On Sun, 23 May 2021 11:24:12 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 05/23/2021 08:17 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 5/23/2021 12:52 AM, rbowman wrote:
On 05/22/2021 09:04 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 5/22/2021 10:30 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 05/22/2021 03:30 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Like it or not, they are coming and we don't have the
infrastructure to
support it. Sorry folks, but you will have nukes and windmills in the
backyard. Or it will be very dark riding your bike to the store.

Did the Turkey Point expansion ever happen? Gotta keep the lights on
at Dizzy World.

There was to be two plants but I don't think they are started. Some
local politicians objected.

Color me surprised.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...s-u-s-approval


The Martha's Vineyard crew must have really ****ed in Biden's Wheaties.

Can't see it from Kennedy's house so I guess it is OK.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001...47541604359376

Kennedy has a dog in the fight but that doesn't mean his economic
observations aren't true.

https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2020...-rebury-cable/

There were economic concerns when the Block Island project was proposed
but the Rhode Island government rewrote the book in its favor. National
Grid screwed the pooch when burying the cable and the redo will not be
cheap. The question is if they can pass the cost onto the ratepayers.

Seabrook Station in New Hampshire was the end of Public Service of New
Hampshire. There were many protests but the killer was CWIP.
(Construction Works In Progress). The state court ruled that you can't
jack utility rates to finance something you're building and hasn't come
online.

Vineyard Wind will have 84 Haliade-X turbines that are 853 feet high
with 350' long blades.

https://www.ge.com/renewableenergy/w...fshore-turbine

Of course they'll be lit up like a Christmas tree at night. They'll be a
unique navigational aid. Years ago I sailed up the coast of Maine past
the Cutler VLF station. You definitely knew where you were when you saw
the antenna array. No hiding that puppy. You could also hear the
generator a couple of miles offshore.

http://navy-radio.com/commsta/cutler.htm


Note that Vinyard Wind is not Cape Wind, the one that was opposed by Fat
Teddy, Mittens Romney, Kerry, and the Kochs. That one petered out when
National Grid and Northeast Energy canceled their contracts when the
project didn't meet the milestones.

We'll see how this one goes and how much government subsidization is
needed to keep this one alive.


I just think it is a dumb idea thought up by someone who was never a
sailor. It has nothing to do with the view.
You can't put expensive technology in salt water and expect it to last
long without constant maintenance. That is why they don't store moth
balled planes on an island. They park them in the desert.
That is where the wind farms should be too.
Then they just need to deal with sand, a whole different kettle of
stinky fish.
(or peanuts for those who remember Desert One) ;-)