Largest wind farm should spark government interest

When it comes to agendas and presidential policies the environment is always at the forefront of discussion. Two weeks ago the worlds largest wind farm just opened, not in the US but rather in England. This large wind farm is located in the North Sea about seven miles off the coast of Kent, England. The energy company Vattenfall is in charge of the construction and operation of the farm. The farm is composed of 100 wind turbines which will create enough power for about 200,000 homes. The UK has enough land and offshore wind turbines to produce enough energy to power all the homes in Scotland.

I find energy consumption and how we acquire our energy to be interesting and important. I think this wind farm shows that renewable energy is a legitimate source and is really just starting to be explored. I think this article shows that renewable energy is for real just on the fact they can power all the homes in Scotland on strictly wind power. Here in the US I think we are falling behind other countries especially compared to other developed nations. I find this opening of this wind farm as a model for the rest of the developed nation to use. The Obama administration can use this farm as a model to show how efficient wind power is. Its not just wind power but also other renewable energy sources such as solar power, tidal power, and geothermal power are all legitimate sources that help in curbing our carbon out put. Right now the US is and has been falling behind in renewable energy.

After this past summer the images of an oil ruined gulf are still fresh in my head. Its time to look into renewable energy for real enough of this talk . Personally I do not believe our government did enough with this man made disaster. They should of had a ship called the USS Obama out in the gulf skimming the gulf for oil. Obviously that was a joke but seriously this is the time to jump on the renewable energy band wagon and use the gulf oil spill as a image to convey it. The presidents way of combating pollution is the recovery act. The act includes $80 billion in the generation of renewable energy such as expanding maufacturing for clean energy, advancements in vehicles, and bulding a smart/ more efficent power grid. This is all stated on whiteouse. gov. I like how this policy claims all these important ideas but what I want to see is progress. Progress would be putting up the cape wind farm, I get that its not that large of a wind farm and could have effects on the fishing down on the cape but I see as it as a symbol. I get progress does not happen over night but when you see something actually functioning it gets the ball rolling. Eighty million dollars is alot of money being pumped into renewable and cleaner energy projects so in that aspect the Obama administration has done a decent job providing the funds for these projects.

Renewable energy creates innovative jobs and these projects can be made by American companies, there should be no outsourcing here. The main point of me blogging tonite was to show that renewable energy is real and its not being headlined by the US but by European countries. I belive is up to us and our government to really step up. Its time to make this real, wether it be wind solar or tidal power. We have the technology, we need the jobs its almost like killing two birds with one stone. We rely on energy, without it we would plunge into a third world country within weeks. The Obama administration has the funding its time to make this happen and once we complete a massive wind far it will show how well it works and in return help the administration succed in there environmental policy.
Sources:
http://technorati.com/lifestyle/green/article/worlds-largest-wind-farm-now-operational/
www.whitehouse.gov/issues/energy-and-environment
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