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Don Trump Tilts at Windmills: Rescinds All Offshore Wind Energy Areas in the US; current leases up for review

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I remember (years ago) standing in line at a Lenten fish-fry, talking with a gentleman, who assured me that the amount of sun the Earth receives is nowhere near “enough” for us to harness/harvest via renewable. 2016 or so.
 
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I’ll keep this post in mind next time the 18,000 lost fast food jobs in CA get brought up.
Yeah, raising the minimum wage really helped them, but what does have to do with Wind?
 
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Yeah, raising the minimum wage really helped them,
It did. Now they are free to find a better paying job but my point is, you obviously don’t have any problem with cutting good jobs you think are unnecessary.

but what does have to do with Wind?

Well it would maybe help you if you replied to my other comment about the wind turbines.

There’s more than one.

They’re also cheaper to build, repair and maintain.

I’m also a proponent for nuclear power but I don’t understand the obsession on the right with pooh pooing wind power. We need a comprehensive system that draws from multiple different sources at different times to meet our needs.
 
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If the reasoning is that we should avoid a solution because "safety regulations are not properly followed," this would apply to many areas, such as cars on the road, medicine in pharmacies, food in grocery stores, or money in banks.

I think the scale of the consequences is quite different.
Yeah, the scale. There aren't many things you could do in a grocery store that would contaminate the property to the extent that it would have to be encased in concrete and unusable for decades or centuries.
 
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It did. Now they are free to find a better paying job but my point is, you obviously don’t have any problem with cutting good jobs you think are unnecessary.
I have never said anything that even vainly resembles that remark

Please don’t put words in my mouth. Your mind reading equipment is evidently quite faulty.

Can we return to the topic of the thread now?
 
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That was a leak in a pipeline. Not earthquake, flood or war




Again a maintenance issue

I’ve driven from Berlin to Frankfurt. Seen the kilometers of wind farms.
Why does the country still have need of 72% of their electricity come from nuclear or coal fired sources?

Why did the wind electricity drop from 32% to 24% this year? Here is a hint - not enough wind.

Granted, it’s a novel approach to the problem. But a nuclear facility does so much better with so much less.
I will never respond to you bringing germany into conversations. Please stop.
 
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I will never respond to you bringing germany into conversations. Please stop.
My apologies - our conversation was on wind energy - I am familiar with the large windfarms in your country and some of the issues they are having. My Question was not regarding the country, but the windmills - and who better to ask than someone who lives there.

There was nothing nefarious to the question, but I will certainly acquiesce to your demands.
 
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I will never respond to you bringing germany into conversations. Please stop.

I haven't visited Germany as often as others, but I've been there many times over the past 30 years. In terms of diversified energy, Germany is a leader. Any country working to diversify its energy sources should consider Germany's policies and ingenuity.

While I hold a different perspective regarding your nuclear energy policy, if Germany demonstrates leadership and efficiency in alternative energy, then the absence of nuclear power becomes irrelevant.
 
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Can we return to the topic of the thread now?
Sure! I’ve been waiting on you.
There’s more than one.

They’re also cheaper to build, repair and maintain.

I’m also a proponent for nuclear power but I don’t understand the obsession on the right with pooh pooing wind power. We need a comprehensive system that draws from multiple different sources at different times to meet our needs.
 
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