Comments - Cape Wind: Maine public radio news gets it righter than most - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-28T15:23:54Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A3518&xn_auth=noMy point being that the close…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2010-04-29:4401701:Comment:35262010-04-29T16:45:07.000ZRon Huberhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/RonHuber
My point being that the close to shore wind thieves that were fast tracking this "emergency" bill, had visions of Bureau of Parks and Lands awarding square mile after square mile of submerged public lands into their hands for them to pound 100s of turbine towers into. And BPL had visions of $10,000 application fees and many more money and influence making possibilities to power up their agency. "No significant impact." each application review by BPL would surely find. alas, and up they'd…
My point being that the close to shore wind thieves that were fast tracking this "emergency" bill, had visions of Bureau of Parks and Lands awarding square mile after square mile of submerged public lands into their hands for them to pound 100s of turbine towers into. And BPL had visions of $10,000 application fees and many more money and influence making possibilities to power up their agency. "No significant impact." each application review by BPL would surely find. alas, and up they'd go.<br />
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That was the venture capitalist dream that was popped by Dagher and his deepsea crew. Heavy federal cash to pay for their project, of course. So how's the political environment around those Lakes? You need to herd some pork toward the Universities there with the proviso it be for over-the-horizon research and development only, even if that means clipping them short like wind-bonsai. And where the heck is sports afield and all the other sport fishing types?<br />
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The big difference is DeepCwind would be like NASA: build and deploy a small # of very large wind/wave leviathans over the horizon, while the investor class wants windmills to be a common as blackflies all over the place from the mountaintops to every water body including the sea, in one glorious windfall-making "emergency".<br />
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that was the emergency Actually what happened was th…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2010-04-29:4401701:Comment:35252010-04-29T16:20:07.000ZRon Huberhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/RonHuber
Actually what happened was that, through the maneuvering of the way-offshore wind crowd: Maine lobstermen and the University of Maine-led DeepCwind Consortium, the close-to-shore windmill crowd got cut out of the corporate welfare trough in the Maine ocean energy bill; they (Neptune Wind and the like) can't even get the state to issue an RFP request for a proposal in state waters. Are those lakes large enough for there to be places within 'em that are beyond the horizon of all the shorelanders…
Actually what happened was that, through the maneuvering of the way-offshore wind crowd: Maine lobstermen and the University of Maine-led DeepCwind Consortium, the close-to-shore windmill crowd got cut out of the corporate welfare trough in the Maine ocean energy bill; they (Neptune Wind and the like) can't even get the state to issue an RFP request for a proposal in state waters. Are those lakes large enough for there to be places within 'em that are beyond the horizon of all the shorelanders for 400-odd foot tall windmills, or at least all but the industrial coasts? Get the deepsea wind to go seek leases out _there_, with the understanding that inshore wind would be anathema, would steal away their offshore profits.<br />
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The Atlantis Effect: Questioner: "Where's your electricity come from?" Answerer: "Out there". (Points vaguely out to sea, or to lake's horizon). Habib Dagher said: "our plan…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2010-04-29:4401701:Comment:35232010-04-29T12:30:56.000ZLong Islanderhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LongIslander
Habib Dagher said: <i>"our plan in Maine is to go 20 miles plus offshore, so that these structures are beyond the horizon, you can't see them from shore."</i>Unless it's a LAKE shore. Then it's pretty much OK to not only put these massive machines in sight, but basically on top of people's homes, way out in the country, formerly where a big draw was the peace and quiet. Why is it that a saltwater existence gets 20 miles of setback as such, but thanks to our emergency wind law, there is…
Habib Dagher said: <i>"our plan in Maine is to go 20 miles plus offshore, so that these structures are beyond the horizon, you can't see them from shore."</i>Unless it's a LAKE shore. Then it's pretty much OK to not only put these massive machines in sight, but basically on top of people's homes, way out in the country, formerly where a big draw was the peace and quiet. Why is it that a saltwater existence gets 20 miles of setback as such, but thanks to our emergency wind law, there is virtually no protection for those of us who do not live on the ocean? Habib Dagher said: "Winds off…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2010-04-29:4401701:Comment:35222010-04-29T12:23:40.000ZLong Islanderhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LongIslander
Habib Dagher said: "Winds offshore are much stronger than they are onshore".<br />
Yes, that information is readily available on wind resource maps and also helps explain why there are more sailboats than sailcars. So the question remains, why was it necessary to pass emergency legislation to fast track onshore wind, where in essence, there is very little of it?
Habib Dagher said: "Winds offshore are much stronger than they are onshore".<br />
Yes, that information is readily available on wind resource maps and also helps explain why there are more sailboats than sailcars. So the question remains, why was it necessary to pass emergency legislation to fast track onshore wind, where in essence, there is very little of it?