weapons systems, and the Navy will build a carrier strike group of nuclear ships powered by biofuel....
I'd rather not build them at all.
Related: Biofuel Fart Escapes at U.N.
Oh, biofuel is a bunch of bulls***, too?
Yeah, I never thought burning food was a good idea.
“It’s not the entire economy, but bringing the federal government into better harmony with nature is a huge step,’’ said Frank O’Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, a nonprofit environmental watchdog. “People can raise Cain if they don’t do it.’’
As if they would listen to us.
And I can not imagine anything less harmonious to nature than the federal government -- the nation's largest polluter!
Btw, I haven't heard a word out of you guys on saving the whole planet by ending the carbon-belching, soil-polluting, radioactive wars.
Where are you, global-warmers?
We need you to protest the wars!
Where are you?
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Also see: Climate Change Cult Collapses
Yeah, if they have lost the Pentagon....
