Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Alliance to Protect the Quoddy Region
|
Downeast LNG said it, we didn't!
Calais LNG, Quoddy Bay LNG , and Downeast LNG
all seem to be competing for the most ludicrous statements.
See our other pages, Quoddy Bay LNG said it… & Calais LNG said it…
Downeast LNG's Email Address
Downeast LNG's "Shill" Address
"Shill" Discovery
The actual screenshot below, near the bottom of many of Downeast LNG's website pages, was brought to our attention by an astute observer.
Direct your attention to the email address, "shill@downeastlng.com", which the company provides for use in contacting them.
While we're sure that the address refers in some way to a staff person's name, it is, nonetheless, ironically prophetic.
Since Downeast LNG will probably revise their contact email address when they learn about our discovery, we've preserved it here.
Screenshot:
(2006 Feb 16)
noun : One who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into participating in a swindle.
- To act as a shill for (a deceitful enterprise).
- To lure (a person) into a swindle.
noun : a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others
verb : act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: No further comment is needed.
Top
Downeast LNG on Project Visibility
TopDowneast LNG project flyer, "Downeast LNG Project Overview," 2006 January —
"The most visible aspect of the project will be the ship itself, which will be present only when it is in port...."
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Brilliant! Why didn't Downeast LNG also inform the public that, "The ship won't be in port when it isn't in port"?
Or, "When we're gone, we'll be gone." Frankly, we can't wait.
Downeast LNG on Public Opinion
TopDean Girdis, of Downeast LNG, at his 2005 December 28 Town of Robbinston presentation on his proposed project, in response to the possibility of Robbinston voting against his project —
"That would just tell us that we have more educational work to do."
"It's a community's right to express themselves ... an opinion today is not an opinion tomorrow...."
— "LNG firm presents Robbinston plans: Officials say vote not last word on project," Bangor Daily News, 2005 Dec 29
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Deja vu! Dean Girdis is again acting just like Don Smith.
Downeast LNG on Profitability
TopDean Girdis, of Downeast LNG, at the 2005 Dec 28 Town of Robbinston presentation on his proposed project —
"The terminal won't make a lot of money relative to the value of the gas."
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Does anyone actually believe Girdis is spending $500,000 on studies, and will build a $400 million terminal — because he won't be making a lot of money?
Downeast LNG on Canadian Sovereignty
TopDean Girdis, Downeast LNG, regarding LNG tankers that would be passing through internal Canadian waters and to his proposed LNG terminal at Robbinston, Maine —
"Once the application process is initiated with FERC, the Canadian government can then decide (what it wants to do). "
— "LNG meetings planned," Saint Croix Courier, 2005 November 2
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Girdis apparently isn't aware that Canada is a sovereign nation, and doesn't need his or FERC's permission — or even their request — to make a decision on this issue. Once again, Downeast LNG and Quoddy Bay LLC are behaving like the same people.
Downeast LNG on Fog, Rain, & Haze
Downeast LNG project publication, tab 1 ("Question & Answer Briefing"), page 15, 2005 July 8 —
"... the visual impact of the Downeast LNG facility structures would naturally be obscured or visually unremarkable on days in which fog, rain, or haze exist."
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: We're surprised that Downeast LNG didn't mention that if everyone in St. Andrews were to face only to the east, or were to all wear bags over their heads, they wouldn't see the LNG facility at all!