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Re: US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

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Post by verdverm » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 7:56 PM UTC

lateforwork wrote: post #8

The Saudis have enormous influence over Trump through business deals. So does Qatar through the jet they gifted Trump, and the UAE through crypto deals. These oil rich countries are no fans of clean energy. Is it merely coincidence, then, that Trump is canceling wind and solar projects in the United States? Previously Trump also canceled the largest solar project in the United States. Known as Esmeralda 7, the projec…

It's more the Scottish that caused this than the oil princes, the windmill stuff is all about petty hatred from losing a court case and now one of his precious golf courses has windmills visible out on the ocean for a few of the holes

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15l3knp4xyo

Re: US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

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Post by iamnotsure » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 7:59 PM UTC

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Re: US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

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Post by kylehotchkiss » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 7:59 PM UTC

Meanwhile, we're in a multi-year shortage of turbines for thermal electrical plants. Electric bill beatings will continue until morale improves.

Re: US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

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Post by ugh123 » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 8:00 PM UTC

wolrah wrote: post #7

msie wrote: post #3

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This and also the windmills off the coast of Martha's Vineyard have angered his rich friends for years.

Re: US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

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Post by shmerl » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 8:00 PM UTC

Of course they'll classify the actual reason - government corruption.

Re: US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

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Post by dvh » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 8:02 PM UTC

Putin's orders?

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Post by dadjoker » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 8:04 PM UTC

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Re: US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

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Post by zppln » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 8:06 PM UTC

This happens all the time in my country. The navy has all kinds of gear deployed in the sea that could be interfered with.

Edit: Looks like they were a bit late to veto it here though.

Re: US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

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Post by Rebelgecko » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 8:08 PM UTC

therobots927 wrote: post #9

All the more reason for me to invest in a personal windmill.

YMMV depending on where you live but for MOST people you get more bang for your buck with solar+batteries

Re: US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

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Post by linuxftw » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 8:08 PM UTC

To be fair, there could absolutely be national security issues. One example might be undersea (or even surface) navigation. If the coastline is littered with windmills off shore, this might create a negative of submarine navigation routes. That's clearly information we don't want shared with adversaries. There might be undersea classified cables. There might be classified sonar stations. It might be hard to detect adversary subs within a windmill field due to extra noise, etc.