tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post8376619723162081812..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Economic fallout from closed Vermont Yankee plant to continue for years: Bruce Parker Guest PostMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-24123978077412326842015-09-12T10:00:02.840-04:002015-09-12T10:00:02.840-04:00And the sheer, unmitigated hell of it is, they are...And the sheer, unmitigated hell of it is, they are destroying those ridgelines with windmills and plastering over farmlands and otherwise pristine lands with solar panels to put in place an unreliable and expensive system that will generate at best maybe 10% of the energy that VY produced using a tiny fraction of the land and other resources that the unreliable systems use. Talk about a bad bargain. WTH is wrong with people in Vermont that they can't see they are tying a noose around their own necks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-70383579054311822702015-09-05T21:06:21.879-04:002015-09-05T21:06:21.879-04:00Thanks, Meredith and Bruce for illuminating the ri...Thanks, Meredith and Bruce for illuminating the ripple effect of closing Yankee. In Addison County we have seen solar "farms" replace idyllic views, a pipeline plan that still does not have rights of way, way over budget and never told the PSB. Like Yankee was the bad child. Solar/wind/fracking gas providers seem to get a free pass.Travelogue for the Universehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127086480471321349noreply@blogger.com