Wind turbine blade shattering closes beaches in Nantucket, NC beaches at risk | Eastern North Carolina Now
Democrats pushing offshore wind are a theat to NC beaches as well
One blade of a wind turbine 15 miles off the coast of Nantucket has partially shattered, leading to beach closures on Nantucket. Swimming is prohibited due to floating debris including sharp fiberglass shards. Some of these shards have washed up onto the beach, leadng officials to demand anyone even walking on the beach should wear shoes to avoid being cut. How these dangerous shards will be removed from the sand has not been determined.
There are hundreds more of these turbines in the wind farms there, and an event that damages many of them could be even more catastrophic for the island's tourism eonomy. Federal authoriies have shut down that wind farm.
https://nantucketcurrent.com/news/vineyard-wind-reports-turbine-blade-damage-in-offshore-incident
Here is a good article on why offshore wind power is so expensive and environmentally damaging:
The Democrats, Biden and Cooper, have been promoting wind turbine development off of NC's coast that could easily result in similar disasters for our beaches.
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Will Simmons said:
( July 19th, 2024 @ 5:14 pm )
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So true. Drilling platforms, well heads and oil tankers have existed since the dawn of time. Thank God for the critters.
I will add that fossil fuels are but one source of energy. Based on our over consumption, we should move away from them when possible. As time goes by, it will happen. |
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What I thought stupid was California's plans to put solar panels on top of the canals for drinking water. Given the carcinogins and other haxardous substances in solar panels, that is putting the public at risk.
The wind and solar grifters are not "environmentalists". They are conmen. |
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Those are your words Bob not mine. I know you are being sarcastic but that last statement was completely ignorant. What is the need to take all issues to an extreme position? Have you no logic?
Oil spilling into the ocean occurs naturally and there is a natural clean up process for this. This doesn’t mean we should intentionally dump oil out willy nilly. We should always be good stewards to our land and water. In conclusion, we should be able to agree, that we should do all we can to keep the environment clean, but we must do so rationally because not all things are completely avoidable. |
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You're right, CT & WS make a valid point. That stupid clean water act cant tell me what to do. After changing my oil I said WTF and may have dumped 6 quarts in the Pamlico. I just cant be bothered to dispose of it properly and now that I know its cool, (thanks CT!) I encourage all trumpets to fight the power and dump your used oil anywhere God tells you too. The critters will eat it.
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CT makes a valid point.
Also there is always oil flowing out from natural holes and crevices under the ocean. There are micro-organisms in the ocean that solely consume crude oil. These are then eaten by bigger organisms such as krill, which are the main food for whale and many small fish. |
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Yeah because e the months long underwater well head head broke in the gulf releasing millions of barrels into the gulf was really nothing.
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An event like a hurricane that tore up a bunch of these wind turbines as it went up the coast would dwarf the damage from the Exxon Valdese. It is not only the fiberglass shards, but there are toxic chemcials in the lubricants in the narcels, and indeed in the coatings on the blades, not to mention the continuing navigation hazzards
As to damage from ships, the environment is fortunate that that car carrier where a shipment of electric vehicles spontaneously combusted and set the ship on fire did not sink as feared in that critically sensitive marine preserve off of the Netherlands. Just good luck that the toxic crap did not end up there. |
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Sounds awful. Make the Exxon Valdez look like spilled milk.
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From the articles linked, there was not any major event that caused that blade to shatter. It just happened. Imagine a hurricane or even a bad nor'easter blowing through a gaggle of these things. How much damage would that cause, and how long to clean it up, if that were even possible? We DO NOT need these wind scams in our oceans. Roy Cooper is an idiot to propose it.
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There are not ANY oil platforms off of either Nantucket or North Carolina, so that is an apples and oranges deflection, Little Bobbie.
Big pieces of the shattered turbine can be picked up if they float or wash up on the beach. If they sink close to shore, they will be found when somebody steps on them and cuts themselves severely. Small pieces, which can also do a lot of damage to beachgoers, are extremely difficult to find. Now imagine a hurricane comes along and shatters a bunch of these things. Finding all the pieces, big and small, is going to be next to impossible. This things need to be banned from our shoreline, or the required insurance needs to be in the stratosphere and cover and direct or indirect damage, including losses of tourism related businesses. |
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A complete disaster. What did they do, pick up the pieces? Sounds way worse than a major oil spill.
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