Biden Administration Announces: "We Want to See Beautiful Offshore Wind Turbine Farms by 2030" and is Investing $12 Bil Annually

[RoshawnMarkwees]

More democrat tastelessness. No appreciation for aesthetics.
Democrats are the dumbest snobs in history.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Weren't you around when FDR and Keynes were still alive? Both of them were part of the New Deal/World War II economy...you know that. Now stay on topic of the wind farms, Sparky

Yeah, thank them for your future slavery to the government, because of them. They spend you future monies, you will to pick up the tab at a later date...Think about that, you moron...

 

[Rambunctious]

It costs three times the cost of one windmill to service one that is offshore...are you people freaking mad?.....the reason they are looking offshore is because there isn't enough wind on shore to do any good....what's next?...solar panels in space?....shit it will cost $300 bucks just to flip on a light....

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

It costs three times the cost of one windmill to service one that is offshore...are you people freaking mad?.....the reason they are looking offshore is because there isn't enough wind on shore to do any good....what's next?...solar panels in space?....shit it will cost $300 bucks just to flip on a light....

Then, like someone else pointed out, wait until the next hurricane

 

[Darkwind]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/29/biden-wind-power

The White House on Monday detailed an ambitious plan to expand wind farms along the East Coast and jump-start the country’s nascent offshore wind industry, saying it hoped to trigger a massive clean-energy effort in the fight against climate change.

The plan would generate 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by the end of the decade — enough to power more than 10 million American homes and cut 78 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. To accomplish that, the Biden administration said, it would speed permitting for projects off the East Coast, invest in research and development, provide low-interest loans to industry and fund changes to U.S. ports.

The initiative represents a major stretch for the United States. The country has only one offshore wind project online at this time, generating 30 megawatts, off Rhode Island.

--------In addition, they will partner with corporate America to help map out data regarding ocean climate and bio-diversity.--------

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has entered a memorandum of agreement with Ørsted Wind Power North America LLC, an offshore wind development company to share physical and biological data in Ørsted-leased waters subject to U.S. jurisdiction. NOAA anticipates that Ørsted’s data will fill gaps in ocean mapping and observing to help NOAA better understand weather, climate and ocean processes and build resilient coastal communities and economies. As part of the agreement, NOAA will also share its publicly available data with Ørsted. Together, this information sharing will be used to ensure that offshore renewable energy technologies and infrastructure are developed, deployed, and maintained effectively.

Well, looks like they want to move towards cleaner energy. They want it to look like this:
View attachment 473947

Darn, they sure are pretty....

Maybe we should put a bunch of those wind turbines just offshore of Obungles' house in Martha's Vinyard where he can enjoy the view!!!!!

With the hot air the comes whistling out of D.C., they should ring the entire District with these. All facing inward. I'll bet they could surpass the 220 gWatt range.

 

[Darkwind]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/29/biden-wind-power

The White House on Monday detailed an ambitious plan to expand wind farms along the East Coast and jump-start the country’s nascent offshore wind industry, saying it hoped to trigger a massive clean-energy effort in the fight against climate change.

The plan would generate 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by the end of the decade — enough to power more than 10 million American homes and cut 78 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. To accomplish that, the Biden administration said, it would speed permitting for projects off the East Coast, invest in research and development, provide low-interest loans to industry and fund changes to U.S. ports.

The initiative represents a major stretch for the United States. The country has only one offshore wind project online at this time, generating 30 megawatts, off Rhode Island.

--------In addition, they will partner with corporate America to help map out data regarding ocean climate and bio-diversity.--------

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has entered a memorandum of agreement with Ørsted Wind Power North America LLC, an offshore wind development company to share physical and biological data in Ørsted-leased waters subject to U.S. jurisdiction. NOAA anticipates that Ørsted’s data will fill gaps in ocean mapping and observing to help NOAA better understand weather, climate and ocean processes and build resilient coastal communities and economies. As part of the agreement, NOAA will also share its publicly available data with Ørsted. Together, this information sharing will be used to ensure that offshore renewable energy technologies and infrastructure are developed, deployed, and maintained effectively.

Well, looks like they want to move towards cleaner energy. They want it to look like this:
View attachment 473947

A whole 30 gigawatts. Wow, just enough to light a candle or two.

Now, real energy production that does not pollute puts this to shame and is not nearly the environmental disaster that these wind turbines are.

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How much electricity does a nuclear power plant generate?
As of October 31, 2020, there were 94 operating nuclear reactors at 56 nuclear power plants in the United States. The R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant in New York is the smallest nuclear power plant in the United States, and it has one reactor with a net summer electricity generating capacity of about 581 megawatts (MW). The Palo Verde nuclear power plant in Arizona is the largest nuclear power plant in the United States with three reactors and a total net summer electricity generating capacity of about 3,937 MW. The Prairie Island nuclear plant in Minnesota has two reactors, each with about 520 MW net summer generating capacity.

