"The Town of Cape Vincent considers decommissioning one
of the most intractable problems associated with BP's
industrial wind development. The Town has found an
alternative plan that makes use of surplus military drones and
ordinance left over from the Iraqi War that has made the
decommissioning plan for Cape Vincent much more manageable and
cost effective.
The accompanying visual simulation of a decommissioning strike was provided by Satanic ~ Pyro ~ Techniques |
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Maybe this is the final answer to industrial wind. The hell with SEQRA, the hell with Article 10, the hell with BP and the hell with Iberdrola, just bomb the hell out of them and call it decommissioning.
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If you have traveled along U.S. Interstate 10 from L.A. to Palm Springs you will have passed through San Gorgonio Pass. This is one of the windiest places in California and it is littered with various sizes, models and stages of industrial wind development.
Aside from what must be thousands of wind turbines, the remarkable thing about this place is all the inoperative rust bucket turbines that are standing still while others whirl away incessantly. California, unfortunately may never have decommissioned a single useless turbine, which begs the question, has there ever been any example of a wind farm being decommissioned?
In spite of assurances from developers and governmental officials I'm left wondering why any company would bother with the expense if they can walk away when they are finished and save a bundle.
As silly and funny as this post is, ask yourselves what option would the town have if BP or any other operator of a Cape Wind farm were to walk away and leave their mess standing for the ages?
One thing for sure, any day someone decides to blow these things off their pedestals will be a day many will celebrate and they may even take the kids out of school to witness the wonder and beauty of a return to common sense.
Yup!
" ask yourselves what option would the town have if BP or any other operator of a Cape Wind farm were to walk away and leave their mess standing for the ages? "
Back when the Cape was rift with public official corruption that question was asked. On the pro wind me members said they would just knock them down with a tractor.
The cost of complete restoration is close to a million dollars per turbine. Developers never include removal of the base in their plans. They just skin them off and cover them with dirt. But that is their plan. I don't think it has ever been actually put in action.
If you can convince the NYS PSC, Bp, Voters for Wind, Justin Taylor, the Cape Dems and CFG and Marion Trieste that the Thousand Island is worth saving that would be good.
Insisting on a decommissioning plan is just as senseless as insisting on a property value assurance plan. What differeence does it make after the project has been allowed to be sited? It does nothing to prevent the harm inflicted once the turbines are up.
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