girl-killer-fatso-teddy's compound too. ? what are you talking about ?
On Jan 6, 6:26 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Now maybe he can get the wind generators off shore from > girl-killer-fatso-teddy's compound too. > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:41 AM, Florida Cracker > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Wind, Waves, and Watts [ the Obama return to sanity has already > > begun ] > >http://www.truthout.org/010509EA > > The steady, strong winds over the Atlantic off New England have > > attracted another developer interested in harnessing them for power > > generation. A new wrinkle in the proposal by Grays Harbor Ocean > > Energy > > Company, of Washington state, is that the supports anchoring each > > wind > > turbine platform to the ocean floor would be designed in a way to > > turn > > wave action into electricity as well. > > > For Grays Harbor, this feature serves two purposes: It increases > > the likelihood that its platforms will be producing power even when > > winds are still, and it qualifies the initial stages of the project > > for review by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission instead of the > > Minerals Management Service of the Department of the Interior. > > > Why one federal agency should have supervision over ocean wave > > energy and another over ocean wind energy is one of those > > governmental > > head-scratchers that turn organization charts into mazes. Congress > > should resolve the disparity as soon as possible. It should also > > facilitate all offshore energy projects by granting the National > > Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration increased funds for > > seabed surveys. > > > In the meantime, it is to Grays Harbor's advantage to be seeking > > a > > preliminary permit from FERC, which is considered more responsive > > than > > Minerals Management. Although the law giving Minerals Management > > authority over offshore wind projects passed in 2005, the agency is > > still drawing up regulations for awarding leases and overseeing > > projects. It can proceed with oversight of the Cape Wind project on > > Nantucket Sound because the 2005 law specifically grandfathered it. > > > If Grays Harbor gets its preliminary permit from FERC, it will be > > able to deploy a platform with a meteorological tower at its proposed > > site 12 to 17 miles south of Nantucket. This will provide the wind > > and > > wave data it needs to determine if the project is feasible. Another > > site being looked at is south of Block Island. Grays Harbor's CEO > > Burton Hamner likens his three-sided turbine platforms to a "big, > > triangular footstool." He acknowledges that they have yet to be > > tested > > in the rough conditions of the Atlantic in depths of up to 200 feet. > > > If Hamner can bring just one of his New England projects to > > fruition, it will make a substantial contribution to the energy grid. > > Each site could produce up to 1,000 megawatts, about the output of > > the > > Seabrook nuclear plant, and an average of 400. > > > While developers have installed many turbines in the US west, the > > nation lags behind Europe in exploiting stronger offshore winds. > > Getting regulations in place promptly and investing more in basic > > seabed research are two needed steps to encourage this form of > > renewable energy. > > -- > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
