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(Zero Hedge)—”The great Nantucket experiment gets an F-minus,” Kevin O’Leary, chairman of O’Leary Ventures, told Bloomberg, referring to the offshore turbine failure that resulted in broken fiberglass littering the pristine beaches of Nantucket last month. The turbine is part of the offshore Vineyard Wind project.
O’Leary continued, “It’s not a golden example of success in wind turbines, that’s for sure.”
The federal government ordered Vineyard Wind’s project south of Nantucket last month to halt construction and electricity generation following the blade malfunction.
The company managing the project determined the turbine blade failure was due to a “manufacturing deviation,” adding that before energy can be produced, all blades across the project will be inspected with ultrasound technology and drones, reported local media CapeCod.
Vineyard Wind CEO Klaus Møller stated, “We believe we have the right plan in place to recover the rest of the blade, secure any debris offshore and onshore, and safely and responsibly resume the installation program so we can put this project back on track to deliver needed clean power to the New England region.”
Nantucket is merely a casualty of the Biden-Harris administration’s push to ‘greenify’ the US economy with unreliable wind and solar. The admin has pledged to develop 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.
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Now community leaders on the small island, home to some of Biden’s wealthy Democrat donors, plan to renegotiate the island’s “good neighbor” agreement with Vineyard Wind, according to Bloomberg.
Gabriel Frasca, chef and part owner of Straight Wharf Restaurant on the island, said the offshore wind power project sounds like a great idea in a vacuum, but this “well-intentioned idea” has “calamitous, unintended consequences.”
NET ZERO – climate zealots are very quiet over a wind turbine, the size of the Eiffel Tower collapsing in Nantucket
Also silent about the 300ft blade crashing to the ocean floor & sending shards of toxic fibre glass onto beaches & shorelines.
Shh… they’re saving the planet 🤡 pic.twitter.com/xHS00iL9ci
— Bernie (@Artemisfornow) July 20, 2024
The Biden-Harris administration pitched the American people that green energy was desperately needed to defeat ‘climate change’ and that these green projects would yield beneficial returns. We’re all glad Harris wasn’t the ‘Green Czar’… However, Democrats didn’t explain any consequences of broken blades and entirely left out that this type of power generation is unreliable if the wind doesn’t blow. Also, for solar, if the sun doesn’t shine, where does the power come from?
For Nantucket residents, the consequence of greenifying the power grid was at the expense of fiberglass shards.
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Pat McEvoy, managing director at Canaccord Genuity and Nantucket resident, said the green energy push offshore “was jammed down our throats by the federal government.” He added, “We were not represented in this process.”
Even after the blade failure, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey told Bloomberg on Monday, “We need to do everything we can to transition away from fossil fuels and we’ve got a huge asset resource just sitting out there in the ocean.”
Again, the view Democrats have in building out green projects is irrational because they are blinded by their ‘climate alarmist’ beliefs. Closing down coal and NatGas power generators for unreliable renewable energy is disastrous for power grids, especially when AI data centers, electric vehicles, and reshoring trends increase load demand.
Nantucket residents are furious.
Vineyard Wind environmental disaster one month continues. Shut it down now and dismantle. #mapoli #Ack4whales #Nantucket #rightwhales pic.twitter.com/ROD5wC06Bt
— Mary Chalke (@ChalkeMary40147) August 13, 2024
Will some white liberal women finally change their minds on ‘green’ energy?
Social Media Claims That Ukraine-Tied Trump Assassin Will Get ‘Epsteined’
by Headline USA
Critics on social media speculated that Ryan Wesley Routh, the accused-attempted assassin behind the second threat to Donald Trump’s life, could face a fatal outcome in jail. Some even suggested on Monday he might end up being “Epsteined.” The term refers to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted…
12 Actors and Journalists Who Compared Trump to Hitler, Called for Violence, Before Second Assassination Attempt
by Tyler O’Neil, Daily Signal
(The Daily Signal)—Ahead of the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, many influential actors, journalists, and influencers warned that Trump is an “existential threat” to democracy, compared him to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, and suggested he or his supporters should face violent attacks. Some continued attacking Trump even…
Sean “Diddy” Combs Arrested
by Publius
Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested on Monday in Manhattan. The specific charges against the music mogul remain unclear. Sources indicate that Combs was taken into custody in the lobby of a New York hotel. His attorney, Marc Agnifilo, expressed disappointment over the situation, stating, “We are disappointed with the decision…
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RNC Achieved Yet Another Election Integrity Victory in Pennsylvania
by Townhall
Late last week, the RNC achieved yet another election integrity victory in Pennsylvania to do with mail ballots. The RNC Election Integrity team achieved a win last month, though a panel with the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court overturned that days later. More recently, however, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected such a…
Democrats Only Need to Get Kamala Close Enough for the Mail-in Ballot Floodgates to Open
by World Tribune
Statistician Nate Silver’s latest model gives Donald Trump a 61.5% chance of winning the White House, dropping Kamala Harris’s likelihood to 38.3%. The Polymarket betting odds concur with Silver. What’s to stop that from happening? A tsunami of mail-in ballots courtesy of the Democrat Party machine, a report said. Trump…
7 Takeaways From Josh Hawley’s Report on the Secret Service’s Failures in the First Attempt on Trump’s Life
by Fred Lucas
(The Daily Signal)—The Secret Service missed several opportunities to stop the first attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in July, according to a Senate report released a day after the second such attempt on Trump’s life at his golf club in Florida. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., released a 22-page…
‘Queers for Palestine’ Offered $1 Million to Hold LGBTQ Parade in Gaza
by The Post Millennial
A group wanting to callout the alliance of some pro-Palestine protesters with LGBTQ advocates said Monday that it is offering $1 million to “Queers for Palestine” or any similar outfit to host a gay pride parade in Gaza or the West Bank. Anti-Israel groups such as “Queers for Palestine” often…
Federal Court Denies Trump’s Request to Pause Manhattan Lawfare Despite SCOTUS Immunity Ruling
by The Federalist
Merchan is now set to reevaluate the case on Nov. 12 in light of the immunity decision, and he plans to sentence Trump only two weeks later. The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday denied a request from former President Donald Trump to pause his New York criminal…
Middle East Apocalypse: Israel Is Preparing for an “All-Out Confrontation With Hezbollah”
by Michael Snyder
(End of the American Dream)—After months of waiting, it appears that an all-out war in the Middle East is now very close. It is being reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that an “all-out confrontation with Hezbollah” has become inevitable, and he has instructed the IDF to prepare…
The Netherlands Announces New Measures to Control Immigration
by The New American
On Friday, the Netherlands announced strict new measures to combat an out-of-control immigration situation in the nation. In addition, the country will formally request to opt out of the European Union’s lax asylum and immigration policies at a meeting of the European Commission in Brussels next week. The Immigration Problem…
FBI Knew Ryan Routh Was a “Felon in Possession of a Firearm” for the Last Five Years
by Publius
Editor’s Commentary: This adds more fuel to the fire that Ryan Routh is a Deep State asset. He’s been on their radar for years, perhaps decades, and fits the role perfectly as a patsy to engage in any actions they choose, including assassinating President Donald Trump. Original Story: In a…
Global Study: Most ‘Covid Deaths’ Were Caused by ‘Vaccines,’ Lockdowns, Hospitals
by Slay News
A major global study has concluded that most deaths recorded during and after the Covid pandemic were caused by mRNA “vaccines,” hospital protocols, and lockdowns and not by the virus itself. The study, led by Denis Rancourt, Joseph Hickey, and Christian Linard, analyzed the official government data for all-cause mortality…