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New Jersey Governor Full Steam Ahead On Wind Turbines Off Jersey Shore Coastline
Shore News Network ^ | Robert Walker

Posted on 09/28/2022 6:35:14 AM PDT by pelican001

New Jersey’s clear and unobstructed views of the Atlantic Ocean from its beautiful and pristine shorelines will soon end. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy intends to build America’s largest wind turbines off the coast of the Jersey Shore from Long Beach Island south to Cape May.

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To: pelican001

There’s 5 of them off the coast in Atlantic City. Can see them for miles coming down the Parkway. Nobody wants to see this the whole ride down. But most people in this state are dumb and will applaud this.


41 posted on 09/28/2022 7:30:39 AM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America!)
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To: LS

How much are they paying off to this Commie bastard?


42 posted on 09/28/2022 7:59:44 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: JonPreston
Fail Murphy was never going to lose.

Due to out-migration for economic reasons and the COVID fiasco, I would not be surprised if New Jersey lost a net total of several hundred thousand Republican voters between the time Murphy was elected in 2017 and his re-election bid in 2021.

43 posted on 09/28/2022 8:03:44 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: JonPreston
NJ Jersey voted for him

Yes, around 4AM, November 3rd.

44 posted on 09/28/2022 9:16:33 AM PDT by Salvey
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To: Salvey

You got that right.


45 posted on 09/28/2022 9:17:07 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: LS; All

I thought the windmill fad had died off by now.


46 posted on 09/28/2022 9:27:42 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: kvanbrunt2

How much energy and resources does it take to mine, manufacture, transport, and construct just one of those windmills, no including the permanent destruction of the landscape and the things like destruction of the view and impact on animals. How much energy is produced over the lifetime of that windmill? Is it more than the energy it took to produce it?


47 posted on 09/28/2022 9:34:21 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: kvanbrunt2
A 1.5 (MW) wind turbine of a type frequently seen in the United States has a tower 80 meters (260 ft) high. The rotor assembly (blades and hub) weighs 22,000 kilograms (48,000 lb). The nacelle, which contains the generator, weighs 52,000 kilograms (115,000 lb). The concrete base for the tower is constructed using 26,000 kilograms (58,000 lb) reinforcing steel and contains 190 cubic meters (250 cu yd) of concrete. The base is 15 meters (50 ft) in diameter and 2.4 meters (8 ft) thick near the center.[50] >>>> from wiki . I guess Murphy will need about 5000 turbines to get to 7500 megawatts.

While technically viable, wind energy is economically NOT viable. Increased use of wind and solar has not reduced emissions. Wind electric power generation is a poor technology that no one would use without permanent government mandates and massive subsidies and taxes that are adding $ billions a year in power cost. They are also unreliable, non-recyclable, have negative environmental impacts, have shorter productive life spans than alternative power sources, and constitute aesthetic pollution. They would be banned if EPA did its job. The blades kill birds, kill bats, add environmental noise, and more.

At 10 years of life, blades and gearboxes may need to be replaced. The cost to teardown a single turbine is $200,000, and may not be recyclable. Wind turbines fail because of birds, lightning, rainfall, blade detachment, delamination, blade cracks. Internally, electrical and mechanical failures are to blame such as a short circuit or if the gearbox gets jammed.

Electrical failures are the most common. These failures are mostly due to high humidity levels in the nacelle and tower where the electrical components are located. Moisture in the air weakens metal components such as the gearbox, bearings, and yaw gear. There is a lot of moisture off shore.

Weather caused failures can be catastrophic such as the extreme cold in Texas when the system failed at the worse time. Hurricanes and tornadoes can destroy the monstrosities.

Wind power only works when there is wind. The intermittency of wind power generation means that other, reliable sources have to cycle up and down, repeatedly. This decreases efficiency and increases emissions. Taxpayer dollars would be better spent in reducing emissions in fossil fuels.

48 posted on 09/28/2022 9:40:13 AM PDT by olezip
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To: Ann Archy

“30 BILLION worth of damage, not 30 MILLION!”

Thank you. I have been going through a series of eye surgeries and I don’t see as well as I used to.

wy69


49 posted on 09/28/2022 10:11:07 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: bigfootbob

“Seems like American engineering could design some windmills that could withstand the weather too?”

