Now, wind industry leaders and supporters fear that the federal government, under Trump, may be pulling back from what had been years of encouragement for climate-friendly wind.
Interior Department spokesman Nicholas Goodwin said offshore energy remains"an important component" in the Trump administration's energy strategy. But the strategy includes"ensuring activities are safe and environmentally responsible," Goodwin said in a statement. "That I think is sort of a new bar," for the federal government to require developers to assess the impact of not just their projects but everyone's, said Stephanie McClellan, a researcher and director of the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind at the University of Delaware."That worries everybody."
But technological advances since then mean wind turbines can rise much farther offshore, mostly out of sight, and produce energy more efficiently and competitively. Climate change — and the damage it will do these same coastal communities — also has many looking at wind differently now. "Cape Cod has always been at the end of the energy supply line, or at least ever since we lost our dominance with the whale oil industry" after the 19th century, the community college instructor said."So this is an opportunity for Cape Cod to generate its own energy."
Bird blenders
Wind turbines hate him! Stand-off!
Birds R being killed off... This is serious...
Someone tell him that he’s not the boss. Not the king? He is supposed to represent Americans. He’s supposed to work for us
The energy industry doesn’t care what trump doesn’t like!!!!!!!! Wind turbines are great source of renewable energy and don’t require tearing up the land for oil!!!!!!!!!
Maybe because the use of them is a cell6 good measure that is bad for the environment. Deforestation, chemicals used to make them are toxic, bird deaths, non-efficient, and they are dangerous to maintain. Let's invest in nuclear energy that is clean and much more efficient.
President Trump won't be an issue, much longer!👍
He’ll be gone soon. then we can get back to trying to save the planet and sanity. ClimateStrike
President Donald Quixote
As did the whale oil people hate when kerosene appeared and then oil replaced kerosene. That damn progress reared its ugly head.
Trump is right again and is the greatest President
Just wondering , how many wind turbines and acres for the turbines would it take to have the same power out put as a nuclear power plant.
How are they disposed of when they wear out?
We must impeach Trump because he hates wind turbines!! More bullshit news! A wind turbine actually only produces 25% power when actually turning!
I think clean energy will outlast bubble butt
In reality Trump is a huge bird lover. These windmills are 24/7/365 bird chopping machines. birdlivesmatter
It’s about a mixture of solar, fossil, wave, wind, and 4th gen nuc peeps. Wind turbines are a disgrace on Hawai’in islands; escarpment of micro environments for wind turbines is bulshit.Awesome on fields and deserts on mainland. Be smart mother fuckahs with your saving da planet
The cancer turbines
They’re ugly!
They are one of the most costly ventures out there. They will never pay for themselves. Their initial cost and the repair costs then replacement cost then the fossil fuels used to build them fixes nothing. Before they make money they need replaced
stablegeniusinc The leading cause of death among Spanish knights.
Who gives a crap what Trump likes or dislikes. It is renewable energy & as long as the Earth spins, we have wind...as long as we have the Sun, we have solar energy & as long as we have water, we have hyrdopower.
Let’s have every American pay for one and put it in their front yard.
Wind turbines, not windmills
Cancer causing.
Trump claims windmills cause cancer... is this ignorance or incompetence or both? Probably a big lie
Cancer
He thinks the tv goes off if the windis not blowing...!lol
He hates them because his anti-truth, anti-science, anti-evidence addled mind is convinced the SOUND causes brain cancer.
Those r a total waste . Always wasting tax payers money. Seems dems can’t do anything good only hateful & destroying America . They should be grateful they should want America to be as wonderful it’s been before bad politicians with horrible laws
So do birds...
TRUMP hates anything good for Planet Earth and WE HATE HIM. maddow realDonaldTrump cnnpolitics
President trump also hates soros medias...
Its too bad they cause cancer & have resulted in billions of bird deaths
So do birds 🦅
Hopefully, we won't have to care what he thinks anymore. 😉
Trump doesn’t like them because the oil companies are in his pockets...
Being that Russia and Saudi Arabia have realDonaldTrump by the balls, of course he's going to favor fossil fuels and not renewable energy.
Love all the armchair scientists over hear saying how inefficient turbines are... if they weren’t efficient, they wouldn’t make them, and people who say they look bad never lived near an oil rig or refinery, sure it’s not great but it’s better than the alternative...
Funny thing is, majority of those wind turbines are on ranches and farms that bring in extra income to the owners. So once again ComradeTrump is screwing rural America communities!
But. The. Cancer!
I heard they cause cancer
And Trump is an idiot. These companies know that as well as the rest of us. Trump doesn’t get to dictate anything right now, he’s under several investigations and eith any hope at all, will spend his days in jail.
