Trump has vowed to kill US offshore wind projects. Will he succeed?
Opponents of offshore wind energy projects expect President-elect Donald Trump to kill an industry he has vowed to end on the first day he returns to the White House.
I worked in the wind energy business as a professional engineer and realized that it was an extremely expensive energy. They require constant maintenance and do kill birds. Also they are incredibly loud. I would go with solar on land that has no other use or on roof tops. All commercial wind needs to go.
Solar isn't viable large scale either without subsidies. No uncontrollable source is. Storage technology isn't up to the task, and demand will never track with delivery without it.
There is almost 65 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity under development in the U.S., enough to power more than 26 million homes, and some turbines are already spinning in several states, according to the American Clean Power Association.
How fucking stupid do you have to be to think that maybe this time they will tell the truth? Please wake up and smell the lies. If a corporation is constantly in deeper debt each year how dumb is it to allow them to keep operating?
The environmental impact of htose offshore wind turbines is what again?!? Typical Dem\Leftist solution, harm the environmet to save it! Tear them dams out!
Put in clauses to make contracts unbearable to developers. Make them pay for cost overruns. Fines for not meeting deadlines. Require people and materials from the US be used.
Cut the government funding and subsidies. If it is a viable source of energy let it proove it on it's own.
ReplyDeleteI worked in the wind energy business as a professional engineer and realized that it was an extremely expensive energy. They require constant maintenance and do kill birds. Also they are incredibly loud. I would go with solar on land that has no other use or on roof tops. All commercial wind needs to go.
ReplyDeleteSolar isn't viable large scale either without subsidies. No uncontrollable source is. Storage technology isn't up to the task, and demand will never track with delivery without it.
DeleteThe sad truth is solar/wind will never be viable commercially until the tech improves.
DeleteWhere it shines is off-grid.
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Too bad we can't harvest the hot air the left constantly blows.
ReplyDeleteHave we tried HORIZONTAL windmills above DC?
DeleteYuck. Let's not spread the germs.
DeleteSucking at everything is not the same as blowing...
DeleteThere is almost 65 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity under development in the U.S., enough to power more than 26 million homes, and some turbines are already spinning in several states, according to the American Clean Power Association.
ReplyDeletePower those homes reliably?
Ask Texas how reliable wind power is in the winter when the weather isn't as Texas-like as usual.
DeleteHow fucking stupid do you have to be to think that maybe this time they will tell the truth? Please wake up and smell the lies. If a corporation is constantly in deeper debt each year how dumb is it to allow them to keep operating?
DeleteThe environmental impact of htose offshore wind turbines is what again?!?
DeleteTypical Dem\Leftist solution, harm the environmet to save it! Tear them dams out!
Make the manufacturers of the vanes properly dispose of them -
ReplyDeletehint: fiberglass/plastic polymer CAN NOT be recycled
Put in clauses to make contracts unbearable to developers. Make them pay for cost overruns. Fines for not meeting deadlines. Require people and materials from the US be used.
ReplyDeleteOcean wave action…..????
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Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal, and Uranium are proof that God loves us and wants us to be warm, trucking down the road and happy.
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