The amount of electricity that a power plant generates during a period of time depends on the amount of time its reactors operate at a specific capacity. For example, if the R.E. Ginna reactor operates at 581 MW capacity for 24 hours, it will generate 13,934 megawatthours (MWh). If the reactor generated that amount of electricity every day of the year, it would generate 5,086,056 MWh. However, most power plants do not operate at full capacity every hour of every day of the year. In 2019, the R.E. Ginna nuclear power plant actually generated at total of 4,993,693 MWh, achieving an annual average capacity factor of about 98%.

Nuclear power reactors generally operate at or near their rated generating capacity throughout the year and have relatively high annual capacity factors.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

 

[AFrench2]

It costs three times the cost of one windmill to service one that is offshore...are you people freaking mad?.....the reason they are looking offshore is because there isn't enough wind on shore to do any good....what's next?...solar panels in space?....shit it will cost $300 bucks just to flip on a light....

Then, like someone else pointed out, wait until the next hurricane

The blades on wind turbines can retreat in and reduce its likelihood of being dragged in a hurricane.

 

[Sunsettommy]

Weren't you around when FDR and Keynes were still alive? Both of them were part of the New Deal/World War II economy...you know that. Now stay on topic of the wind farms, Sparky

New Deal economic didn't end the depression, WW2 did that.

 

[OldLady]

It costs three times the cost of one windmill to service one that is offshore...are you people freaking mad?.....the reason they are looking offshore is because there isn't enough wind on shore to do any good....what's next?...solar panels in space?....shit it will cost $300 bucks just to flip on a light....

Then, like someone else pointed out, wait until the next hurricane

The blades on wind turbines can retreat in and reduce its likelihood of being dragged in a hurricane.

Fishermen strongly oppose them--they are giant, destroy bottom and put big dents in where they can fish.
The proposed 12 10,000–ton floating wind farms will utilize chain links the size of pickup trucks, with lengths of chain that are seven times the depth of the surrounding waters,” Joyce explained. “As these floating behemoths move in the wind and tide, the huge links of chain will drag back and forth across the ocean bottom, destroying and crushing untold sea life and offshore coral unfortunate enough to be within its range of destructive force.” ....
“By removing thousands of acres of bottom from fishing access, these turbines threaten the economic health of Maine’s second largest industry (lobstering alone has an estimated value of a billion dollars a year), at the same time forcing a severe social impact for coastal communities,” wrote Merrill in a statement on Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance. “In fact, they would have a negative impact on all three of Maine’s coastal economic engines. The uniqueness of Maine’s coast brings millions of tourists every year. A blow to the lobster industry would be a serious blow to that uniqueness. For the summer resident yachting population (large taxpayers) who now enjoy the freedom of today’s open oceans, the hundreds of platforms we are now being told are coming (“you can’t stop them”) will be an eyesore and pose serious hazards to navigation. We are living in difficult and unusual times. 

Fishermen oppose offshore wind as alternative energy option - Mount Desert Islander

As Maine lobster fishermen are working to navigate regulations for the safety of right whales and the effects of global warming on the industry, they are now being asked to share their territory with wind turbines. 

www.mdislander.com

 

[surada]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/29/biden-wind-power

The White House on Monday detailed an ambitious plan to expand wind farms along the East Coast and jump-start the country’s nascent offshore wind industry, saying it hoped to trigger a massive clean-energy effort in the fight against climate change.

The plan would generate 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by the end of the decade — enough to power more than 10 million American homes and cut 78 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. To accomplish that, the Biden administration said, it would speed permitting for projects off the East Coast, invest in research and development, provide low-interest loans to industry and fund changes to U.S. ports.

The initiative represents a major stretch for the United States. The country has only one offshore wind project online at this time, generating 30 megawatts, off Rhode Island.

-In addition, they will partner with corporate America to help map out data regarding ocean climate and bio-diversity.-

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has entered a memorandum of agreement with Ørsted Wind Power North America LLC, an offshore wind development company to share physical and biological data in Ørsted-leased waters subject to U.S. jurisdiction. NOAA anticipates that Ørsted’s data will fill gaps in ocean mapping and observing to help NOAA better understand weather, climate and ocean processes and build resilient coastal communities and economies. As part of the agreement, NOAA will also share its publicly available data with Ørsted. Together, this information sharing will be used to ensure that offshore renewable energy technologies and infrastructure are developed, deployed, and maintained effectively.

