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Originally Posted by Gumada
Offshore wind turbines are only profitable as long as the subsidies last. That’s a proven fact ! Once the subsidies run out they will be abandoned and left to rust and fall into the sea where they will become an ecological disaster and require tax payer funding to clean up (superfund sites). In the mean time, while they research and plot where and how they will be built they will kill untold amounts of marine creatures. The wind industry has permits from NOAA to kill up to 400 marine mammals during the projects on the east coast. That tells anyone with common sense that they KNOW they will be killing marine mammals and so does the government. It’s all a money grab, right out of our pockets.
NOAA declared an unusual mortality event for marine mammals in 2016 along the east coast which is ongoing. Guess what year they started the offshore wind projects.....
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Offshore wind turbines are profitable as long as they continue to generate electricity, and have an estimated working lifespan of 25 to 35 years before some of their moving parts need to be replaced. Their support structure is similar to an offshore drilling platform's, and marine life thrives around them indefinitely.
Please provide more information on the NOAA 2016 declaration you referenced. They seem to be well aware of any possible harm to marine life that might result from the installation & operation of offshore wind turbines...
Offshore Wind Energy: Protecting Marine Life
