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GE invests in Dakotas wind farm Sep 1 2008 12:58PM
A large wind farm on the North Dakota-South
Dakota border has gained a major corporate investor.
G-E Energy Financial Services is investing $141 million in the
$381 million Tatanka (tuh-TAHN'-kuh) Wind Farm that began making
electricity July 25t
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| GE invests in Dakotas wind farm Sep 1 2008 12:57PM
A large wind farm on the North Dakota-South
Dakota border has gained a major corporate investor.
G-E Energy Financial Services is investing $141 million in the
$381 million Tatanka (tuh-TAHN'-kuh) Wind Farm that began making
electricity July 25t
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| Delayed ND wind project getting new life with new owner... Aug 27 2008 2:44PM
A delayed wind project in north-central
North Dakota is getting new life with a new owner.
Almost three years ago North Dakota's Public Service
Commission approved a site plan for the project about four miles
north of Rugby. A Portland, Oregon
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| Delayed ND wind project has new owner Aug 27 2008 12:43PM
A delayed wind project in north-central
North Dakota may be getting new life with a new owner.
North Dakota's Public Service Commission approved a site plan
for PPM Energy's proposed 150-megawatt wind project in October
2005. But nothing has bee
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T. Boone Pickens in ND Aug 21 2008 11:17PM
He's a familiar face in the oil industry, but Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens is taking a closer look at wind energy.
Pickens touted his new energy plant at a town hall forum in Fargo this morning.
He wants to see more privately-funded wind turbines and t
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Pickens Visits Fargo Aug 21 2008 7:30PM
HE'S A FAMILIAR FACE IN THE OIL INDUSTRY...
BUT TEXAS OILMAN T. BOONE PICKENS IS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT WIND ENERGY.
PICKENS TOUTED HIS NEW ENERGY PLAN AT A TOWN-HALL FORUM AT THE FARGODOME THIS MORNING.
HE WANTS TO SEE MORE PRIVATELY-FUNDED WIND TUR
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| T. Boone Pickens speaks Aug 21 2008 8:05AM
Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens told
a crowd in Rapid City that America is on the road to financial ruin
in cars and trucks fueled by foreign oil.
The oil-and-gas mogul said Thursday that the nation has built a
one-dimensional energy policy o
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Wind Debate Aug 20 2008 12:50PM
Democratic Candidate for Governor Tim Mathern says North Dakota needs to be producing more wind power...
Mathern says incumbent Republican Governor John Hoeven hasn't been ambitious enough in setting wind power goals.
He says North Dakota h
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| Butte wind turbine plant on hold Aug 20 2008 11:05AM
This fall's planned groundbreaking for a $25
million wind turbine manufacturing facility in Butte is being
delayed at least until spring.
Evan Barrett, with the Governor's Office of Economic
Development, says the project is definitely moving for
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| More rural schools getting wind turbines Aug 20 2008 8:31AM
Four schools in Montana have qualified for
a U.S. Department of Energy wind education program.
Schools in Cascade, Fairfield, Stanford and Livingston will
build 45-foot-tall wind turbines on school property and offer
coursework based on wind ene
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| Thune touts windhydro idea Aug 17 2008 10:44AM
Combining wind turbines and hydroelectricity
could help increase home-produced power.
That's according to South Dakota Senator John Thune.
He says hydropower could make up for the drawbacks of wind power
if the turbines are built near hydro
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| Billionaire T. Boone Pickens to visit Rapid City Aug 16 2008 5:15AM
Senator John Thune says billionaire
oilman T. Boone Pickens plans to visit Rapid City on Wednesday to
promote his plan to erect wind turbines in the Midwest to generate
electricity.
Thune says he will introduce Pickens at the Wednesday event.
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| Part of border wind project online Aug 11 2008 10:52AM
A company building a $381 million wind
project along the North Dakota-South Dakota border says its plant
is up and running.
Acciona (ah-see-OH'-nah) Energy is a subsidiary of the
Spanish-based Acciona energy group.
Acciona says its Tatanka
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| Part of border wind project online Aug 11 2008 10:37AM
A company building a $381 million wind
project along the North Dakota-South Dakota border says its plant
is up and running.
Acciona (ah-see-OH'-nah) Energy is a subsidiary of the
Spanish-based Acciona energy group.
