7/21/2013: Ted Sickinger has an excellent investigative piece in the Oregonian on a successful scam to boost the energy tax credits for a wind farm from $10M to $30M. Big money, for comparison UO gets ~$55M a year from the state. Which is a better use of state funds? The story quotes Phil Barnhart as supporting the credits, while Benjamin Franklin says an investment in education pays the best interest.
More idiocy of massively subsidized alternative energy. A massive blight on the environment, visual and otherwise. Money for conservative welfare ranchers, and a great opportunity for blowhard liberal politicians to pretend they’re making “investments,” protecting the environment (HAH!), doing something about global warming.
And people say I was a swindler!