US government finds new excuse to stop construction of offshore wind
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The recent announcement of the envoy to Greenland, might have a wee bit to do with it. (Wind Energy being one of Denmark's main exports)
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Funny how this isn't an issue everywhere else in the world but the Most Advanced Military In History™ can only express "Unspecified risks".
Also:
Also:
Yeah, they seem to think "Accessible" = "Transparent".
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Interestingly, Interior's Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management (which oversees this sort of thing) suddenly left the agency on Friday just three months after being confirmed by the Senate.
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My god. Nobody let China know about this. Whatever would we do should our adversaries learn that defeating our radars only required putting wind turbines on their ships...
It could be all over! Like that time Erusea attacked, oh wait... maybe that was Ace Combat...
It could be all over! Like that time Erusea attacked, oh wait... maybe that was Ace Combat...
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Yeah. What happens if we get in a war with Denmark and then one of our warships accidentally runs into a wind turbine, and because of that, we lose the war and Denmark annexes Massachusetts? That would be unacceptable, thus offshore wind turbines are a national security risk and must be banned.
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This administration in a way completely transparent and completely opaque. It's transparent in that none of this is surprising, we expect them to act venally and capriciously and lie about everything. But it's not transparent in that there are so many secrets.
We don't know the specifics of their misbehavior, but we all know its happening. On the Epstein stuff, we know that Trump was up to sexual abuse and quite likely the rape of underage girls, but we don't know the details. With the wind cancellation, we know they are completely lying about this classified report, but we don't know the details.
We don't know the specifics of their misbehavior, but we all know its happening. On the Epstein stuff, we know that Trump was up to sexual abuse and quite likely the rape of underage girls, but we don't know the details. With the wind cancellation, we know they are completely lying about this classified report, but we don't know the details.
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It's even worse - it's pretty cheap to make those classic style windmills, and probably easy to place a few of them on a ship.
They could conquer the US in no time!!
Denmark, please do this.
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it's classified because of the national security risks related to letting the world know how stupid our president is.
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The AI tech bros don't need actual generating power, they need the appearance of the necessity of lots of power, to justify soaring stock prices and massive capital investments.
That's why they talk about things like nuclear power: it has the appearance of providing lots of power, but in reality it's super expensive and takes more than a decade to build. So they spout lots of talk about needing nuclear power to convey that "we are serious about this, it's very very big, you should invest in us rather than the other folks," while not actually committing anything serious.
Plus, the AI tech bros are all completely subservient wimps when it comes to Trump. They bow down and would do anything for Trump; need for electricity is really really far down the list below appeasing Trump and being on his good side.
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Do you think this might happen? Boston is looking better everyday.
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Don't federal judges get access to classified information if it's related to a case?
So, you could ask a federal judge to review the order and the information to check the validity of it, even if you don't have clearance.
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Color me surprised that he didn't undo that EO immediately after entering office the first time, simply because it came from Obama.
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All because Trump got pissed off due to wind turbines off the coast of his Scottish golf course. Such a petty, small-minded man.
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Funny how the windmills don't seem to mess up the FAA radars, but wreck havoc to the radars, in some classified manner, to the most advanced military in the world.
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Someone needs to inform the gop that China is beating us in the wind energy race.
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Unfortunately, we have seated an administration where lies are just considered part of their political tool bag. Trump doesn't like energy windmills. That is all you need to know. Everything else is an excuse.
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Crazy man called Don has unsubstantiated vendetta against windmills. A tale as old as time...
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They can get access, but it will require hearings, provide another grounds for appeal, might require appointment of a third party, etc. It's a way to bog everything down, even if you assume it's not a way of hiding the flimsiness of their reasons.
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As a Massachusetts resident, I for one welcome our new Danish Viking overlords.
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It is, though. Their fraud and deception is always entirely transparent.
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Is there a GoFundMe to help Denmark do all of this? Because I… er… a friend would love to chip in a few bucks.
Meanwhile, I’m trying to get in touch with the Brain, to find out what his plans are for once he’s taken over the world. I’m willing to consider helping him. (Truth be told, I’m willing to consider helping Pinky at this point.)
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I'm impressed it took this long. Trump has had a chip on his shoulder about offshore wind turbines ever since Scotland built some by one of his golf courses. I guess he is feeling less restricted by rule of law these days.
That sad this is going to come up and almost certainly be struck down in the lower courts. It remains to be seen if they have the energy to appeal it all the way up to the Supreme Court, where he would probably win.
That sad this is going to come up and almost certainly be struck down in the lower courts. It remains to be seen if they have the energy to appeal it all the way up to the Supreme Court, where he would probably win.
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Uh huh.
This comes right after trumps social media company is joining with a nuclear company.
Wind and solar are being blocked because trump and republicans personally profit off ruining American power generation.
This comes right after trumps social media company is joining with a nuclear company.
Wind and solar are being blocked because trump and republicans personally profit off ruining American power generation.
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