Thoughts from the Middle of Nowhere

Don't you just love when people change the sequence of events in history to make their cause look so wonderful? Since Left in The West doesn't allow comments anymore unless registered, I guess they can't stand to hear dissent, I will have to dispute this piece here.

Basically the story is about how the All Mighty Jon Tester is to be worshiped for his part in passing SB 415, which requires us in Montana to buy power from renewable energy, and the booming success of the Judith Gap Wind farm. The problem is, Jon Tester and his bill had no part in this wind farms success.

Here you will find I commented on just this issue. It seems while SB 415 was still being debated and no mandate for renewable energy was in place, when this wind farm in Judith Gap was all ready being developed and was negotiating to sell its power to the local power company.

So, what hand does Jon Tester play in the development of this wind farm as advocated over at Left in The West?

ABSOLUTELY NONE!!!! People need to wake up and smell the horse shit. Just because they think we need to worship on the alter of Schweitzer/Tester doesn't mean they need to alter history. The Republicans are handing them the alter by their poor practices so the lying is not necessary. People will worship with them without the lying. Grow up.

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. Hannah Arendt

I found an interesting article out of Britain that seems to have lost something in translation.

The emptiness (of Montana) is populated by bison, buffalo and horses that seem to roam wild and look upon their human guests with gentle curiosity.

First off, I though bison and buffalo were the same critter, why are they listed as two separate critters here? Second thing about this statement is the fact that the stock of "wild" bison/buffalo is exceedingly sparse in Montana. That has to do with the Brucellosis issue and keeping Montana free from it. So where did this reporter see all these "wild" bison/buffalo?

Like a traveling circus the governor, his dog and Eric - the bedraggled right hand man - flew us to a place called Judith Gap.

Here in a sweeping valley framed by the Crazy Mountains, 90 giant wind turbines revolved lazily in the robust Montana wind, providing the state with all the electricity it needs - with plenty left over.

Now I know for a fact that my electricity doesn't come from the wind farm at Judith Gap and a little looking around informs me that the wind farm produces 180MW of power which is enough to supply approximately 50,000 households with electricity. Census figures show that there is over 365,000 households in Montana. So where does this reporter get the information that the Judith Gap wind farm is "providing the state with all the electricity it needs - with plenty left over?"

I know the British speak the English language But something was lost in translation here. I don't know where the breakdown was, but it is apparent.

I want my words to survive translation. I know when I write a book now I will have to go and spend three days being intensely interrogated by journalists in Denmark or wherever. Kazuo Ishiguro

UPDATE: I see in todays Billings Gazette that they list the Judith Gap wind farm at 135MW which is even less than I found making it even less likely to power Montana.