Comments on: Gone With the Wind: Carbon Millionaires Arrested for Fraud

By: Barbara Durkin

Barbara Durkin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:28:53 +0000

An important clarification I neglected to address is that only AFTER Cape Wind project opponents discovered that Cape featured “discontinued” wind turbines did Cape Wind confirm this status.

Once burned, twice shy.

By: Barbara Durkin

Barbara Durkin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:57:41 +0000

I think you’re missing the big picture, Mark.

As this article point out:

“However, if taxpayers are forced to pay for it they must receive a viable return on their investment.”

The Final U.S. Outer Continental Shelf rules (page 47) require Cape Wind to demonstrate technical and financial ability to construct in order to be eligible for a federal MMS lease.

U.S. taxpayers have already spent millions for the studies on your project featuring “discontinued” wind turbines.

How does Cape Wind intend to provide a fair return to the nation for the use of our resource (as required under Section 388 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) when the Cape Wind project features “discontinued” wind turbines?

It’s clear and understandable that you wish to put distance between Cape Wind and persons charged with lining their pockets for wrongdoing.

Yet taxpayers forced to fund studies focused on phantom Cape Wind might be reluctant to give you the benefit of doubt that Cape Wind will ever provide a fair return to us.

By: Mark Rodgers

Mark Rodgers — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:57:24 +0000

Thank you, Cfact, for amending the article. Two further clarifications for readers: 1) Energy Management Inc. bought out Mr. Caffyn’s ownership interest in Cape Wind back in 2002 and Mr. Caffyn has had no involvement with Cape Wind since, and, 2) Mr. Caffyn is NOT one of the individuals that has been charged with any wrongdoing by the Italian government.

By: Barbara Durkin

Barbara Durkin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:43:17 +0000

Since when have the folks at Cape Wind concerned themselves with facts, Mr. Rodgers? By your representation that Cape Wind would consist of 130 GE 3.6 MW wind turbines, the U.S. government directed 17 permit reviewing agencies to conduct hardware-specific studies to determine the cost v benefits and impacts of this “discontinued” wind turbine–for years.

The GE “discontinued” 3.6 MW wind turbine is the entire focus of the federal regulator’s Cape Wind draft EIS 4,000 pages repeated in the 4,000 page final EIS.

At least Mr. Vigorito’s wind projects featured actual wind turbines.

I note in a careful read of the Boston Herald that Cape Wind and Oreste Vigorito had the same investor, Brian Caffyn, isn’t that a tie?

Karma is in play, Mark. Your phantom wind energy project merits your return of the millions of dollars the public has spent on FAA, U.S. Coast Guard, and 15 other agencies vastly expensive studies. It’s time to do the right thing.

You’re phantom solution to the invasion of the jelly fish is wasting our time and money that could be spent investigating a VIABLE energy project.

By: Mark Rodgers

Mark Rodgers — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:16:35 +0000

This article is factually incorrect and slanderous. Mr. Vigorito, in fact, has no ties whatsoever to the Cape Wind project and a careful read of the Boston Herald article cited as support of this assertion makes it clear that the Herald makes no such assertion.

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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:11:30 +0000

[...] to the European Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, Oreste Vigorito has ties to an investor in the Cape Wind project, which has been criticized as a [...]

By: Pauline Revere

Pauline Revere — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:54:04 +0000

This story illustrates perfectly what is proposed like Al Gore, GE, Goldman Sachs, Nancy Pelosi, etc. Why don’t we call it what it really is? It’s a Ponzi scheme. So let’s stop our President from defrauding all of us! Anyone pushing for this or institutes these cap/trad policies needs to be indicted and jailed.

By: robert g

robert g — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:19:49 +0000

But Al Gore is still on the loose. When is he going to get thrown in jail.

By: Trouble in Green Paradise: Wind Farm Scams

Trouble in Green Paradise: Wind Farm Scams — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:12:41 +0000

[...] One of those arrested in this scheme, Sicilian Vito Nicastri, has ties to the Nantucket “Cape Wind” project, according to the European Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. [...]

By: charleydan

charleydan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:37:40 +0000

Typical government. Passing regulation for big business profits and of course kick backs to politicians. Ripping off taxpayers every time. There is no good government as the Founding Fathers of America detested.