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• Anonymous

  To bad a transformer of that size had to be built in Taiwan. Why is it that this country can not do the job.  We have the talent and the technical abilities. There must be a reason.

• Anonymous

  To bad a transformer of that size had to be built in Taiwan. Why is it that this country can not do the job.  We have the talent and the technical abilities. There must be a reason.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Regina-Hosebeast/100002095287763 Regina Hosebeast

  It’s because the assembly instructions are written in Mandarin Chinese. ;-)

• Anonymous

  Oh< I thiught that may have been the reason. Thanks for your reply. I like that

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1610966034 Lee Oliver

  NFTA  nuff said

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1610966034 Lee Oliver

  NFTA  nuff said

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1610966034 Lee Oliver

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• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1610966034 Lee Oliver

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• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1610966034 Lee Oliver

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• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1610966034 Lee Oliver

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• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1610966034 Lee Oliver

  NFTA  nuff said

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1610966034 Lee Oliver

  NFTA  nuff said

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1610966034 Lee Oliver

  NFTA  nuff said

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1610966034 Lee Oliver

  NFTA  nuff said

• http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1610966034 Lee Oliver

  NFTA  nuff said

• Anonymous

  What does NAFTA have to do with Taiwan? 

• Anonymous

  It sure shut down traffic in Searsport yesterday at 0730 

• Anonymous

  It sure shut down traffic in Searsport yesterday at 0730 

• Anonymous

  It sure shut down traffic in Searsport yesterday at 0730 

• 525_44

  Perhaps it’s the price.

• 525_44

  Perhaps it’s the price.

• Anonymous

  You gotta problem with that, Round Eyes?

• Anonymous

  The transformer is made in a foreign country for the foreign company that owns CMP and it is moved by a out of state trucking company… is there something wrong with this picture?

• Anonymous

  The transformer is made in a foreign country for the foreign company that owns CMP and it is moved by a out of state trucking company… is there something wrong with this picture?

• Anonymous

  The transformer is made in a foreign country for the foreign company that owns CMP and it is moved by a out of state trucking company… is there something wrong with this picture?

• Anonymous

  The transformer is made in a foreign country for the foreign company that owns CMP and it is moved by a out of state trucking company… is there something wrong with this picture?

• Anonymous

  The transformer is made in a foreign country for the foreign company that owns CMP and it is moved by a out of state trucking company… is there something wrong with this picture?

• pelli_girl

  Sure did- made my commute from Ellsworth almost three hours!

• pelli_girl

  Sure did- made my commute from Ellsworth almost three hours!

• Anonymous

  my thoughts exactly, could CMP not find a manufacturer anywhere in the US to make this? Saving a few dollars, even a few thousand, but giving jobs away is not being a good corporate citizen

• Anonymous

  Unions!!!!

• Anonymous

  Unions!!!!

• Anonymous

  LOL, define “Good Corporate Citizen”

• Anonymous

  LOL, define “Good Corporate Citizen”

• Anonymous

  Well, NAFTA was ushered in around the same time as the WTO, during the mid-nineties under President Clinton.  Both are free trade agreements, one limited to North America, the other international.  Obviously Taiwan is a component of the WTO (accepted into the organization in 2003) and not NAFTA.  So considering they are both agreements that seek to liberalize capital trade on an international scale, they were both signed during the Clinton administration, and they have both resulted in a net export of American jobs, it makes sense to suggest they are pretty much the same deal.  There’s all kinds of info on it online that you can dig up in less than 5 minutes if you care to learn the details and precise differences between the two. 

• Anonymous

  Can’t tell for sure, but I am willing to bet that the ship is foreign flagged as well.

• Anonymous

  Since monopolies (Utilities) like CMP are guarranted a 6% profit after costs of doing business, I don’t understand why they went to a foreign country just to save on cost.  Does anyone think they did this for the ratepayer?   Maybe the CEO of CMP can answer same.
    

• Anonymous

  Nope. You?

• Anonymous

  Nope. You?

• Anonymous

  Nope. You?

• Anonymous

  Nope. You?

• Anonymous

  Had to park once a couple of years ago in NH while they moved a transformer at least this big.
   Was definitely an impressive sight and well worth the delay. Hmmm, as my memory kicks in, maybe it was bigger, as the rig had 2 tractors pulling, and two tractors pushing!

• Anonymous

  Had to park once a couple of years ago in NH while they moved a transformer at least this big.
   Was definitely an impressive sight and well worth the delay. Hmmm, as my memory kicks in, maybe it was bigger, as the rig had 2 tractors pulling, and two tractors pushing!

• Anonymous

  Had to park once a couple of years ago in NH while they moved a transformer at least this big.
   Was definitely an impressive sight and well worth the delay. Hmmm, as my memory kicks in, maybe it was bigger, as the rig had 2 tractors pulling, and two tractors pushing!

• Anonymous

  Had to park once a couple of years ago in NH while they moved a transformer at least this big.
   Was definitely an impressive sight and well worth the delay. Hmmm, as my memory kicks in, maybe it was bigger, as the rig had 2 tractors pulling, and two tractors pushing!

• Anonymous

  Had to park once a couple of years ago in NH while they moved a transformer at least this big.
   Was definitely an impressive sight and well worth the delay. Hmmm, as my memory kicks in, maybe it was bigger, as the rig had 2 tractors pulling, and two tractors pushing!

• Anonymous

  Had to park once a couple of years ago in NH while they moved a transformer at least this big.
   Was definitely an impressive sight and well worth the delay. Hmmm, as my memory kicks in, maybe it was bigger, as the rig had 2 tractors pulling, and two tractors pushing!

