Posted on 04/02/2009 11:50:21 PM PDT by Nachum
Reporting from Arlington, Va. -- Wind turbines off U.S. coastlines could potentially supply more than enough electricity to meet the nation's current demand, the Interior Department reported Thursday.
Simply harnessing the wind in relatively shallow waters -- the most accessible and technically feasible sites for offshore turbines -- could produce at least 20% of the power demand for most coastal states, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said, unveiling a report by the Minerals Management Service that details the potential for oil, gas and renewable development on the outer continental shelf.
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Well that’s good for coastal areas. How about the loss during transmission to the interior parts of the country, or did the geniuses not consider that?
at 50 times the present electricity prices
Don’t call it LaLa Land for nothin’!
Energize the economy by investing in superconducting transmission lines...no energy loss.
Right here in Appalachia, we’re going to burn the coal for electricity. We’ll let Obama know when our supplies are close to exhaustion-—and tell him not to hold his breath...
It’ll never get past the Sierra Club and the California Coastal Commission.
Now what’s going to happen to the climate(s), when all these windmill’s suck all the energy out of the breeze(s)? $ says they’ve not a clue and it’s just the thought that counts.
Hey Obama! Blow Me!
Isn’t amazing how engineering gets in the way of socialism? Or is it vice versa?
How many houses do the windmills in Tehachapi serve? How many windmills are up there?! Most of them are idle. What’s the point?
Could? That's strong. 20%? That isn't quite 100% is it? Of coastal states? So interior states aren't even considered when talking about "meeting U.S. electrical needs?" That has to make it easier.
Apart from that nitpicking; I wonder how saturated with windmills America's coastal waters would need to be to provide "20% of the coastal states" electricity.
I have no doubt that if you put solar collectors on the roof tops of all the homes on the Southwest you would have enough electricity to power the nation. But who’s footing the bill?
This would make GE rich. That is all.
Those things are freakin ugly.
Better solar panels than windmills. But do you want your rooftop to be part of a national electrical grid?
Well, as long as I own the land rights and the air rights, but I concede your point.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea if the government didn’t act like it owned everything and everyone they have any connection to. People who have solar electric sell their excess electricity back to the utilities now. That’s good for them. I just get a funny feeling when I try to imagine a national program of residential power generators.
Ummm..., it reminds me of the pictures of the oil derricks in people’s front and back yards, during the oil boom in Oklahoma and Texas. I can just see it now..., those wind turbines in everyone’s yard — front and back — and everywhere you look. That would really make it a “sight to behold”... LOL...
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