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China building massive power farm near US Air Force base in Texas
AMN ^ | 5/6/21 | Ryan Morgan

Posted on 05/07/2021 12:43:10 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

A Chinese firm is building a massive wind farm near Laughlin Air Force base in southwest Texas, and both state and federal lawmakers are advancing legislation to stop it.

The wind farm project, known as the Blue Hills Wind development, is being managed by GH America Energy, the U.S. subsidiary of the Chinese Guanghui Energy Company according to a 2020 report by Foreign Policy. The project entails the purchase of around 140,000 acres of land located about 70 miles from Laughlin Air Force Base. Guanghui Energy is owned by Sun Guangxin, a Chinese billionaire who reportedly has ties to the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

The Blue Hills wind farm has raised concerns of efforts to spy on or otherwise interfere in U.S. flight training. The wind power project has also raised concerns the power supply to the Air Force base could be vulnerable to hostile actors.

Local officials reviewing the wind farm project wrote a letter to then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, expressing concerns the project could pose challenges to the base’s regular flight training operations.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanmilitarynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bluehillswind; china; energy; espionage; laughlinafb; texas
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1 posted on 05/07/2021 12:43:10 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Someday, children will ask their parents.. ‘What are birds?’ becuz there are few to none left.


2 posted on 05/07/2021 12:59:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! In CONgre$$ WE're Disgusted!! NMP!)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

This country has gone bat S&^% Nuts!!!


3 posted on 05/07/2021 12:59:31 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

“The wind power project has also raised concerns the power supply to the Air Force base could be vulnerable to hostile actors.”

I only know about a handful of foreign bases and they all had the capacity to generate power for several weeks; enough to handle all needs to great excess. I can’t imagine that domestic bases rely on civilian power entirely and have no generation capacity.


4 posted on 05/07/2021 1:01:37 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The secret program I was on in the eighties had a visit from the NSA. We were located at the intersection of major four lane roads. They took us up to the roof and after demonstrating they could link into all the surrounding companies with just an antenna and a PC, they pointed out a cheap, dirty motel across the street. The tech said, approximately, “see those white domes? Wonder why a motel that rents rooms for ten bucks a night has such sophisticated equipment? Those domes have antennas and those antennas are focused on your little corner of this building. That’s why any violation of the polices we have put in place is a danger.”


5 posted on 05/07/2021 1:07:39 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Gen.Blather

All CIA, domestic and foreign enemies in the Air Force, the federal government, corporations, etc. colluding and actively working to take out the U.S. military, and then the American public.


6 posted on 05/07/2021 1:07:56 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

It is more and more obvious every day that China is now running the world, and the current administration has acquiesced.


7 posted on 05/07/2021 1:10:32 PM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Texas has already been defaced with far too many of those windmills. They are truly hideous and ruin the beauty in a way that far scattered coal plants never did.


8 posted on 05/07/2021 1:11:15 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

A bit late to the party with that article. They’ve been building them for years and years in TX. It’s a race between the Chinese and CA for who is buying up the most land.

There’s a big wind farm near Dyess AFB outside Abilene, TX. It’s German owned and 15-ish years old.


9 posted on 05/07/2021 1:17:27 PM PDT by bgill
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“GH America Energy, the U.S. subsidiary of the Chinese Guanghui Energy Company”

Is Hunter Biden the CEO of this U.S. subsidiary or just another Biden family member?


10 posted on 05/07/2021 1:22:18 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

“near”....”70 miles from”


11 posted on 05/07/2021 1:23:22 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

they will send dirty power to diminish the base ..


12 posted on 05/07/2021 1:30:44 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd ((>> ☼ << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Texas


13 posted on 05/07/2021 1:31:11 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

We’ve been told for many years that Beijing was buying up farmland left and right in the United States. The invasion continues but this time with a powerful powerful enemy who is defeating us from the inside out While our government plays TicTacToe to see who’s next on their maga list of Patriots to get raided. This is insane a betrayal of enormous size Perpetrated by our security government against the American people.


14 posted on 05/07/2021 1:32:42 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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That land can be nationalized at the drop of a hat


15 posted on 05/07/2021 1:42:45 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

.... Chinese billionaire who reportedly has ties to the ruling Chinese Communist Party. ...

You cannot be a Chinese billionaire without ties to the CCP.


16 posted on 05/07/2021 1:46:20 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: kaktuskid

“That land can be nationalized at the drop of a hat”

Yep, I do not see what the big deal is. I’m always glad when a chinese company builds a new factory in the US.

It’s not like they can take it with them.


17 posted on 05/07/2021 2:00:54 PM PDT by setter
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

A tired phrase but “what could possibly go wrong” fits well here.


18 posted on 05/07/2021 2:05:37 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: Bill of Rights FIRST

And enemies from lots of other countries too all brought here/being brought here/led by/etc. the EVIL CIA.


19 posted on 05/07/2021 2:08:30 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
As I recall, this massive wind farm is located in an area of relatively low wind.

So what is the real purpose of this Chinese outpost?

20 posted on 05/07/2021 2:47:28 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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