What they don't want you to know about offshore energy
Blade Debris
GE Verona, the blade that broke off Nantucket have seen many other failures this year in England and Norway. These are the very blades US Wind will be using. An average of 3,800 blades breaks a year, how will we know they won’t break off our coast and litter our beaches, most especially with the hurricanes and Nor’Easter’s we get?
Effects on Wildlife
Construction and operation of the turbines can cause whale and dolphin deaths. The rotation of the blades are know to kill large amounts of birds and bats. Much of the cable placement will be in the Shuster Horseshoe Crab Sanctuary and Indian River, resulting in the destruction of not only the Horseshoe Crab sanctuary but its breading ground. Additionally these extremely high voltage cables producing electro-magnetic fields (EMF) that attract all types of crabs. Prolonged exposure to EMFs causes deformities in every crustacean.
The inevitable danger
The cables to run power from the turbines to shore will only be buried 3.3 - 9.8 feet below the sea floor. The 5 turbines off of Block Island have taught us how easily the power cables can be unearthed at such a shallow depth. BI cables unearthed shortly after placement, endangering boaters and swimmers; causing beaches to be closed and costing ratepayers $32 million to rebury.
The cables under the Indian River will only be buried 3’ presenting danger to anyone who fishes, crabs or drops an anchor in the river. Although, the cable landing on 3Rs beach will be 30’ deep, we know from cable landings on Covell’s Beach in MA, the EMF readings are at dangerous levels and are climbing with each turbine activation. Present readings are at 77 EMFs.
The industrialization of our coastline is being executed without a full in-depth understanding the effects on tourism, fisheries, wildlife and coastal communities.
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