Fishing groups seek Atlantic wind farm delay

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Comment by Barbara Durkin on December 8, 2016 at 5:30pm

Thank you for Posting this, Eric.  It's such an important topic that gets little press.  "It" is the engineered collapse of the fishing industry by government and their onerous rules, and further threat of taking promoted by this same government, of fishing grounds.  Fishermen are heritage tradesmen whose heritage trade is further threatened by wind.  Fishing rights are protected offshore under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.  But as we know, wind is generally above the law as a DOGMA, religion, faith-based initiative fueled by greed, ignorance and public subsidies, mandatory tithing.

Applicable law:

Alternative Energy Programmatic EIS A-3 October 2007 APPENDIX A SECTION 388 OF THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005, PUBLIC LAW 109-58

(4)

REQUIREMENTS- The Secretary shall ensure that any activity under this subsection

is carried out in a manner that provides for--

(A) safety;

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(ii) any other use of the sea or seabed, including use for a fishery, a sealane, a potential site of a deepwater port, or navigation;

There's a reprieve for the fishermen who need it like we need their fish. The wheels of the offshore and onshore wind industries are coming off as Donald Trump is not likely to be so generous with our money. Wind can't make it without (or with) public subsidies as it's a free market failure that incorporates technological failure.

First in the U.S. DeepWater Wind, formed by First Wind, (bought by SunEdison that lost over $10 billion in market value, and filed for the largest renewables bankruptcy in history), has 0nly 4 of 5 wind turbines spinning offshore RI. The U.S. "first offshore project has a 20% failure rate at the start. Energy cost should be recalculated upwards from 24.4 cents per kwh, which is already triple current cost of energy WITHOUT public subsidies (60% of project cost).

It's noteworthy that the lead federal regulator for offshore wind is the Department of Interior DOI agency called the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management BOEM, formerly known as Minerals Management Service MMS. They collect about $10 billion in royalties annually and are one of the government's largest sources of revenue. MMS AKA BOEM is under purview of the U.S. Office of Inspector General. And, Dozens of MMS employees have been caught self-dealing, accepting gifts from energy companies, using cocaine and having sex with energy company executives. "A culture of ethical failure" pervades this agency according to former Office of Inspector General Earl E. Devany's Report cover memo.

MMS Director “Randall Luthi, said in a conference call with reporters that the officials implicated in the reports had "violated the public’s trust.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09...

During June of 2010, U.S. Office of Inspector General Mary Kendall testified on Capitol Hill about MMS thin capabilities as federal regulator in charge during the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster. MMS charged with offshore oil and gas industry oversight was ill-prepared because of a "dearth of regulations," and a "completely backwards" approach to investigating spills and accidents.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/P...

Thank you, all fishermen and groups, for fighting the good fight against Big Wind offshore! Fishermen deliver actual and tangible benefits unlike windbags and corrupt agencies of government.

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