Acciona says its Tatanka
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| Pickens picked as keynote speaker energy expo Aug 7 2008 1:46PM
Sen. Byron Dorgan says billionaire Texas
oilman T. Boone Pickens has been tabbed as the keynote speaker for
the Great Plains Energy Expo and Showcase in Bismarck.
Pickens has been on a $58 million publicity tour to promote his
plan to erect wind
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| Turtle Mountain college using wind turbine Aug 6 2008 5:43AM
A wind turbine is now helping power Turtle
Mountain Community College.
Project director Kris Delorme says the 660-kilowatt turbine is
expected to provide about 40 percent of the college's electrical
power, and save money. She says it's at full c
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| Wind energy program to 8 S.D. schools Aug 4 2008 4:06PM
Eight schools in South Dakota have been
picked for a wind energy program that teaches students the
fundamentals of the renewable source.
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chairman Gary Hanson
says "Wind for Schools" is designed to provide
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| Candidates in Minn.'s 6th District focus on energy Jul 30 2008 11:12AM
Energy is shaping up as a major issue in the
race between Republican Michele Bachmann and Democrat Elwyn
Tinklenberg in Minnesota's 6th District.
Bachmann is pushing to force a vote on legislation that would
open the Arctic National Wildlife Ref
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| Regulators waiting for information on wind turbine sites... Jul 29 2008 7:56AM
State regulators are waiting for more
information about a community wind project near Luverne.
A spokesman for one of the developers, M-Power LLC, says it has
not yet decided on the type of turbines that will be used, or
exactly where they will
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| Wind turbine to be turned on Jul 28 2008 7:35AM
A Pine Ridge Indian Reservation radio
station will celebrate its 25th anniversary this week by throwing
the switch on its own power supply.
A $120,000 wind turbine has been erected at KILI-FM and is
expected to save the radio station about $12,0
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| Tech Program will train energy plant operaters Jul 27 2008 7:14AM
A new program that trains technicians to
operate energy plant equipment will begin at Lake Area Technical
Institute in Watertown.
The program was approved by the state Board of Education Tuesday
and is expected to be offered in the fall of next
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| Hurricane in Gulf...Obama arrives in Israel...Oilman's plea... Jul 22 2008 5:02PM
Forecasters say Dolly has become a hurricane. The
storm has been gaining strength over the Gulf of Mexico and is
expected to get stronger before making landfall. A hurricane
warning is in effect for the coast of Texas from Brownsville to
Corpus Chris
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| Texas oilman: Clear path for wind power Jul 22 2008 3:31PM
Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens is asking
Congress to "clear the path" for his plan to boost use of wind
and natural gas for U.S. energy needs.
He's been on a 58-million-dollar publicity tour to promote his
plan to erect wind turbines in the Midwe
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| Senate plans test vote on crackdown against oil speculators... Jul 22 2008 2:56AM
A bill aimed at cracking down on oil price
speculation faces a test vote today in the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says tighter controls on
speculation in the oil markets will help lower prices at the gas
pump.
Republicans are
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| Judith Gap Wind Farm taking toll on bats, birds Jul 20 2008 12:01PM
A study shows an estimated 1,200 bats,
most of them probably migrating through Montana, were killed by
wind turbines at the Judith Gap Wind Farm between July 2006 and May
2007.
The high number surprised Invenergy, which owns the farm, as
well a
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ww, your apology showed you are a gentleman.... Reply...
Wouldn't it be great if it was constantly being manufactured by the earth?
I'll have to think about it; still weigh it against potential harms......but, my gut reaction is to think that it would be great.....
One thing though......getting it is still a problem in 2008.
Reply...
wuw - I have stated in different forums some time back I have not believed in the "fossil" fuel theory. It makes absolutely no sense to me. Plants and animals on the surface somehow not rotting away, but somehow making it's way to 15 to 20 thousand feet below the surface to then be transformed to "oil"? But I thank you, I did not know the theory, or if there was one, you have linked in wikipedia.
Wouldn't it be great if it was constantly being manufactured by the earth? Reply...
Spanking? fetish? WW  where is this post headed???? Reply...
F & B. If you will.....please accept this retractiion of my last email. It was rude.....and I do apologize for it.
I would, however, like to know what it is that I said that has made you turn our discussions personal?
Why the ad hominem attacks on me? This is the third time in three or four days that you, out of the blue, have decided to go snapping terrier on my butt.
