GE workers work for wind: Lynn plant will benefit from project off Cape Cod (Unions vs. Dems!)

The Boston Herald ^ | 2-19-2005 | Jay Fitzgerald

[DTogo]

Blue-collar General Electric workers in Lynn have launched a campaign to support a planned Nantucket Sound wind farm project vehemently opposed by many of the rich and famous residents of Cape Cod and the islands.

Leaders of the IUE-CWA Local 201, which represents 2,500 workers at GE's Riverworks plant, are passing out petitions and meeting with lawmakers in an effort to promote wind energy and possibly create hundreds of manufacturing jobs in Lynn.

GE, via its wind-energy unit, is in line to land the more-than-$200 million contract to build the 130 giant wind turbines for the proposed project, spearheaded by Cape Wind Associates.

[DTogo]

It's a two-fer: Dems refusing to support environmentally clean energy and the Unions.

[goldstategop]

Cafe Latte Liberals Vs The Blue Collar Hard Hats. Film at 11.

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."

[DoughtyOne]

LOL, the dems are an incredibly conflicted group. I thought wind techology would be something they'd support with a passion. Nope, even that has it's downside. NOMOF's on parade...

(not on my ocean front)

[Edgerunner]

Most reveling...It's ok and necessary everywhere else, but not in my backyard!-Democrats

[ClintonBeGone]

Isn't this the project that John Kerry-Heinze opposed as a resident of Nantucket?

[goldstategop]

And one of the NOMOF fellows is Trust Fund French Boy! (lauging)

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."

[goldstategop]

Liberals are all environmentally conscientious - except when it comes to the riffraff. They don't want 'em around.

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."

[goldstategop]

The Bike Path Left Is The Anti-Wind Farm Left. Yep, no irony there! ;-)

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."

[DTogo]

Equally funny thread touching on the same subject of Kerry's NIMBY attitude when it comes to green energy:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1346756/posts?page=17#17

[w6ai5q37b]

Well, if LOST (the UN Law Of the Sea Treaty) gets passed like George Bush, Dick Lugar and Condy Rice want, the parties involved will have to get permission from the UN to construct the maritime wind farm. And they'll probably have to pay taxes to the UN, too.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

The Dems/Libs support alternative energy for one reason, to forestall the acquisition of what really works - oil. They don't want us to drill for it or refine it simply because that handicaps the U.S. in world competition. This prevents the stark comparison of the minimal success of socialist countries to our great success. It also makes us dependent on other oil suppliers.

The libs don't want this stuff in their neighborhoods because they know the schemes are not feasible. Why spoil the view for something that doesn't work, unless it is someone else's view?

[DTogo]

The libs don't want this stuff in their neighborhoods because they know the schemes are not feasible. Why spoil the view for something that doesn't work, unless it is someone else's view?

It does work, especially offshore where the wind is strong, constant and can be converted into competitively-priced energy. The only reason the Massachusetts limousine liberals don't want it near Nantucket is NIMBY-ism.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

It does work,...

Perhaps I should have said, "Not economically feasible. There are many hitches and catches in getting electricity generated and distributed. From all I have read, that is not yet the case with (being economically feasible) wind or solar. Perhaps with a constant ocean breeze the chances are better but still not guaranteed.

[DTogo]

Wind energy, both on-shore and offshore is very much economically feasible. While it's certainly not predictable or constant like a gas peaker or baseload coal/nuclear, generating electricity from wind and interconnecting it into the grid is becoming more and more commonplace. Initial capital costs of wind energy are higher than most forms of power generation (except solar and nuclear), but wind energy has no fuel to be purchased and delivered, and it has no waste to be disposed of or regulated. Check this out:
http://www.hornsrev.dk/Engelsk/default_ie.htm

[patton]

Well, no waste except all those ground-up condors.

[DTogo]

Ground-up condors or asthmatic children (from fossil fuels). Pick your enviro-whacko poison! ;^)

[patton]

Condors taste like chicken.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Thanks for the information and the link.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

With the Horns Rev project it will be possible to determine whether or not the Danish Government’s ambitious energy plan is feasible. According to the plan, wind turbines with a total capacity of 4000 MW must be established in Danish waters before 2030.

Sounds good on paper, as do most alternative energy plans, but the engineering and economic feasibility have yet to be proven. I hope it works.

[DTogo]

With the Horns Reef project already constructed and operating, the engineering has already been proven, and I'm sure the economics are as well. How much more shallow water space is available for future offshore windfarms remain to be seen - I assume they've already mapped the area and believe it's feasible.

Here in the U.S. the private sector drives the cost-effectiveness of renewable energy projects. The Section 45 productiontax credit is an available "subsidy" but projects still have to be developed, built, owned and operated by the private sector.