• Anonymous

  Had to park once a couple of years ago in NH while they moved a transformer at least this big.
   Was definitely an impressive sight and well worth the delay. Hmmm, as my memory kicks in, maybe it was bigger, as the rig had 2 tractors pulling, and two tractors pushing!

• Anonymous

  Try to find a TV or any other appliance made in the USA…
  everything is made in a foreign country…

• yowsayowsa1

   Gotta agree with you, but there isn’t a trucking company with that kind of equipment in Maine or even New England.

• Anonymous

  So in short, it has NOTHING to do with Taiwan?  Thanks.

• Anonymous

  So in short, it has NOTHING to do with Taiwan?  Thanks.

• Anonymous

  So in short, it has NOTHING to do with Taiwan?  Thanks.

• Anonymous

  So in short, it has NOTHING to do with Taiwan?  Thanks.

• Anonymous

  So in short, it has NOTHING to do with Taiwan?  Thanks.

• Anonymous

  So in short, it has NOTHING to do with Taiwan?  Thanks.

• Anonymous

  Hollywood Slots and Paul LePage, it’s all their fault.

• Anonymous

  Hollywood Slots and Paul LePage, it’s all their fault.

• Anonymous

  Hollywood Slots and Paul LePage, it’s all their fault.

• Anonymous

  Hollywood Slots and Paul LePage, it’s all their fault.

• Anonymous

  Hollywood Slots and Paul LePage, it’s all their fault.

• Anonymous

  Hollywood Slots and Paul LePage, it’s all their fault.

• Anonymous

  Say what you want about Congress screwing up the economy, but this is one of the real reasons our economy is in the tank, because of companies like CMP, and consumers all over Maine and this country, buying all these foreign products.  It’s not ObamaCare or GOP tax breaks that are “job killers” it’s all the individuals and corporations who don’t understand that buying foreign goods to save a few bucks collectively costs this nation millions in lost jobs (and tax revenue). And it’s not just transformers, it’s almost all of the back-to -school clothes and supplies that will be bought in Maine this month, a lot of the food on supermarket shelves,  easily 90% of the air conditioners that got bought in recent weeks and all those fancy cell phones everyone craves.

  Government is incapable of doing anything about this, so it’s up to individuals.  ABC news reported a couple of months ago that if every American spent another $64 a year on American goods it would create almost 200,000 new U.S. jobs.
  While Congress takes a vacation for a month, how about if the rest of us just say no to buying anything made in China for the next 30 days. Then let’s see how many more jobs get created because of that.

• Anonymous

  Say what you want about Congress screwing up the economy, but this is
  one of the real reasons our economy is in the tank, because of companies
  like CMP, and consumers all over Maine and this country, buying all
  these foreign products.  It’s not ObamaCare or GOP tax breaks that are
  “job killers” it’s all the individuals and corporations who don’t
  understand that buying foreign goods to save a few bucks collectively
  costs this nation millions in lost jobs (and tax revenue). And it’s not
  just transformers, it’s almost all of the back-to -school clothes and
  supplies that will be bought in Maine this month, a lot of the food on
  supermarket shelves,  easily 90% of the air conditioners that got bought
  in recent weeks and all those fancy cell phones everyone craves.

  Government is incapable of doing anything about this, so it’s up to
  individuals.  ABC news reported a couple of months ago that if every
  American spent another $64 a year on American goods it would create
  almost 200,000 new U.S. jobs.

  While Congress takes a vacation for a month, how about if the rest of us just say no to buying anything made in China for the next 30 days. Then let’s see how many more jobs get created because of that.

• Anonymous

  Say what you want about Congress screwing up the economy, but this is
  one of the real reasons our economy is in the tank, because of companies
  like CMP, and consumers all over Maine and this country, buying all
  these foreign products.  It’s not ObamaCare or GOP tax breaks that are
  “job killers” it’s all the individuals and corporations who don’t
  understand that buying foreign goods to save a few bucks collectively
  costs this nation millions in lost jobs (and tax revenue). And it’s not
  just transformers, it’s almost all of the back-to -school clothes and
  supplies that will be bought in Maine this month, a lot of the food on
  supermarket shelves,  easily 90% of the air conditioners that got bought
  in recent weeks and all those fancy cell phones everyone craves.

  Government is incapable of doing anything about this, so it’s up to
  individuals.  ABC news reported a couple of months ago that if every
  American spent another $64 a year on American goods it would create
  almost 200,000 new U.S. jobs.

  While Congress takes a vacation for a month, how about if the rest of us just say no to buying anything made in China for the next 30 days. Then let’s see how many more jobs get created because of that.

• Penny Gray

  Wow.   How impressive.  Iberdrola, a Spanish company who owns CMP, is fixing to upgrade the power lines, which are perfectly adequate now, to accomadate intermittent and  fickle bursts of industrial wind, in which they are heavily invested.  There is no better tax write off on the planet right now than industrial wind.  Rate payers, tighten your belts.  As soon as US tax dollars stop subsidizing this Spanish company, electric rates are going sky high, no pun intended.  This is exactly what bankrupted Spain.  I’m glad I live off grid.  

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7ARBFNYJAE23QMOBALXD7FM4W4 gempaint

  120 million in 5MW of wind energy can easily be replaced with 120,000 on-site 1 kilowatt solar panels and storage.
  Off the grid, made in America, energy security at your home.  Let the transformers blow out. I have power.
  On site solar systems are 40+ years old and counting.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7ARBFNYJAE23QMOBALXD7FM4W4 gempaint

  120 million in 5MW of wind energy can easily be replaced with 120,000 on-site 1 kilowatt solar panels and storage.
  Off the grid, made in America, energy security at your home.  Let the transformers blow out. I have power.
  On site solar systems are 40+ years old and counting.

• Anonymous

  Makes one wonder where all those “smart” meters came from.