Wind farms in the gulf?

[Walker]

How many hurricanes have hit the Kennedy shoreline since they put those turbines up? I can’t remember a hurricane making landfall there since those turbines up in the early 2010’s?

There was one 2 years ago. Wiped out all but 1 or two cabins on the east side of the cut and a bunch of floaters on both sides.

[Ætheling]

Hard no.


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[E.TX.BOWHUNTER]

I could imagine it all washing up on the beach during a hurricane. If it took out your beach house who could you sue? I would think the word negligent should come to mind. Kind of like burning trash during these red flag warnings. You know what can happen.

[S-3 Ranch]

They will survive smaller hurricanes.
Major oil spill? If electric pitch they have 0 hydraulic fluid. If hydraulic pitch it will hold about 60 gallons of oil. The gearbox does hold a bit but those never seem to leak.
Those are high paying jobs, I would definitely consider leaving my power plant job to go back into wind. Those offshore jobs are the most sought after.

My buddy @ ConocoPhillips is very excited about this !
He thinks the wind farms in west Texas where he is at are basically a dud with poor results.
800+ foot tall windmills with 300 foot blades seems unreal but doable

Texas definitely needs more electricity for industrial use , and with everything right now being 50-60 years old supplying the grid 24/7 / 365 @95% , any suggestions seem like a good idea

[RiverRat1]

My first thought, but then I realized that they will just over engineer them to the tune of about 5x times what they cost now, and me and you will pay for it........

And then they'll still get wiped out.

It's like a triple scam. Everyone knows it's a scam.

What could go wrong? I mean they can't build them on dry ground and make them profitable or heck even close to break even. Lets try to engineer and build them in freaking salt water where hurricanes come through..... Yea! That will work

[ACbob]

One of my first disappointments coming into Rockport the day after Harvey was seeing not a single wind turbine down outside of town.

[TexasTealHunter]

rather out there and not on TX ranches. but i rarely visit the coast

[BrianL]

We need more nuclear power plants.

[hoythunter02]

I bet Pelosi’s husband has stock in the company that will manage them. The first 4/5 hurricane we get will fold the blades and they will have to do much more PM on them from the saltwater/air environment.


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[Lungbustr]

Im all for it if taxpayers dont foot the bill for any of it. Lots of structure for fishing and spearfishing.

Would be nice if they were out deeper though.

[DUKFVR]

Lots and lots of structure for fish. I’d rather them be out there than on land.

This. Hate looking at them over the land.

[jerp]

There was one 2 years ago. Wiped out all but 1 or two cabins on the east side of the cut and a bunch of floaters on both sides.

Friend of mine had a cabin on a spoil in Roloff’s Cut that got flattened. It’s directly across from all those wind turbines on the Kenedy

[DaBears]

Setting aside durability and efficiency, note that it is only the Gulf being proposed. Joe knows this wouldn't fly on the West or East Coast. If his admin was truly committed to this idea, these turbines would line all coasts. But, while the left might support "Green Energy", they don't want them messing up the view of their coastal waters. So, it's political grandstanding.

[Gumbo Man]

They’ll look a lot better out there from my house.

[Big pig]

I am tired of paying for them. And my Texas skyline being dotted with lights and white roads thru native pasture.

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