The wind project on the Atlantic coast sinks – The hallucination of green – Watt is in trouble?

In the absurdity of bureaucracy and science, watching the awkward collapse of billions of dollars, there is almost nothing more satisfying than watching billions of dollars of clumsy stuff. This is exactly what happened when the critical air permit for offshore wind farms on the southern Atlantic coast took place – President Donald Trump publicly hopes the project is “dead.” He has his wishes.

If the story isn't sweet enough, it's out of courtesy Bloomberga publication and is known for admiration for Trump or suspicion of the industrial complex of climate change.

When the U.S. Environmental Appeals Board granted EPA an air pollution permit to be remanded, the project suffered a major blow after it was in addition to Shell's new energy and EDF renewable energy. The agency issued the permit less than six months ago, but now it’s back to the first due to legal challenges to local citizens and the Trump administration’s new energy policy.

Let's pause and taste the irony: A project designed to save the planet was derailed by the EPA because Air pollution problems. You can't make these things.

“Returning the Environmental Protection Agency's air pollution permit to Atlantic Coast businesses since Trump took office in January is the boldest strike for wind farms and freezes federal permission to the project,” Bloomberg said. Just a few weeks ago, Trump exploded the project, calling it a “massive windmill disaster on the southern coast of New Jersey” and hopes it dies quickly. Almost prophesied, it got.

Shell recognized the writing on the wall, had jumped on the ship, wrote down nearly $1 billion, and quit as a stock partner. This is not a vote of confidence in the future of green energy, especially from companies that are eager to have opportunities in every way to companies that are green in image.

What led to this glorious collapse? Not only administrative action, but local resistance – people living near the proposed turbine mechanism and distrust with common sense and health of bad mathematics. The team rescued the LBI to raise challenges for EPA licenses with “flawed analysis, including improper air quality modeling.” The Appeal Board agreed.

Bob Stern, head of Save LBI, said bluntly: “It highlights the lack of comprehensive disclosure and questionable science and mathematics, which characterizes other applications and approvals.” Here is the code: numbers don’t accumulate, models are junk, and eventually someone notices.

There is no doubt that this is more than just a license. This is high pressure news to the entire offshore wind sector. If these projects can be stopped for sloppy modeling and crafty math, then the entire house of cards may be in trouble.

Bloomberg believes this is an unsettling development for energy investors. Jason Ryan of the American Clean Power Association lamented that if project permits are cancelled due to political reasons, rather than actual impact, the move could be “invested in all types of infrastructure in the United States.” But it's a punch – This is Once was Due to actual impact. The project failed the regulatory sniff test. Investors were frightened. They finally realized that these wind fantasies were not under censorship.

This situation is also a textbook example of how the Climate Crusade sacrifices transparency and public opinion to achieve the fantasy of progress. Bloomberg acknowledged that offshore wind projects are “uniquely vulnerable to political shifts.” OK, very good. They should be. When a trillion-dollar sector can eliminate public subsidies, environmental exemptions and data manipulation, political accountability becomes a function, not a mistake.

The Atlantic Coast was supposed to provide 2.8 GW of electricity through 200 turbines, 8.7 miles from the Jersey Coast. But the public has never bought the green utopia they are going to sell. Instead, people asked uncomfortable questions. For example: Why do we install large metal structures in marine ecosystems to solve problems that are not correctly measured, modeled or proven?

That's the key. Like many climate policies, offshore winds are driven by, based on the assumption of trembling. The collapse of the Atlantic coast is not an isolated mistake. This is a symptom of the system built on speculative science and political theater. It’s not only the wind blowing, but the smoke screen.

So let's cheer President Trump, Save the LBI and every skeptical voice refuses to be cheered on by the new dealer in green in lab coats and pinstripe kits. Fortunately, this is just the first domino in a long list of wind-ovoids, waiting to be overturned.

The climate industrial complex is finally facing a breeze and cannot rotate.

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