Do they think we're idiots!

[OVERBORED]

Apparently they do think we're idiots

 

[dsedy]

Orsted Soars After U.S. Judge Clears Offshore Wind Project To Resume | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

 

[jpd]

Interesting piece on the Block Island windfarm. I had no idea the whole island used to run on diesel generators prior, so it is kind of a unique situation.

A Rhode Island Wind Farm Changed Their View. And Their Lives, for the Better

 

[CELLFISH]

yes unique, Wind Energy use on a small scale seems reasonable , not Long Island... cell...
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[pequa1]

big problems in Europe with disposing of the worn out units.

 

[OVERBORED]

yes unique, Wind Energy use on a small scale seems reasonable , not Long Island... cell...
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Ask the good citizens of Block Island what they were paying for electricity before and after the windfarms.

Without extensive government subsidies, they would have never been built

 

[pequa1]

and not without the proper "payoffs" to the politicos

 

[CELLFISH]

i was t trying to dissect the difference…. burning a million gallons of diesel dosent seem to sensible…

how’s about using Tidal Generators… cell…
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[Avenger]

Ask the good citizens of Block Island what they were paying for electricity before and after the windfarms.

Without extensive government subsidies, they would have never been built

Exactly!

And how much would it really cost to run a cable from RI?

 

[CELLFISH]

Exactly!

And how much would it really cost to run a cable from RI?

yeah, slow to improve things… cell…

 

[Roccus7]

Interesting piece on the Block Island windfarm. I had no idea the whole island used to run on diesel generators prior, so it is kind of a unique situation.

A Rhode Island Wind Farm Changed Their View. And Their Lives, for the Better

Block had a large, land-based windmill back in the late 70s, early 80s...

 

[jpd]

Block had a large, land-based windmill back in the late 70s, early 80s...

NYT didn't mention that. They said that the diesel generators are still there in case of emergency, does diesel fuel not go bad like gasoline?

 

[Avenger]

NYT didn't mention that. They said that the diesel generators are still there in case of emergency, does diesel fuel not go bad like gasoline?

It will eventually, but it takes a decade or two.

 

[jpd]

And how much would it really cost to run a cable from RI?

It appears they ran one once the offshore windmills went up, to sell surplus back to the grid.
Also, to get power to the island when the wind wasn't blowing.

 

[OVERBORED]

I've never seen all those Windmills working at the same time.

As an aside, I also understand that they do not operate when winds are above 20knts which means they probably operate 2out of 7 days in winter!