Well, looks like they want to move towards cleaner energy.

You might want to watch a documentary made by an environmentalist to look behind the curtain:

Planet of the Humans | By Jeff Gibbs, Executive Producer Michael Moore

This eco-documentary takes a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices.

planetofthehumans.com

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Currently the Golden Eagle population is surging in the lower 48.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

The blades on wind turbines can retreat in and reduce its likelihood of being dragged in a hurricane.

Interestingly, that is exactly what my testicles do when it is bitterly cold and windy.

 

[westwall]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/29/biden-wind-power

The White House on Monday detailed an ambitious plan to expand wind farms along the East Coast and jump-start the country’s nascent offshore wind industry, saying it hoped to trigger a massive clean-energy effort in the fight against climate change.

The plan would generate 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by the end of the decade — enough to power more than 10 million American homes and cut 78 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. To accomplish that, the Biden administration said, it would speed permitting for projects off the East Coast, invest in research and development, provide low-interest loans to industry and fund changes to U.S. ports.

The initiative represents a major stretch for the United States. The country has only one offshore wind project online at this time, generating 30 megawatts, off Rhode Island.

-In addition, they will partner with corporate America to help map out data regarding ocean climate and bio-diversity.-

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has entered a memorandum of agreement with Ørsted Wind Power North America LLC, an offshore wind development company to share physical and biological data in Ørsted-leased waters subject to U.S. jurisdiction. NOAA anticipates that Ørsted’s data will fill gaps in ocean mapping and observing to help NOAA better understand weather, climate and ocean processes and build resilient coastal communities and economies. As part of the agreement, NOAA will also share its publicly available data with Ørsted. Together, this information sharing will be used to ensure that offshore renewable energy technologies and infrastructure are developed, deployed, and maintained effectively.

Well, looks like they want to move towards cleaner energy.

Well, no Kennedys in Congress, so it might pass.

Do you have any idea how many electricians, apprentices, helpers, and supporting trades those projects employ?

How much they pay?

Or commercial solar projects?

Let someone who has worked them help you out.

A hell of a lot more than all fossil fuel jobs, and pipeline jobs combined.

Electricians make $8000-$20,000 a month, depending on the project. Apprentices, make $20-$35 an hour depending on the project. Helpers make $600-$1000 a week depending on the project.

Those are the on shore jobs. The off shore jobs pay more.

Once renewable energy installations hit the residential market at a faster pace than they are now, there's your green energy economy, and it will be huge for decades to come.

Anybody that hasn't grasped this fact yet is an idiot. And trust me when I tell you, none of the guys currently working those jobs, give a rats ass what the naysayers think.

Do you have any idea how much environmental damage those fucking things cause? Or how the CO2 used to create them is MORE than they could ever remove, and that when they wear out their carcasses are filling up landfills at a horrendous rate?

Try educating yourself on their real costs.

 

[AFrench2]

The article goes over the costs and the CO2 savings.

 

[OldLady]

I'm all for renewable energy; we have to have the power, so there's no argument it has to come from somewhere. Just be aware nothing's free. There is always a cost.

 

[westwall]

The article goes over the costs and the CO2 savings.

And they are lies because they intentionally neglect to include the CO2 cost of the cement they use.

It's all smoke and mirrors and they rely on your ignorance.

 

[AFrench2]

Oh right...I forgot. Facts are lies, windmills cause cancer, and Trump is still President.......how silly of me. I'm talking to westwall.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Michael Shellenberger championed renewables under Obama, resulting in the Obama administration to pump billions into projects. Even Shellenberger realises that renewables won't save the planet, but nuclear will.

 

[OldLady]

There's a jewel of a park below Rochester called Letchworth Falls. Genesee River has carved out a huge canyon and some serious waterfalls. It's pristine and beautiful now, but in the mid 1800's it was an ugly eyesore of mills and sheds, the trees gone. We needed the power of the falls at the time.

Then:

Now:

The environment pays for what we need.

 

[westwall]

Oh right...I forgot. Facts are lies, windmills cause cancer, and Trump is still President.......how silly of me. I'm talking to westwall.

Instead of whining like a child, educate yourself. Or do you just want to be a mushroom your whole life?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

I'm all for renewable energy; we have to have the power, so there's no argument it has to come from somewhere. Just be aware nothing's free. There is always a cost.

Nuclear is the best option but extremists mislead people about that.
The Fukushima tsunami disaster resulted in zero deaths from radiation. All deaths were from drowning and misguided evacuation orders. No radiation issues at all.
But the extremists propagate otherwise.
This entire energy/green-bullshit thing has nothing to do with the environment. It’s all about economic squeeze-down and Marxist control.