Grigory Potemkin is famous for allegedly erecting fake towns that appeared accurate when viewed from a distance. As the new governor of Crimea, he wanted to please his empress (with whom he was intimately engaged). Fast forward about 140 years, and we find ourselves with something similar.
Massachusetts intends to finance up to 40% of a wind power project in far northern Maine, potentially giving the state the partner it needs to make the project a reality.
The partnership comes as states in the Northeast are struggling with surging energy costs. The region is heavily dependent on natural gas and feeling a crunch from tightening global energy supplies.
Tight why? Democrats.
Democrats are responsible for the high price of natural gas, its inaccessibility to this region, and the global rise in energy prices. We’ve got plenty of domestic supply, but it has been pinched until it got so expensive that wind and solar could begin to compete. It looks like damning the river and then charging people downstream double for water from your wells.
And we are going to do what Germany did. Erect costly wind machines (likely made in china) that work poorly in the cold and never deliver anywhere near the amount of electricity promised. It was Deutschland’s chosen path to independence from Russian gas. They even began to decommission their nuclear plants. But Germany discovered a few inconvenient truths when the Russkies turned off the tap. It’s never windy enough, and when it is, that’s still not enough. They need to burn coal to fill the widening gaps. And no one mentioned that in going “green” the brochure?
Meanwhile, in New England, where hard lessons remain unlearned,
“Massachusetts’ commitment to provide financial support for the proposed Northern Maine Transmission Line marks a critical step in the right direction,” he said, adding that the project “can unleash the economic potential of Aroostook County and provide affordable and reliable homegrown renewable energy to the good people of Maine.”
They got the “critical” bit right. As for the economic potential, that’s a Potemkin village too. These projects are backed with taxpayer money. More Potemkin Energy may please the green “empress” from a distance, but upon scrutiny, it is a virtue-signaling boondoggle. Planned failure whose price will be borne and felt by many when it can’t keep the lights on or the hearth warmed.
And let’s not forget about all the dead bats and birds.
