Gateway Pundit- green stimulus windfarm pork giveaway to Obama Dem supporter

Gateway Pundit

"Tom Carnahan, brother of Robin and Russ Carnahan, was gifted with $107 million in stimulus money for his wind farm project in Missouri."

"Fertilized with federal stimulus money, 100 new wind turbines have cropped up among the soybean fields of northwest Missouri, and they’re generating some high-voltage sparks in Missouri’s U.S. Senate race.That’s because the Lost Creek Wind Farm, which received $107 million in stimulus money, was developed by a company run by Tom Carnahan — the younger brother of Democratic Senate candidate Robin Carnahan and U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan. Vice President Joe Biden highlighted the project during a visit to Missouri in April 2009. Two weeks ago, the White House included it on a list of “100 Recovery Act Projects Changing America.” Since then, the wind farm has generated a steady breeze of criticism for Republicans. Missouri Republican Party Executive Director Lloyd Smith claimed the Carnahans “used their power and influence to bail out their own brother with more than $100 million in taxpayer dollars.”




Comment; To me, Wind energy is the most wasteful, graft-ridden, gov-subsidized and inefficient method of green energy. 107 million was likely only startup and DOWNPAYMENT ON THE COLOSSEL LOST CREEK BOONDOOGLE. WIND TOWERS COST AROUND 3 MILLION EACH TO CONSTRUCT, NOT INCLUDING COST Of TRANSMISSON LINES. The taxpayerS of MISSOURI will foot the bill for 80-90% of remaining future recurring costs of these wind turbines, and pay higher electric bills as wind farms have to be subsidized by Gov to complete with lower cost natural gas/coal/oil energy.

THOSE 100 WINDFARMS WILL ONLY PROVIDE POWER TO A FEW LOCAL FARMS AND SMALL TOWNS, PERHAPS POWER FOR 50,0000-100,000 INHABITANTS, AND THAT ONLY WHEN WIND IS BLOWING. BIG GOVERNMENT WASTEFUL GRAFT-RIDDEN BOONDOGGLE THEY ARE, AND THIS LOST CREEK GIVEAWAY IS JUST A PEEK AT WHAT WE CAM EXPECT FROM GOV SUBSIDIZED AND GREEN energy STIMUUS GIVEAWAYs to politically-connected politicians, even relatives of politicians in on the pork.