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First US Offshore Wind Power Park In Delaware

Posted by kdawson on from the doesn't-get-much-greener dept.

Dekortage writes "Offshore wind power company Bluewater Wind has announced an agreement to build America's first offshore wind turbine park off the coast of Delaware. 'Each turbine [will sit on] a pole about 250 feet above the waterline... the units are to be constructed to withstand hurricane-force winds. From the shore, the park will be visible only on clear winter days, and the turbines will be nearly invisible during summer months when Rehoboth Beach fills with vacationers. Each blade on the three-blade rotor is to be 150 feet long.' The wind farm will power 50,000 homes in Delaware, using about half of its capacity."

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  1. The conspiracy continues... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The wind farm will power 50,000 homes in Delaware

    Lies. There are no homes in Delaware. Ask yourself, do you know anyone from Delaware?

    I thought not.

    Delaware is a plot between the banking industry and the DuPonts to get a few free Senators. Don't believe the lies.

    1. Re:The conspiracy continues... by Joebert · · Score: 5, Funny

      Delaware blows

      I hope so.
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      Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
    2. Re:The conspiracy continues... by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

      Haha, that just goes to show that Americans get an unfairly bad rap for being bad at geography. It turns out you Canadians know far less about American geography than we know about everyone else's geography!

      Man, what a bunch of losers. I'm so going to mock you losers when I travel up to the oceanfront property I just bought in Alberta. I'm pretty sure my property is close to your national capital in Toronto too, so maybe I'll just have to go complain to your President about all the jokes. You'll be sorry you ever made fun of us!

    3. Re:The conspiracy continues... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's worse than that.

      I had a bartender in Olean, New York confiscate my driver's license because, and I quote, "This is a fake, there is no such state as Delaware".

      I went over the bar to get it back, the cops got called, it was getting pretty ugly until the cop got there (the cop told the bartender he was a retard).

  2. Don't forget... by clonan · · Score: 4, Funny

    According to TFA there are also tourists.

    But that only begs the question...who would go to Delaware for a vacation?

    1. Re:Don't forget... by Red+Flayer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dogfish Head beer is made in Rehobeth DE.

      That alone makes Delaware worth a vist, if only to check out the brewery and then drink oneself into oblivion... to avoid having to face the reality that you did, indeed, got to Delaware for a vacation.

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      "Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
    2. Re:Don't forget... by LMacG · · Score: 5, Funny

      > I was stationed at Dover AFB from 1971-1973 [...] I owned a motorcycle and a new 1869 Mustang.

      After 102+ years, I don't think your horse was even alive, let alone "new".

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      Slightly disreputable, albeit gregarious
    3. Re:Don't forget... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Never before or since I was there have I ever been so bored, and I owned a motorcycle and a new 1869 Mustang.

      That's your problem ... the Mustangs were a lot more fun once they started making them out of metal and putting gasoline engines into them!

    4. Re:Don't forget... by moosesocks · · Score: 5, Funny

      But that only begs the question...who would go to Delaware for a vacation?

      If you're from New Jersey, just about anyplace else seems like paradise.....
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      -- If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? - Uli's moose
    5. Re:Don't forget... by Temtongkek · · Score: 5, Funny

      You all suck. I'm from Delaware and I'm the coolest guy you know.

      I:

      -have Real Genius AND Aliens memorized word for word
      -speak 23 languages, 3 of which are actually used on this planet
      -actually have a job
      -changed my underwear recently
      -am voting for the Cylons this upcoming election
      and
      -fought Chuck Norris ....and am alive to type about it.

      Beat that.

  3. Re:Dela-Where?? by k_187 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The wind power will be used to keep the chickens cool in the summer WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! Sorry, couldn't help myself.
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    11 was a racehorse
    12 was 12
    1111 Race
    12112
  4. Easy.... by Belial6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's easy to beat. I had a girlfriend once. Of course, you wouldn't know her. She moved in Canada.