As mentioned in the article, developers aren’t really looking at Florida for wind farms because of inconsistent winds and frequent hurricanes (that would add development/maintenance costs).
The bill’s sponsor said this:
> “I think it’s very similar to offshore drilling. Floridians don’t want to sit on the beach and look at oil derricks, and they don’t want to sit on the beach and look at big **windmills**,” he said.
Maybe if you can’t even identify what these are called you shouldn’t be legislating on these issues?
Though, it’s highly ironic that ads are perfectly legal and acceptable on the beach, but turbines dozens of kilometers offshore (that no one is developing) are objectionable.
It’s all dumb politics.
Sounds like your typical right-wing ignoramus. Must be nice to live in a completely made up fantasy world where there is no threat of climate apocalypse and your biggest problem is worrying about what women do with their vaginas.
Solar would be a better buy in Florida anyway. Per GWH its going to be cheaper.
But the condensed vapor plumes from all those coal and natural gas fired plants is actually quite scenic, right?
i was driving in West Virginia one winter, and saw the plume from a coal fired plant, and set my trip odometer to figure out how far away I saw it. It was 80 miles.
Another reason not to live in FL
Feels like a “you can’t quit, you’re fired” sort of move.
Kinda stuff you would expect from a place not endangered by climate change.
I don’t get it, I love the look of wind turbines. You’re getting free electricity. Who doesn’t like free shit. Isn’t the point of capitalism to be able to sit back and let others work for you? Like let the wind work as you sit on the beach eatin hot dogs
Florida needs to build a seawall at least 3 meters high if not the whole costal area be flooded within a decade.Thank you Desantis for being a useless leader.
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As mentioned in the article, developers aren’t really looking at Florida for wind farms because of inconsistent winds and frequent hurricanes (that would add development/maintenance costs).
The bill’s sponsor said this:
> “I think it’s very similar to offshore drilling. Floridians don’t want to sit on the beach and look at oil derricks, and they don’t want to sit on the beach and look at big **windmills**,” he said.
Maybe if you can’t even identify what these are called you shouldn’t be legislating on these issues?
Though, it’s highly ironic that ads are perfectly legal and acceptable on the beach, but turbines dozens of kilometers offshore (that no one is developing) are objectionable.
It’s all dumb politics.
Sounds like your typical right-wing ignoramus. Must be nice to live in a completely made up fantasy world where there is no threat of climate apocalypse and your biggest problem is worrying about what women do with their vaginas.
Solar would be a better buy in Florida anyway. Per GWH its going to be cheaper.
But the condensed vapor plumes from all those coal and natural gas fired plants is actually quite scenic, right?
i was driving in West Virginia one winter, and saw the plume from a coal fired plant, and set my trip odometer to figure out how far away I saw it. It was 80 miles.
Another reason not to live in FL
Feels like a “you can’t quit, you’re fired” sort of move.
Wind turbines are ugly from a beach but [this](https://media2.miaminewtimes.com/mia/imager/u/slideshow/9128267/15823562_10100888797814069_4166642648591842934_n.jpg) is just fine?
Kinda stuff you would expect from a place not endangered by climate change.
I don’t get it, I love the look of wind turbines. You’re getting free electricity. Who doesn’t like free shit. Isn’t the point of capitalism to be able to sit back and let others work for you? Like let the wind work as you sit on the beach eatin hot dogs
Florida needs to build a seawall at least 3 meters high if not the whole costal area be flooded within a decade.Thank you Desantis for being a useless leader.
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https://media.rff.org/documents/FCO_Infographics.pdf