I would rather NOT have wind turbines at all.....
Their useful life is not worth their cost and maintenance, if any is actually performed.
I do support commonsense measures to support and protect wildlife.
Guess it is a good thing that I may not be around for much longer.......Note: these current cost numbers improve as the size of the turbine gets bigger
(GE's newest is 12 MW):
A smaller offshore wind turbine (6MW) costs about $7,500,000 to make + install.
At 50% capacity -a typical and a conservative estimate- it will earn $550,000/yr,
while costing about $75,000 per year to operate and maintain, so net $475k/yr.
So that's a 15 year breakeven on the initial investment minus interest so 20 year.
This is for the least polluting, least impact, cheapest and quickest to build power.
That is why you will continue to have new wind turbines to not like in the future.
For fun and extra credit, do the same cost comparison for a nuclear power plant.
That is why you will not have new nuclear power plants to like/dislike in the future.
Guess it is a good thing that I may not be around for much longer.......
Materials to construct. Added benefit less subject to geopolitical risks in supply chain.
Wind and hydro are not without environmental impacts but can be constructed with current domestic resources. As with your financial position diversification has merits.
I'm sure you are right. If the land can acquired cheaply and weather cooperates,Links to all, as my experience says solar is just as accessible.
I wouldn't worry about AIS. If the feds really want to enforce speeding laws in the whale areas, all they have to is set up geo fencing and let your phone tell them who was speeding.
Law enforcement looks at the internet and sees who is broadcasting either being in a restricted area or traveling at excessive speed and then mails a ticket.
This entire discussion is absurd. Obey the law and you have nothing to worry about. If you don’t like a law there are ways to change it thru Marine Trade and yacht club organizations.
Maritime Law Enfocement or landside?Law enforcement looks at the internet and sees who is broadcasting either being in a restricted area or traveling at excessive speed and then mails a ticket. QUOTE]
Ahhhh…,no. For the owner of the vessel (or car) to receive and be liable for a citation, the identity of the driver must be established. Admittedly, being retired for several years following a 45 yr LE career, some things may have changed a bit…but for speeding, the driver is identified & cited, not the carriage.
Mike K
Law enforcement looks at the internet and sees who is broadcasting either being in a restricted area or traveling at excessive speed and then mails a ticket. QUOTE]
Ahhhh…,no. For the owner of the vessel (or car) to receive and be liable for a citation, the identity of the driver must be established. Admittedly, being retired for several years following a 45 yr LE career, some things may have changed a bit…but for speeding, the driver is identified & cited, not the carriage.
Mike K
Nope, at least not universal by state. Maryland has speeding cameras that take your car's picture with speed and date stamp. While they can't ticket the driver or the owner, the fine goes against the vehicle. They also have red light violation cameras for chronic areas. Same rule, ticket the car not the driver or owner.
Ted
All that would do is reveal that the phone was speeding.I wouldn't worry about AIS. If the feds really want to enforce speeding laws in the whale areas, all they have to is set up geo fencing and let your phone tell them who was speeding.
Uh, there is a Constitutional provision that addresses "excessive fines". Fifteen grand might be unconstitutional.There is a huge obvious difference between a violation of this Reg and speeding on roads.
The fine was $15,000 in the link of the first post.
For that revenue they will use every tool.
Obviously whale lives matter more than human lives.
This won’t work. You would only have evidence that some one was there. You wouldn’t have evidence of a boat.
I doubt any of us will miss those 400 whales. Species have come and gone by the thousands over the eons.Makes it easier to not worry about whales becoming extinct? Me, I sorry for my kids generation.
It's not the same. Police has been able to access your vehicle through the manufacturer since the 1990's. GM in Flint MI can disable your vehicle at will. Heard of ONSTAR? Other vehicle operators and law enforcement have different access.Only if you intensionally broadcast your GPS' output to alert other drivers.
Over the holidays I had dinner with 2 of my nephews. Nephew A works for the government as a computer engineer, he won't say who exactly he works for. Nephew B was kidding me about having the GPS on my phone turned off. "Do you think they're tracking you?", he asked with a laugh. Nephew A didn't look up, he only said "They are."You would be surprised......