How in the course of conversation above.....which was, I thought, civil between my old nemesis, Jack A and me, did you just decide to drop that blast......not when I said it two months ago......but in the last couple of days on a post that I was fairly meticulous in crafting a more developed argument about drilling off-shore and ANWR.
Even Good Lord, the person I directed my NIMBY quote too months ago......didn't bring it up [my NIMBY quote] on this thread.
Did you even read these pages?
- - -
On another post, I question why you would call the daughter of Ms. Palin a whore.......excuse me "The town whore"....just because she got pregnant?
What do I get from you? Some snippy comments about me being a metrosexual and not a real man. Huh?
I've said this before.....usually there are no winners on these posts. Arguments get convolted....disjointed and ultimately dropped. However, you can lose...... and it usually starts taking the form of attacking the person instead of addressing the argument.
I'm guilty of it above. Reply...
F & B. Though your assertion has been readily admitted by me as a reason for part of my opinion (not all my opinions are based in logic - - I would think you would understand this....since formal reasoning does not appear to be a strength of yours)
I do, however, defy anyone to read this thread from beginning to end and say that your above characterization accurately captures my thoughts on the subject.
I hope I am not feeding into any kind of fetish you possess. Spanking you on a continual basis doesn't do anything for me. Reply...
WW ............ does not want his view destroyed and would rather pay $10 per gallon for gas. WW is for drilling in some one else's state not his own. Reply...
......all, I was not just refering to the Bakken, this field has been in the news to SOME extent. I agree, we need to build the infrastructure also. How will the environmental facists feel about that?
WHAT I am reading is there are other fields besides the Bakken. Go to the link I posted earlier. The Green River formation of Colorado - wow - this sounds like it dwarfs the Bakken, and the Bakken is HUGE. Why haven't we heard from the media on this - is it for real?
Make you wonder if there will ever be a "peak oil".......................
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BAKKEN!! is that loud enough ww? :) Reply...
Jack A.
I believe on this very post.....and on a related post that ran concurrently, I, myself, mentioned the Bakken reserves.....and am for drilling there. I am not sure, but I don't think there is any controversy regarding Bakken.
And instead of telling liberals to mention Bakken more. I wish conservatives would scream it from the four corners of the world. I hope it makes all of the networks. I will stand next to you in saying we should drill Bakken.
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Jack A. you asked why nobody is talking about the Bakken reserves in North Dakota, but I have to tell you that there has been publicity about this oil play and it is being actively pursued. There was a recent story on ABC as well as on Fox News.
For the most part, North Dakota's oil reserves are being drilled. There are some areas that have been off limits. These would include some of the National Grasslands areas and the Fort Berhold Indian reservation. The reaso they have not been exploited is that it is very difficult to jump through all of the beaurocratic and legal hoops. The administrative costs have just made it too costly. That is slowly starting to change however.
The other problem is that there are not enough fully staffed rigs to drill for the oil. Most of the companies drilling right now are highly understaffed.
Even if there were enough rigs to go around, the infrastructure used to deliver the oil to refineries is not sufficient, and there are not enough refineries to take all of the oil. Remember, the newest US refinery was built in the 1970's.
Most of the liberals on the left coasts think of North Dakota as flyover land that is mostly just a barren wasteland so they mostly don't realize or care that there is oil here. So while they have their minds on other priorities, we'll keep drilling and pumping. Reply...
......didn't come through perfect, but the stats are there.... Reply...
How are these for "numbers"? I like them. And why aren't we hearing this from the media? Got this in an email....
1. Ever heard of the Bakken Formation? GOOGLE it. It will blow your
mind.
The U.S. Geological Service issued a report in April ('08) that only
scientists and oilmen/women knew was coming, but man was it big. It was
a revised report (hadn't been updated since '95) on how much oil was in20
this area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota; western South Dakota; and
extreme eastern Montana ... check THIS out:
The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska 's
Prudhoe Bay , and has the potential to eliminate all
American dependence on foreign oil. The Energy Information
mind.
The U.S. Geological Service issued a report in April ('08) that only
scientists and oilmen/women knew was coming, but man was it big. It was
a revised report (hadn't been updated since '95) on how much oil was in20
this area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota; western South Dakota; and
extreme eastern Montana ... check THIS out:
The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska 's
Prudhoe Bay , and has the potential to eliminate all
American dependence on foreign oil. The Energy Information
Administration (EIA) estimates it at 503 billion barrels. Even if just
10% of the oil is recoverable... at $107 a barrel, we're looking at a
resource base worth more than $5.3 trillion.
