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- coltrane68, on 10/02/2008, -0/+23Good for you, my little Ocean State buddy.
- illDecree, on 10/02/2008, -2/+25*Rhode Island to the rest of America:*
"Blow me"
:-D - inactive, on 10/02/2008, -0/+17Only 85% more to go!
(and 49 states) - statrick, on 10/01/2008, -2/+17go little rhody
- RudeTurnip, on 10/02/2008, -0/+13A resident of Rhode Island was quoted as saying this project was "freaking sweet."
- cle2105, on 10/02/2008, -9/+21"Wont these turbines take up valuable oil rig space?" - John McCain
- IphtashuFitz, on 10/02/2008, -1/+12The winds in Narragansett Bay are perfect for a wind farm. They just need to place it somewhere that won't interfere with all the boating traffic. There's a lot of both commercial and pleasure boating all throughout that area between Newport, the Cape Cod canal, Marthas Vineyard, Block Island, traffic headed up to New Bedford, etc. I'll be very interested in knowing exactly where they plan to do this.
- radio1mike, on 10/02/2008, -0/+11You know, it is no nice to hear good news coming from my home state!
Oh, and to RI-haters. RI population is about 1.1 million and the population density is about 900people/sq. mi. - madfastride, on 10/02/2008, -0/+10700 MORE!!!
- TheCooler72, on 10/02/2008, -1/+10Please note: that does say Offshore Wind NOT Offshore Drilling.
- CarStan, on 10/02/2008, -0/+8With the bailout money we could provide 100+ Rhode Islands completely with wind electricity. Thats 100million people.
- liljay2k, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7As Missouri is the 'Show-Me State', Rhode Island is now the 'Blow-Me State'.
- TheUngod, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7At least the armpit of Massachusetts is going to get some air flow
- SquidLips, on 10/02/2008, -2/+9We are talking about Rhode Island after all. I can guarantee that they will spend the money; that is no problem in Rhode Island. Where the money goes is another question; remember that all those Big Diggers up the road are looking for "work". Whether the farm will be actually built and whether it will ever deliver 15% is highly questionable.
- bwseaver, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7401 FTW!
- inactive, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7But oil wars make people explode.
- inactive, on 10/02/2008, -1/+7You both injected unnecessary partisanship into this process. Damn you.
- aolshove, on 10/02/2008, -3/+9Que environmentalists complaining about killing sea birds or similar drivel.
- SmartfulDodger, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6Offshore wind power is one of those innovations that has the potential to really take off. Winds off the NE coast are much stronger and consistent than in other places. Delaware is working on developing its own offshore wind industry.
- pinkchux, on 10/02/2008, -1/+6Huzzah! This is wonderful news!
- futurepro9, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5I'm sitting in the library right now at URI, and it is windy as hell on this campus today. It gets pretty windy at home in NJ sometimes, but not like this. If they put a few of those on the URI campus instead of having stupid sod farms around here, that would be a nice help too.
- kd1s, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5As a Rhode Islander I'm very happy to see this happening in my state.
This is because as of right now my electricity rates have gone up 25.9% - chriso1281, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5Watch as most of this money ends up getting kicked back to politicians, just like everything else in Rhode Island.
/rant from a born and bred Rhode Islander who will never move back to that cesspool of corruption - inactive, on 10/02/2008, -2/+7RI has a population of around 1 million.
- csimpkins, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Riiiiight.
- SmartfulDodger, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Now that's what a good comment looks like!
A similar story took place in Delaware. The construction was being held up by waterfront homeowners and businesses who were worried about their view being ruined. The offshore wind advocates embarked an a massive PR campaign, and eventually won everyone over.
The devil is in the details - let's hope the folks in Rhode Island learn from history and play their cards well. - Skaistrendy, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Yay go Rhode Island, Im a proud Rhode Islander :0)
- SmartfulDodger, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4For Obama. Duh.
- cbreaker, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Personally, I think the ONLY thing that will supply our country without enough electricity and do it without polluting the air is Nuclear. It's clean, safe, and reliable.
