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Biden Administration Plans To Build Wind Farms To Power 10 Million Homes
dailycaller.com ^ | 1/12/2022 | THOMAS CATENACCI

Posted on 01/14/2022 4:55:07 AM PST by rktman

The Biden administration laid out an ambitious plan Wednesday for government-funded wind farms along the east coast, which it said would sustain millions of Americans’ energy needs.

Multiple federal agencies are planning to collaborate on the project, which will be completed by 2030, Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland said during a renewable energy conference in Boston on Wednesday. Overall, at least 30 gigawatts will be produced by offshore wind farms by decade’s end.

“The Interior Department is laying out an ambitious roadmap as we advance the Administration’s plans to confront climate change, create good-paying jobs, and accelerate the nation’s transition to a cleaner energy future,” Haaland stated.

“Together, we will meet our clean energy goals while addressing the needs of other ocean users and potentially impacted communities,” she continued. “We have big goals to achieve a clean energy economy and Interior is meeting the moment.”

The farms would produce enough energy, Haaland added, to support more than 10 million homes by 2030, the Associated Press reported.

The U.S. wind sector currently has a total capacity of 118 gigawatts, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Roughly 3% of the nation’s total energy is produced by wind farms, additional government data showed.

“We are working to facilitate a pipeline of projects that will establish confidence for the offshore wind industry,” Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Amanda Lefton said in a statement.

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


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To: ryderann

Virtually all of these “windmills” as he calls them will be made in China. So, yes, the Big Guy will get a very sweet piece of it.


41 posted on 01/14/2022 7:06:12 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: rktman

Didn’t mention cost, and certainly didn’t mention real cost


42 posted on 01/14/2022 7:11:52 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: V_TWIN
Yep! Also from the article:

“Wind power may actually result in more greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions than conventional power generation due to the inefficiency of repeatedly ramping up backup power plants.”

43 posted on 01/14/2022 7:27:29 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: VRW Conspirator

The ENTIRE Rat party is parasitic!


44 posted on 01/14/2022 7:28:43 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!!)
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To: stanne

50 million test kits have been found in a warehouse——just waiting there-—

Shades of Puerto Rico supplies that died in warehouses.

What is the shelf time limit on test kits?????


45 posted on 01/14/2022 7:37:05 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: taildragger

It’s worse than that. Companies rate windmills based on power output at a given wind speed. I have checked several manufacturers and typical rated wind speed is 28 to 31 mph. Energy produced is a function of the square of wind speed. So at a wind speed of 15 mph the windmills will produce one quarter of rated power, or at most 7.5 gW.


46 posted on 01/14/2022 7:42:52 AM PST by Fellow Traveler
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To: ridesthemiles

Shelf life? On something that was forgotten in humid storage by the now desperate government? Why was it left there to begin with?
Was it really just found?


47 posted on 01/14/2022 7:48:45 AM PST by stanne
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To: mn-bush-man

they are incredibly loud


48 posted on 01/14/2022 7:52:48 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: rktman

Why? So the government can claim credit for what will happen anyway? That’s only 3% of homes... or 1% of electrical use. In eight years. Wind far, usage is growing WAY faster than that anyway. Trying to figure out why the gov’t needs to take over an area the size of NC for this wind farm. Oh yeah: government just wants to take over the whole nation.


49 posted on 01/14/2022 8:03:09 AM PST by dangus
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Texas has been windy for some years now.


50 posted on 01/14/2022 8:03:58 AM PST by deport
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To: rktman
If wind power worked it would be found on American farms, large businesses and tree farms.


51 posted on 01/14/2022 8:07:19 AM PST by GOPJ
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To: HangThemHigh

In Gnu Yak the Socialists are proposing a ban on woodburning, AKA pellet and woodburning stoves, Fireplaces, Campfires and the like. These idiots are brazen, and there is no fighting back because Orange Man Bad and they had to Stalinize the vote.


52 posted on 01/14/2022 8:14:12 AM PST by Shady (The #JihadJunta is now a Dictatorship, there are no more “laws..”)
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To: rktman

Is this The Brandonton Bee?


53 posted on 01/14/2022 8:15:14 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: rktman

Biden Administration Plans To Build Wind Farm

Made in China


54 posted on 01/14/2022 8:18:20 AM PST by Vaduz ( )
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To: rktman

Wind farms are an unnatural blight to the eye, kill birds and are a maintenance nightmare. Their high cost makes them a failed business model driving inflation. Who is going to clean up the mess when their failure leads to abandonment?


55 posted on 01/14/2022 8:25:58 AM PST by Yollopoliuhqui
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To: rktman

“ If it’s cheaper to put them in the land fill”

It is probably cheaper to ship them directly from the factory to the landfill, and avoid the additional losses incurred by installing and operating them.

Germany squandered billions on offshore wind farms.

They blow, as rational investments.

Essentially, instead of burning coal for energy, you burn large amounts of money instead. It is the energy equivalent of lighting your cigar with a burning hundred dollar bill, instead of a match.


56 posted on 01/14/2022 8:26:14 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: deport

And ERCOT crashed during the deep freeze last year largely because of them. People literally froze to death as a result.


57 posted on 01/14/2022 8:26:36 AM PST by mn-bush-man
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To: FlingWingFlyer

You cannot kill millions of birds without consequences. China did this a few decades ago and their crops were overrun with insects and caused mass starvation. Idiots.


58 posted on 01/14/2022 8:39:21 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: rktman
“We are working to facilitate a pipeline of projects that will establish confidence for the offshore wind industry.”

We are working to facilitate a pipeline of taxpayer money that will flow into companies that have contributed generously to democrat causes.

Fixed it for you, Amanda.

59 posted on 01/14/2022 8:45:35 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Media Control is an anagram of Delta Omicron.)
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To: Yollopoliuhqui

I’m sure the salt air will be really really good for them.


60 posted on 01/14/2022 8:48:51 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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