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Similar wind speeds happen every afternoon in "the Slot" in the SF Bay. Maybe we should decorate the area with a similar giant windmill. It also happens to be w
by AYBABTME 3y ago
Similar wind speeds happen every afternoon in "the Slot" in the SF Bay. Maybe we should decorate the area with a similar giant windmill. It also happens to be when peak pricing is in effect.
- danans 3y agoI've been thinking along the same lines recently. The shallows just next to Emeryville seem ideal for this, and would aesthically match the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge. I'm not sure if or why this hasn't been proposed yet.
- post_break 3y agoI can think of a five letter word why. NIMBY
- ljf 3y agoI live on the coast in the East of England and can see three banks of wind turbines on a clear day. The nearest are 4 miles out to sea. When they were first installed there was local opposition, but now no one cares about them at all. They don't ruin the horizon, they aren't an eyesore, and compared to office blocks they don't seem to be killing a large number of birds or causing any other issues with wildlife. They want to build more, but the blockage seems to be the large increases in costs of materials and labour since the project was costed pre-COVID (likely just a play for some govt subsidies?) and also concerns about pylons to carry the power generated. I'm personally not so worried about the pylons esp given the cost of buried cabling.
- dontlaugh 3y agoI think they look nice. Only putting them in the sea is a big limitation in England, though. It’s not easy to defeat the remaining feudal lords who oppose land ones.