- MrSteamTank, on 10/02/2008, -1/+5Unfortunately, wind power requires some sort of backup for when there is no wind. Unless you enjoy rolling brown outs and black outs every day the weather gets too calm. Turning on and off power plants is not particularly feasible on a day by day basis so I really don't see wind power going anywhere as a sole replacement to our energy needs.
If wind power was bundled with a more reliable energy source, say hydro electric power, then I would fully support a wind power initiative. This way when the days are windy we can rely on wind power while allowing the dam reservoirs to refill. I think this would be the ideal solution and it would be an excellent investment for the country. Too bad this won't ever happen. 8P - RealmDown, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4I know it is popular, especially in an election year, but wishing someone harm just because you don't like them or their ideology is wrong.
- gwyrth, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4not cool. you don't take joy in other people's cancer...you just don't.
- ChuckDriver, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4I want to know where I can apply for one of those 800 jobs with an average annual salary of $60 million.
- bwseaver, on 10/02/2008, -1/+5Nope. New Jersey is the most densely populated state.
- Jareth86, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4We've been trying to get this done for years, its about time it passed.
- dusanmal, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Case just across the sound: Long Island NY. Similar proposal, Govt. approved. Well funded. Than came endless lawsuits from the "green" nuts claiming that it will infringe on the pristine beauty... Finally costs and time delays of the lawsuits and "studies" made the whole project economically unfeasible and it died.
- cbreaker, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Rhode Island is the second most densely populated state (trailing NJ by a very small margin.) We're the smallest state, too.
We use ass loads of electricity. Not only are there a lot of people, but we have a lot of business here too, and we have a lot of technology companies. Rhode Island is among the best in the country for high speed Internet, and within 5 years well be able to get fiber to the home via either Cox or Verizon - both are moving in on RI. - beaudilly, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4RI has more inhabitants than Alaska.
Think about that. - madfastride, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Most environmentalist are informed enough to know that the blades on modern wind generators spin at a much slower rate than some of the earlier models that gave them the bad reputation they have. If a bird manages to get killed in a modern wind turbine and killed Darwin is saying "GOTCHA'"
- dvslamont, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4This is gonna help out a lot in RI
I live in Warwick and we are constantly having brownouts
I just hope it stays windy! - pSilociN, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4=/ i'm in the process of getting out myself...
- Jareth86, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3Actually Mrs. Palin, its the most densely populated state in the union.
- greensky, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3Well the 1 billion is going to be spread over the life of the turbines. Spread that over 30 years (minute maintenance) and it's not that bad.
- SmartfulDodger, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3Everything I've read about offshore wind farms places them 5-15 miles off the coast. This way, boat traffic won't be affected and waterfront views won't be disturbed.
- Jareth86, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3Last I checked, he lived in and represented MASSACHUSETTS.
- SmartfulDodger, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3You make a good point, although one that's already been covered by utility companies. No one is advocating that wind power be the only source of energy. Utility companies in places like Rhode Island maintain a base supply of power - usually from coal or natural gas. When the wind is blowing, the base power isn't used. When the wind stops, companies can easily switch over to a more stable power source.
- murk, on 10/02/2008, -2/+5it makes bat's lungs asplode
- fuelcarddotorg, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3funny that people are trashing this because rhode island is small(which it is) when states like wyoming have tons of wind farms and LESS population than the state of rhode island.
- cbreaker, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3This isn't like some "school fund" that has no way to measure if it makes an appreciative effect on education. This is easy: We use X amount of electricity, so we need Y amount of wind generators to create 15% of our electricity.
The question of IF it will be built is indeed a big question. The problem with off-shore wind turbines is that A) Mostly wealthy people live on the water and B) Mostly wealthy people have boats. And, an overwhelming majority of wealthy people HATE WIND TURBINES. Personally, I think they are being awfully selfish but that's the way it is.
But, as long as the politicians move forward, there's nothing these people can do about it and the turbines will be built.
This is NOTHING like the Massachusetts "Big Dig." Besides, over here in Rhode Island we already have the "little dig" - they're rerouting i195 over a new bridge. -
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