I don’t have the answers but the questions I do have…
What assurances are there from the manufacturers of these things and what penalties do they face when there are these massive failures which impact a lot of people.
Do they just sell the things and then say- “Hey, good luck with that?“. Meanwhile entire fishing grounds are wiped away.
Like who ate the cost of the Gloucester Turbine failure? Was there a warrantee? Was there insurance?
Or because it’s deemed “Green” we just say fuck it and ram it down everyone’s throats?
I’ll say our experience with solar has been financially super rewarding. That being said we don’t have moving parts that are clearly prone to failure as we have seen first hand in our Gloucesterwith the windmill that came crashing down.
I’m sure our representatives are on this with it absolutely hurting the fishing industry which they represent and being able to speak on behalf of the fishermen with first hand undeniable knowledge of what happened in our own back yard with the turbine coming crashing down without warning. That knowledge of seeing it happen here would make them super qualified to speak on behalf of our fishermen.
Maybe this has already all addressed and there is a ton of mitigation money for every failure that sends shards of fiberglass onto beaches and takes away miles of fishable waters so when they inevitably fail, there will be an entity that will be held accountable. There’s no way they could press forward with this kind of massive undertaking without having all that stuff in place.
Good Morning Gloucester 