Comments on: Maryland Passes Landmark Offshore Wind Legislation

By: Silvio

Silvio — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:24:00 +0000

Agreed, great comment. My point about “ship sailing” is that America is pretty far behind many other international competitors, and we’ve got a lot of work to do in order to lead in the offshore wind industry.

By: Pat Bahn

Pat Bahn — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:36:00 +0000

being second lets you learn lessons from the leader. We may end up with better tower designs, better sitings, better management, higher yields

By: agelbert

agelbert — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:34:00 +0000

Well said.

By: Christopher Miles

Christopher Miles — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:56:00 +0000

…”leading many to ask if the ship has sailed for America to lead in this growing economic opportunity.”

Nah. There will always be wonderful offshore winds to exploit- and as the big Turbine makers in Europe, US and Chine drive the costs of 3-7 MW turbine manufacture, transport and installation costs, it should make renewable seem all the better vis a vis cost benefit calculations for the remainder of the windy offshore areas of the US.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:53:00 +0000

i don’t like to imagine such things. they depress me.

By: Kevin Schmidt

Kevin Schmidt — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:50:00 +0000

Imagine how much further ahead we would be if the US Government stopped doling out hundreds of billions of dollars to the fossil fuel and nuclear power industries, and instead gave that money to clean, safe, renewable alternative forms of energy.

And let’s not forget about the multi-trillion dollar oil wars in the Middle East.

By: Matthew Todd Peffly

Matthew Todd Peffly — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:33:00 +0000

Yes, Tyrell we need to be much more aggressive. And while we are way way behind we should be cheering that we are finally taking those first steps ito off-shore wind.

By: Tyrell Biggs

Tyrell Biggs — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:01:00 +0000

This is a nice start but people need to really start pushing for alternative forms of energy. They have no idea in the coming decades just how much of their after tax income is going to be spent on energy. The writing is on the wall, we need to be aggressive with change.