Posted on 10/10/2010 5:42:37 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Carley,
Isn’t that the project he cancelled last week because the state couldn’t afford it?
LOL. Is he getting rich?
Christie said he was willing to “reconsider” it. That doesn’t mean he’s accepting it though.
And Texas, by far, leads the nation in windpower.
In the near future(2013), the new windlines will be built and the Texas CREZ wind project will move forward and even more wind power will be generated in Texas.
Not to mention the potential for Texas offshore wind power. Texas has a leg up over other coastal states because Texas waters extend out 10 miles compared to 3 miles for other coastal states.
“Is he getting rich?”
He’s a high tech dentist. He’s rakin’ it in hand over fist!
Yes. LaHood swooped down to meet with Chrisite and make an offer Christie is willing to consider.
We’ll see what happens next but most likely it will be gummint dollars that saves the tunnel.
Since small consumers of electricity pay lower rates, the main impact will be on large users and business’s that will pay much more than 2% increase. This tends to drive business and jobs away from the higher rates. It isn’t as cheap as it sounds.
Wind trbines are all politics.
BUT, the energy source is “free” and renewable, so they’ll be at breakeven in about 2306.
Come on, be reasonable, it's only (our) money. If it was something important I'd get excited about it. /S
They could cut the cost by moving the windmills closer to shore, where they would be more easily appreciated by the green crowd that populates the area.
Christie just shut that down to much whining from the expected NY pols.
"Denmark, the world’s most wind-intensive nation, with more than 6,000 turbines generating 19% of its electricity, has yet to close a single fossil-fuel plant. It requires 50% more coal-generated electricity to cover wind power’s unpredictability, and pollution and carbon dioxide emissions have risen (by 36% in 2006 alone)."
The only people who benefit from wind energy are the turbine manufacturers, the construction companies and union members who build the windmills, and the investors who collect the federal energy subsidies. Taxpayers and energy consumers just get higher taxes, higher energy bills, and sanctimonious lectures on why their very existence is a burden to the earth and all of mankind.
Copy - so he doesn’t have to choose between dog food and electricity.
Agreed. Wind power in Texas makes much more sense than in Massachusetts. Drive I-10 from San Antonio to El Paso and you’ll see thousands of the big wind turbines -— in areas where they can be erected and maintained for a small fraction of the cost for similar turbines offshore in New England. And, as one who grew up in that part of Texas, I can tell you this: the wind in west Texas doesn’t blow, it sucks.
The problem in west Texas is transmission costs: the turbines are for the most part hundreds of miles from major population centers.
NOT shut down. Being reconsidered following an offer from Transportation Sec.LaHood.
If we built a large enough magnet at the Straits of Florida (something that is now feasible with carbon nano tubes) we could use magnetohydrodynamics to obtain enough electric power for the entire world for many years.
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