It ruined the looks in his mind to his Scottish golf course that’s losing millions F him
These Damned things are inefficient and THEY KILL BIRDS!!!
Let's put more!! Who cares what the clown thinks, besides they don't cause cancer!!!
Most of that wind seems to come from the white house
They blow his wig off?
I feel like he probably hates those deer though too.
What about all the birds that are killed?
Well, we can have wind turbines or we can have a Trump we can't have both. ImpeachmentIsComing ImpeachTrump ImpeachmentNow TrumpImpeachment
So does anyone who lives a quarter mile from the noisy damn things. If the constant whirling doesn't drive you insane the screeching brakes all hours of the night will.
Ehhh... that's not the only issue with Wind Turbines though.
Mr Trump hates himself.
Yeah, b|c it’s gives you cancer 🤦🏾♂️
To quote DeNiro: F*** Trump
The number of turbines grows, grows, grows but wind still nowhere close to producing even 10% of America’s electricity. Spinning wheels turn round.
AudreyGarden Can’t have him suffering premature death from turbine cancer! 😳
No, he loves the millions Repubs reap in bribe money from the fossil fuel industry.
Mexcan6 Of course he’s got investments in oil, if not Actual strock, they r Huge lobbyist, pack money that floats his campaigns. He’s going to try to crush their competitors. More money in his pocket
gtconway3d great photo
But it gives us cancer...
They probably hate him too
gtconway3d Forget trump he a has been and he is not a god !!!! He’s pissed he doesn’t have money in a growing industry so he attacks it... remember his money is tied up in bankrupt ventures, only the best the very best !!!! Haaaa !!!
Yea he says they cause cancer. Is that proven? If not, the wind energy industry should sue for false statements against them
He hates everything good!
Who cares that idiot will be gone and hopefully in prison soon enough. Dino wants to live in the past.
They kill millions of animals every year and they have to clear acres of land just to erect one. Not to mention the electricity it takes to produce one, nor the waste they will generate at the end of their life.
As do many leftwing eco advocates. They killed Picken's wind farm, complain that they kill birds, complain that they kill the view, etc.
They take away the views I loved since 70's. Noticed a dead Bald Eagle decapitated laying next to one.
Don't worry. realDonaldTrump will not be around for long. Let's move on with wind turbines for the well being of our country.
gtconway3d Who cares?
gtconway3d No. Trump just loves evangelicals (coal) and Saudi Arabian (petroleum) money and votes.
gtconway3d Flying over Kansas and Colorado yesterday. Mile after mile of wind turbines, all rapidly spinning. Beautiful thing.
The stable genius said so .. remember the large a brain 😂😂😂🌮🌮🌮
gtconway3d They might start popping up on golf courses!
gtconway3d Republicans hate the free market...
gtconway3d Why would anyone be against finding cheaper renewable energy? Oil companies should be the leaders in renewable energy.
gtconway3d Blame Scotland. They handed him a bloody nose re turbines and you know that just burns under his orange narcissist skin.
gtconway3d All the cancer and dead birds. Did the birds get cancer from the wind turbines? What if the wind got cancer from the wind turbine that then gave the birds cancer. I figured it out.
gtconway3d That's because the Orange ape is serious on cancer prevention.
gtconway3d It's part of his general, across-the-board hatred for a modern America that is leaving his generation behind.
gtconway3d CancerSucks
gtconway3d Well that’s too bad, he will just need to get over it. realDonaldTrump only supports his oil producing donors, etc. Especially MBS.
Are you serious? POTUS Donald Trump hates wind turbines? Now that is hilarious😂😂
gtconway3d They mess up his hair.
gtconway3d “Damn Cancer! Windmill cancer is the worst. Bigly.” President Trump’s future tweet.
gtconway3d He hates them because of losing a case in the Scottish courts over a windmill farm set in the sea 'spoils the view' from his golf course you know where Airforce One staff sleepover.
gtconway3d Wind mill cancer survivor here. You can beat it.
gtconway3d He is just looking out for Americans , he doesn't want us getting cancer from all that wind!!
gtconway3d Understandable with the legit fear of wind turbine cancer to worry about.
gtconway3d Stephen Miller told him it causes cancer and we know 45 listens to this twerp.
gtconway3d He thinks they generate wind and that's his job...
gtconway3d He thinks they blew his hair... He does not tasks it is the wind that is blowing.
gtconway3d That's because he is a buffoon, and funded by corporate money from the fossil fuel industry. HELLO
gtconway3d Well then let's get rid of him
NBC will do anything to disparage POTUS. They publish a stream of opinion disguised as news to trigger their Leftist lemmings. They purposely sow discontent & obfuscation. Their editors are bought and paid for.
gtconway3d Well, they cause cancer. Just ask the very stable genius in chief
gtconway3d Forrest Trump runs from windmills...all that cancer & dead birds.......run Forrest run!
