Comments on: Bloomberg: Ocean Wind Power for the Statue of Liberty?

By: SkyscraperMan

SkyscraperMan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:27:27 +0000

I am all for alternative energy sources and having wind turbines on all skyscrapers would generate an amazing amount of green energy. There are strong winds 1000 feet above street level.

By: Statue Of Liberty

Statue Of Liberty — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:12:39 +0000

long live wind turbines!

By: Cascade Launches Oh-So-Quiet Rooftop Wind Turbine « Earth2Tech

Cascade Launches Oh-So-Quiet Rooftop Wind Turbine « Earth2Tech — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:09:14 +0000

[...] cities, including San Francisco and New York, have called for more small wind systems to be installed on city buildings, so perhaps the Grand Rapids, [...]

By: RI Picks Deepwater Wind to Build Offshore Farm « Earth2Tech

RI Picks Deepwater Wind to Build Offshore Farm « Earth2Tech — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:47:54 +0000

[...] coast of Queens in conjunction with local utility Con Edison. Maybe Mayor Bloomberg will get his wind-powered Statue of Liberty after [...]

By: Quiet Revolution Blows Into Small Urban Wind With £7M « Earth2Tech

Quiet Revolution Blows Into Small Urban Wind With £7M « Earth2Tech — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:13:40 +0000

[...] Posted September 2nd, 2008 at 8:13 am in Startups With the mayors of San Francisco and New York calling for wind turbines to be placed throughout their cities, urban wind has been getting a closer look — [...]

By: H.D. Larsson

H.D. Larsson — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:55:30 +0000

alphadog- let’s just say both solar and wind don’t work nearly as well as proponents would like the rest of us to believe.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:28:57 +0000

[...]Like San Francisco’s Mayor Gavin Newsom, Bloomberg has a way of getting contentious proposals passed (seemingly through sheer charm), so perhaps New York will have an easier time approving an off-shore wind plan than its neighbor up north[...]

I don't know; his "charm" didn't work so well for congestion pricing, unfortunately.

By: Green Campaign Watch: McCain Visits Oil Rig, Bloomberg Says Candidates “Pandering” & Schwarzenegger Inflates His Tires « Earth2Tech

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:21:36 +0000

[...] The majority of the Mayor’s speech was devoted to outlining his hopes for an offshore wind farm near New York. [...]

By: alphadog

alphadog — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:50:58 +0000

@H.D.Larsson: I kinda get the logic. Not sure I totally buy it, but I do see that it also applies to solar power, although it may be less “intermittant”. Does that mean both wind and solar “don’t work”?

By: H.D. Larsson

H.D. Larsson — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:27:06 +0000

Bloomberg needs to read this [below] and do more research, if he doesn’t want to be labeled as just another “gullible politician.”

“Who’s behind wind power?”

http://www.nortexwind.org/Whos%20behind%20it.htm

Powerful corporate and financial interests
When you understand that wind energy does not work on a “utility-scale”, the next questions are “Why are they doing it?” and ultimately “Who is behind it?”

Simply put, it’s a corporate tax-avoidance scam, put in place by investment banking lobbyists, energy industry lobbyists, and the late Ken Lay and his Enron Wind subsidiary. Through manipulation in Congress and state legislatures, they have created a guaranteed high-return investment program, heavily subsidized by taxpayers and utility ratepayers, to benefit themselves at the expense of the public. They then market this scheme to the victimized public and gullible politicians as an environmentally-friendly “renewable energy” program, and have the “big” environmental groups that they support and sustain join in a chorus of approval…

By: Deep Patel

Deep Patel — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:41:20 +0000

those idiot homeowners need to get with the program and understand wind turbines are the “new views”. Humankind can’t continue to generate power like cavemen since a few people want to hold on to their view. If you want a nice view, get a cool looking screen saver.