jarrettbrown t1_j6ozcls wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:43 PM

Reply to comment by EmbracedByLeaves in 8th Dead Whale washes up on NY/NJ coastline by grr5000

A few surfers that I follow over on Instagram have been linking groups that are basically blaming the turbines even though they aren't up yet. They're blaming the stuff leading up to the construction. I guess that it's plausible, but the thing that doesn't make sense here, at least to me, is that NOAA and the company that is doing the mapping both agree that isn't in the range of the whales, but who knows at this point. Some of these whales could be in the same range as the sonar used by the boat, so it might be the cause or it might be something else.

EmbracedByLeaves t1_j6p0pf0 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:51 PM

This is the whole point. Nobody can be sure until they actually take a look at it. But they are refusing to take a look at it.

Then there is the issue of the damage to the ecosystems in the bay with the cable being laid.

jarrettbrown t1_j6p2qri wrote on January 31, 2023 at 10:04 PM

I mean, the Block Island Wind Farm had the same issues I'm sure, but they got it done. But that's a whole other argument.

EmbracedByLeaves t1_j6pdll5 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:15 PM

It has it's own host of issues. After 4 years, 4 out of 5 turbines were inoperable and the ultra high voltage DC line to the shore was uncovered because they never buried it deep enough.