Do you know how stupid this post is SMH
I hate them too; they are ugly and they kill birds (just like tall reflective glass buildings do). I like high-efficiency solar panels but you can't buy them yet (you get about 22% when you're lucky and spend a lot of money).
He seems to hate anything that is potentially good for America.
What are wind turbines made out of? Heavy metals that require diesel powered engines to mine & transport. Fiberglass that requires petro chemicals to manufacture. Plastics, insulated electronics all derived from fossil fuel. Better idea: supplement not eliminate. Stop alarmism.
NBC is not news. What a joke.
According to the current literature somewhere between 140,000 and 328,000 birds die each year from collisions with wind turbines
I mean with all that wind mill cancer you have to respect that he cares (about profits) 😂😂😂
He is scared they will mess his hair realDonaldTrump
They mess his hair...
They cause cancer!😳😜🤣😂
That’s bc his money is in oil. Gotta love stupidity!
Let him hate. His ignorance in his knowledge of wind turbines is staggering
Don’t you know they cause cancer? LOL. They also would decrease dependence on foreign oil and coal which Trump doesn’t want in the worst way.
Yeah they are bird murderers. Trump is correct.
Wind turbine causes cancer .. trump said it
Soak and wind energy don’t pay kickbacks, period. Don the Con has to actually work to hide his Corruption with renewables.
The “president” also hates: truth, science, logic, facts, women, Mexicans, Muslims, other assorted brown immigrants, people who don’t blindly praise him, protesting, buttoning his jacket, marriage, laws, procedures, good behavior, dogs, children, church/god & smart people.
Don't listen to trump. This is the future of energy. This and solar power.
This looks much better than wind turbines.
He’ll be gone before you know it, it’s all good
Killing millions of birds by Big Wind Industry not a worry for the scolding left. FakeNewsNBC the EnemyOfThePeople DemocratsAreCorrupt
© Because this dumbest president on earth. It is a disaster for the environment and for the whole world and must be uprooted from power
Simple solution, replace trump with a human with a brain 🧠
Trump hates anything he can’t profit off of. Guarantee you that if he found away to make money from renewable energy, he will be the 1 supporter.
Here’s another issue. trump isn’t going to matter. History is running over him.
Who cares what a DJT says?
messes up his fake orange hair
So what? He has a right to his opinion.
Wind power industry killing birds, doesn't work when needed. Still needs backup. Defaces vast swathes of open country. What's the problem?
Luftgesheften
Eisenstein genius with founder of 🤡University 👇
of course that cancer scare DJT promotes.
That’s is why we have lost 30 million birds
you mean bird blenders?
Ignore Trump and build more wind generators. Put one on every street corner in America. Trump won’t be president much longer so forge ahead.
In the life of a wind turbine, it will never produce the amount of energy expended during its manufacture. Current wind technology is a terrible investment and has no environmental benefit.
He’s afraid he will miss his tv time. Which is all the time
Wind turbines aren't good for Trump's wig.
This could imply much MORE sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) - which could possess 23,500 times MORE warming potential than carbon dioxide (CO2). CATCH22!!
My Fox-News, Rush-Limbaugh-brainwashed, now-slightly-crazy father opposes subsidies for wind power but is all in for coal subsidies. His reason: coal miners are patriots, and windmills are ugly. I guess it is hard to compete with the beauty of coals mines & their byproducts.
Is it because of all the wind cancer?
Because Putin can't sell us oil if we use them
We don’t need to worry about cancer. Trump is curing it. 😂
The “real” clean energy.
They make him look ORANGE
If he makes speeches in front of them we'll have all the electricity we can use. 🔌
NBC is a far leftist biased media that supports strategy to weaken America. Shameful spinning and misleading viewers.
Any sane person hates Trump.
Does Trump have money invested in PG&E?
What do you do with the fiberglass blades when they wear out? Answer quickly; it’s all ready happening in the Texas Panhandle.
It's because Kellyanne Conway's husband is a windmill cancer survivor. gtconway3d Thoughts and prayers, George.
Wind turbines kill birds more than anything else.
So this matters for what...a year?
Because wind proves his hair is fake.
He needs to be gone with the wind from office. 🙄
who care what crazy says or thinks...he is a soon to be felon
So do the people that claim to love them. They want them put on other peoples land and out of sight because they are ugly.
Clean energy to power rape buttons!!
But he loves porn actors. Maybe we can combine the two.
Lol, lm not surprise he hated everything that is not make direct profit to his pocket.
I say we quickly install a dozen on the White House Lawn ASAP! OneAndDone DementiaDon ImpeachTrump
There's actually more issues than that.