New designs for offshore oil facilities built since 1988 are designed to withstand “100- year Storms,” a designation that includes everything up to Category 5 events. One of those designs is called a Jack up rig. In advance of a storm, the company will direct its rig managers to take on extra ballast water in order to increase the overall stability and weight of the rig on the seafloor and to take advantage of this greater weight and stability to raise the deck platforms higher, improving the rig’s ability to withstand wave heights of up to 60 feet.

As for wind turbines, they are already taller than the oil rigs and they typically face incoming winds and have incredibly stiff blades while they float. But building this type of rigid structure is expensive. Hence the researchers found that blades facing away from the wind are less likely to hit the turbine tower during high winds. This way, the blades don’t have to be constructed to be so heavy and stiff. Instead, they can be lightweight and more flexible, which also makes them less expensive.

Like palm trees, the blades will gently bend during strong winds rather than break. But this design is not currently on all the turbines out there and is still “on the black board” at places like the University of Virginia, the University of Texas at Dallas, the Colorado School of Mines and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. So there still are vulnerable turbines out there. Wind turbine platforms is a relative new item. Maybe in time. But the season is just getting starting. And the first of the ocean placed wind turbines weren’t placed until 2019 near Spain. So it’s kind of new.

Wy69


50 posted on 09/28/2022 10:35:14 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: pelican001

Pay attention American voters!

When you elect dumbass LIEberal Democrats, you get, among other things beside crime, chaos, confusion and NO RESPECT, THSE FREAKING WINDMILLS!

UGLIEST BIRD KILLERS ON THE PLANET!


51 posted on 09/28/2022 10:37:13 AM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA!)
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To: cuz1961

“ How well can these hurricane catchers weather a hurricane?”
Yet to be known. But you can bet someone did a calculation on the durability that indicated it could withstand a grade bazillion storm!


52 posted on 09/28/2022 10:53:04 AM PDT by 9422WMR (45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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To: whitney69

GOD BLESS you!


53 posted on 09/28/2022 11:27:41 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: pelican001
One place where these windmill monstrosities will NOT be placed, is along shoreline of the Navesink River just off the coast of Red Bank, NJ in Blossom Cove. Why not? Easy. Because Phil Murphy has a nice 6-acre spread right on the shoreline of the river. Check it out on Zillow:

45 Blossom Cove Rd. Red Bank, NJ 07701

Complete with tennis court, swimming pool and a nice dock which extends out into the cove. Can't have those ugly wind turbines ruining his view now can we? No sir.

NIMBY on steroids.

Oh, and notice the fence at the front of the property to keep out the riff-raff. Ironic for a guy who prides himself on governing a "sanctuary" state where illegals are "welcome".. just not in his neighborhood unless they are part of the maintenance staff.

54 posted on 09/28/2022 12:28:29 PM PDT by American Infidel (Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
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To: JonPreston

No they didnt’


55 posted on 09/28/2022 12:34:54 PM PDT by genxer ( )
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To: pelican001

Can the blades be furled during a REALLY big blow?


56 posted on 09/28/2022 6:50:13 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: pelican001

A state full of fools has a fool for a captain of the ship of state. Same story as every red state: Urban areas vote hard left. Rural and suburban areas are moderate to very conservative, but they’re outnumbered by the urban areas. That’s how Oregon, California, New York, Illinois, Virginia and possibly Georgia now role. And many of them will continue to kill babies, who won’t grow up, get red pilled, and vote the other way.


57 posted on 09/29/2022 7:49:34 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Free country? Good morning, Rip. )
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To: JonPreston

“NJ Jersey voted for him”

Actually—the election was stolen.

The only thing the voters of New Jersey are guilty of is getting scammed by the criminal Democratic Party.


58 posted on 09/29/2022 7:52:34 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: LS; All
"I honestly believe we are close to a tipping point against this lunacy. I can foresee in the near future armies/navies of workers tearing down these useless monuments to human stupidity."

They should paint red dots on the blades so at a given RPM we see the Hammer and Sickle because they are a constant reminder in the most scenic places of this Sovietization and the insensibility of this unreliable sun based energy generator.

Your average Nuclear Powerplant is a visual Sofia Loren compared to these eyesores.

It's been done on purpose IMHO, can't they not destroy anything, such as a scenic vista?

It's like a statue of Lenin with motion....

59 posted on 10/04/2022 9:34:12 AM PDT by taildragger ("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Songs of Angry Men!")
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