Signs of support for offshore wind power abounded outside of Indian River High School on Friday. Inside, it was just the opposite. Waves of skepticism and opposition followed presentations by representatives of US Wind and Ørsted, two companies that have obtained leases for proposed offshore wind projects in federal waters off the Delaware/Maryland coast.
- How do they install those towers? Let’s see them do it without fossil fuel. How do they maintain those towers? Let’s see them do it without fossil fuel. How do they build those towers? Let’s see them do it without fossil fuels. Who cleans up when the rotating portions begin to leak their fossil fuel grease and oil into the ocean? Who is going to take them down when they have reached their usable life? Where are the various components going to be placed, especially those parts that cannot be recycled? There is no such thing as “wind power”! What you are talking about is a wind-powered generator, built with, maintained with, installed and removed with the aid of fossil fuels. I won’t even get into the cost of and use of the fossil fuels it takes to mine the raw materials to build your daydreams. — Dennis Mehrenberg
- No one said fossil fuels weren’t used to build, transport or place these wind generators. But if a factory has solar panels, and Tesla gets their electric semis on the road, there in itself is a whole lot of decrease in fossil fuel usage. Why does that bother you? Technology like this is also like computer technology. Almost every day around the world, these alternative energies are getting cheaper, safer and more efficient. Your response, rooted in disdain for the left, is not a good look. We need to try to be better to the environment. I have a kid, and I want the world to be a better place for him. Cleaner air, less pollution, less partisan bickering. Even if it costs me more, I’m all for it.— Chris Holmes
- If green energy were better, it wouldn’t need to be forced on people. — Michael Forcade
- You’re saying it’s worse? — Chris Holmes
- I used to say the same thing about broccoli when I was, like, 7. Then, I grew up. — Gary Greer
