Recently it was announced that there were plans to have about 2,500 windmills installed in the Atlantic Ocean off the northeast coast of the U.S., where additional plans may include the Pacific Ocean. Are these good ideas, or just another knucklehead passing gas? The following photo galleries are intended to show what may happen if the windmills leak oil, such as those leaking in the Coachella Valley west of Palm Springs. This is a sample of the windmills leaking, which are indicated by the red circle around the area of leakage. The purpose is to bring awareness to the idea of putting windmills in the Atlantic Ocean. Now there are different types of windmills that utilize sealed bearings, but salt water is very corrosive and what we don’t need is oil dripping into the ocean. Windmills can hold from 60 to 80 gallons of oil, which is not biodegradable. Windmills must have their oil changed out every 1 to 3 years, depending on the model. Click on the GPS photo to start a slide show, which will display a larger photo. According to research reports, solar and windmills generally only work about 20% to 30% of the time. Oceans are in constant motion 100% every day, 24 hours/day. Maybe there should be more research into alternative ways to generate electricity using our precious oceans. Such research can be found at: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/prototype-doubles-ocean-wave-energy and https://www.ecowavepower.com/ (More info to follow, working on site)
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all the images associated with this story from the palm springs windmills.