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> Megawatts. It has served so well
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Interesting Dave
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You say =EF=BB=BF corn to alcohol initiative was a disaster!
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and then go on to say "But all to often some anticipated negative ef=
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Seems to me that is what you want to do with the ethanol initiative.
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Not many folks will recognize John Murtagh - a maritimer by choice for a=
few years.
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One of the Maritimes leading scientists - I was lucky enough to work for
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him before his breakthrough and that's not so long ago and now you w=
ant
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to throw it out? I understand - he didn't work for the government!
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Enjoy early winter
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Paul
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On December 21, 2014 at 10:12 AM David & Alison Webster <dwebste=
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    Good intentions have a way of goings astray; no doub=
t about that.
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    Mandated targets for biodiesel e.g. led to rapi=
d expansion of the tropical Palm Oil industry with ghastly human and enviro=
nmental consequences. The corn to alcohol initiative in the US is another d=
isaster.
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    Tinkering with any complex system generates a need f=
or rapid feedback and control so unforseen adverse consequences can be nipp=
ed in the bud. Otherwise an initiative will fly like one of Goddard's e=
arly rockets; squirm around until propulsion and gravity are acting in the =
same direction. Or in other words follow the course of least resi=
stance.
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    Ideally one would apply resistance so action combine=
s maximum positive effects with minimum negative. But all to often some ant=
icipated negative effect is enough to derail a undertaking that on balance =
would be very beneficial.
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   Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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<strong>Sent:</strong> Saturday, December 20, 2014 9:00 PM
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<strong>Subject:</strong> Re: Scope of NatureNS: Re: Long again: Re: L=
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On 12/20/2014 6:33 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:
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    Opposition to wind generation has often come stran=
gely enough from Naturalists; organizations or individuals. This was h=
elped I expect by a famous site in California that was set in a raptor migr=
ation channel in a mountain pass by, what a concidence, a Petrochemical Com=
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<br/>* experience in Ontario has been that these "green" energy=
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<a href=3D"http://www.saveostranderpoint.org/#sthash.LufTSMYD.dpbs">htt=
p://www.saveostranderpoint.org/#sthash.LufTSMYD.dpbs</a> is a tale of a win=
d farm in an "important bird area" where the Ministry of the Enviro=
nment joined the "proponent's" appeal of a decision that the pr=
oject posed an unacceptable risk to a SAR, and the whole basis of the Ont