Thread: Bloomberg: Put Windmills on Top of Skyscrapers/Bridges

Between T. Boone Pickens and Al Gore...this country is in big trouble! Wind farms are a rich man's tax shelter...and nothing more!



Aug 20, 2008 12:05 pm US/Eastern

Blowin' In The Wind: Bloomberg's Green Energy Plan

Mayor Proposes Energy Initiative That Could Drastically Change Skyline
Windmills On City Bridges & Skyscrapers; Turbines On Rivers' Shores; Solar Panels On Buildings

Mayor Bloomberg is proposing a "green" plan that has the potential to drastically change the New York City skyline and shores. It's part of his effort to make New York the most energy efficient city in the nation.

The mayor's "windmill power plan" is the boldest environmental proposal yet from the billionaire independent, who has been trying to make energy efficiency a legacy of his administration.

Speaking at a major conference on alternative energy Tuesday night in Las Vegas, Bloomberg proposed putting windmills on top of city bridges, and skyscrapers, and turbines in the Hudson and East Rivers.

In terms of offshore locations, aides to the mayor told CBS 2's Magee Hickey, the city is looking at the generally windy coast off of Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island for the turbines, which could provide 10 percent of the city's electricity in just 10 years.
The plan also includes the use of solar panels, possibly on the roofs of public and private buildings:

"When it takes to producing clean power, we're determined to make New York the number one city in the nation," said Bloomberg.

To show how serious he is, the mayor had lunch with T. Boone Pickens - the oil baron trying to build the world's largest wind farm in Texas - to talk about possibilities for such technology in New York City. Bloomberg gave companies until September 19 to submit innovative proposals to make the city "greener" by 2030:

"It would be a thing of beauty if when "Lady Liberty" looks out on the horizon, she not only welcomes new immigrants to our shores but lights their way with a torch powered by an ocean wind farm," the mayor said.
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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO FULLY FUND THE COST OF GOING WIND, THERMAL, OR SOLAR POWER FOR HOMEOWNERS, ONLY.

IF WE, THE TAX PAYER IS FUNDING THE ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIENS AND THE CORPORATION ARE NOT PAYING FEDERAL TAXES!

"It would be a thing of beauty if when "Lady Liberty" looks out on the horizon, she not only welcomes new immigrants to our shores but lights their way with a torch powered by an ocean wind farm," the mayor said."



Oh my God, the Mayor of New York is a raving globalist. No, Mayor, what would be a thing of beauty is if your fricked up city didn't have hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens in it sucking up our energy in the first place.

Germany has experienced unanticipated success with a government-sponsored program that offers either tax credits or direct government payments (I don't remember which) to businesses and individuals for all use of approved solar panels on their buildings. Individuals who can afford it are paying to install solar panels on other people's dwelling and then renting use of the panels to the occupants! The government's original goal was to produce 20% of electricity used in Germany by solar power by 2010; however, response to the program has been so enthusiastic that they are now projecting 30% of domestic electricity by that same date.

Further, the program has brought about real innovation by companies in Germany which produce solar panels. Reportedly they have greatly improved their designs and lowered their cost. And German companies designing and producing solar panels have positioned themselves so that they hope to become a world leader in solar power design and solar panel production. What was once a small, "niche" industry there now hopes to begin exporting production abroad.

I remember something along the lines of people living near wind turbines experence health problems, and other problesm with them interfering with mechanical and computers? Is their any truth to that? Because if it is why not just use solar panels on the buildings roofs and windows?

One of my favorite sites for finding out what is going on with alternative energy innovations is http://www.gizmag.com/
Amazing techology like the following:
http://www.gizmag.com/solar-cells-cr...chnology/9094/