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.
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ROTFL. If you shut down the power plants, where in the hell are the remaining 320 million AMERICANs and 35 million illegal aliens going to get their electricity? Hmmmmm?
Put the first farms adjacent to Biden’s Delaware houses.
Same goes for the waters off of Malibu and Fairfield County,Connecticut.
Good point.
10% to Biden?
See Post #4
I see a Big Bird meme. He smashes into a windmill as millions of children watch….
Biden says he plans this. They do nothing.
500 million people waiting for test kits. Now there are 500 million more
They don’t see Hunter, his art gallery laundry, ex wife, baby mama, crack head video, bag man status, perpetual grieving for his lost mother, perpetual neglect from his lying father and associate that with the u s and what that horrible me father of his is doing to us
Hunter’s gotta be saying once in a while, ‘welcome to my world’
Say goodbye to millions of bird and bats....
Buried in the article is this little nugget of truth:
However, some research has indicated that wind is unreliable, both because it relies on taxpayer funding and doesn’t produce a consistent amount of energy. Because of its inconsistency, wind may also lead to greenhouse gas emissions since it requires backup fossil fuel-powered energy sources.
“Wind is not consistent and cannot be relied upon to generate the electricity demanded by U.S. consumers,” a report on wind energy published by the Utah State University Institute of Political Economy stated.”
Biden is a parasite.
However, some research has indicated that wind is unreliable, both because it relies on taxpayer funding and doesn’t produce a consistent amount of energy.
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Took a multi-million dollar study to get “experts” to figure out the wind doesn’t always blow.
AND nary a PEEP from PETA regarding the MASSIVE numbers of BIRDS slaughtered by wind turbines. Along the coast, this would result in large numbers of DEAD sea birds such as Pelicans, Seagulls, Terns, and MIGRATING FLOCKS of ducks, geese, cranes, etc..
Paging Ansel Adams.. HE WOULD NOT APPROVE!
Think green, they are going to shiver in the dark, except I suspect the illegal aliens will be 1st to get power.
Almost all of the sites convenient to transmission lines have already been developed for wind or solar power.
You don’t just walk in and put up transmission lines.
The utility worked for tried for decades to put in a new transmission line that was only going to be 50 miles long.
The NIMBY fight went on for years through courts and regulators.
Finally, the company gave up.
If you can’t get the power to where it can be used your fields of wind weeds are useless.
FJB, FHUH
If I did the conversion right, that's 30 1000mw Nuclear Powerplants. That's 1 1000mw units / 30 states, or if you build 2 on a given site, that's 15 states w/ 2. That's way more Jobs and no Sea-Shore-eye sore and I don't care how far off shore they put them...
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