'When I first briefed legislators on this, you could practically see
their jaws hit the floor. They had no idea.' says Terry Johnson, the
Montana Legislature's financial analyst.
'This sizable find is now the highest-producing onshore oil field found
in the past 56 years,' reports The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It's a
formation known as the Williston Basin , but is more commonly referred
to as the 'Bakken.' And it stretches from Northern Montana, through
North Dakota and into C
anada. For years, U.S. oil exploration has been
considered a dead end. Even the 'Big Oil' companies gave up searching
for major oil wells decades ago. However, a recent technological
breakthrough has opened
up the Bakken's massive reserves... and we now
have access of up to 500 billion barrels. And because this is light,
sweet oil, those billions of barrels will cost Americans just $16 PER
BARREL!
That's enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for 41 years
straight.
2. [And if THAT didn't throw you on the floor, then this next one
should - because it's from TWO YEARS AGO, people!]
U.S. Oil Discovery- Largest Reserve in the World! Stansberry Report
Online - 4/20/2006 Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky
Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world is more
than 2 TRILLION barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its
extraction.
They reported this stunning news: We have more oil inside our borders,
than all the other proven reserves on earth. Here are the official
estimates:
-8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
-18-times as much oil as Iraq
-21-times as much oil as Kuwait
-22-times as much oil as Iran
-500-times as much oil as Yemen - and it's all right here in the
Western United States.
HOW can this BE!? HOW
can we NOT BE extracting this!? Because some
goofy politicians have blocked all efforts to help America become
independent of foreign oil.
James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says we've got more oil in
this very compact area than the entire Middle East -more than 2
TRILLION barrels. Untapped. That's more than all the proven oil
reserves of crude oil in the worl d today, reports The Denver Post
Don't think 'OPEC' will drop its price - even with this find? Think
again! It's all about the competitive marketplace, - it has
to.
[Got your attention/ire up yet? Hope so! Now, while you're thinking
about it ... and hopefully you'll do this:
3. Take a couple minutes and compose an e-mail; fax or good
old-fashioned letter to all your friends and associates. Alert them to
the fact that unethical politicians have been and will continue to
obstruct all plans to make America independent of foreign oil.
Something has to be done and NOW.
If you don't take a little time to do this, then you should stifle
yourself the next time you want to complain about gas prices .. because
by doing NOTHING, you've f Reply...
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Is it true that NANCY PELOSI has some ties to T.BOONE PICKENS and his wind company? If so, she should excuse herself from the DRILLING DEBATES... :)
DRILL NOW, DRILL OFTEN....... DRILL Reply...
I think he stayed in the green room...with his cell phone. Reply...
err Falcon... I think it is all just a ploy by the liberals because McCain did so very well on the answers..
I will believe McCain just as Obama would have, went by the rules set down by RICK WARREN... Reply...
Errr..nc, there is already dispute that McCain heard some of Obama's talk as he was entering the building. Plus, he was among his base, of course he'll do well... just as Obama would kick his ass in an ACLU or UAW forum. Of course the audience will pander... makes no bearing to the answers itself.
ANYWAY.... maybe I missed it, but are there any dissentors to the Picken's plan? It seem pretty solid. Obama has been the only candidate to seriously look into his proposal. And that's what this country needs... a president that would place energy before everything else... even terrorism. Without solving the energy issue, everything else doesn't matter. Won't have money for health care, fix the social security issue, a whole list of items. Terrorist wouldn't even have to bomb us; we'd self-implode. Any candidate that thinks different need not waste his time.
And as a democrat, yes, I agree with nuclear power. My understanding is that spent nuclear fuel is much easier to process/reuse than it was years ago. Place a majority of our grid on nuclear, split half of our transportation between electric and NG cars, solar panel as many homes in America as possible & a wind turbine for each small town, and work towards hydrogen technology. Coal will still have its place (NG and electricity)... Beulah has one of the cleanest plants in the nation. Just a simpler precipitator.
I'd gladly invest privately and agree to shed tax dollars on wind. North Dakota is set to make a lot of money off of this.
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