{"id":2403,"date":"2023-07-25T12:06:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T17:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=2403"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:38:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T21:38:30","slug":"windy-martha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=2403","title":{"rendered":"Windy Martha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: courier; font-size: 11pt;\">Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #3 for today&#8217;s topic.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Windy Martha<\/em><\/strong> sounds like either a cocktail or a digestive condition. But today, let&#8217;s look at the massive wind project off the coast of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vineyardwind.com\/vineyardwind-1\" target=\"_blank\">Vineyard Wind<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.power-technology.com\/projects\/vineyard-wind-1-offshore-wind-farm-massachusetts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Image-3-Vineyard-Wind-I-Massachusetts-US-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Image-3-Vineyard-Wind-I-Massachusetts-US-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Image-3-Vineyard-Wind-I-Massachusetts-US-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Image-3-Vineyard-Wind-I-Massachusetts-US-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Image-3-Vineyard-Wind-I-Massachusetts-US.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vineyard Wind 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vineyard_Wind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_004.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_004.png 435w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_004-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is kind of corporate Rah-Rah, but it&#8217;s still pretty cool&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"443\" data-id=\"2408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_014.jpg 876w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_014-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_014-768x388.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"875\" height=\"433\" data-id=\"2409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_013.jpg 875w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_013-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_013-768x380.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_016.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"879\" height=\"441\" data-id=\"2407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_016.jpg 879w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_016-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_016-768x385.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"438\" data-id=\"2410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_012.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_012.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_012-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_012-768x387.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oD5oM2t8dg4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_005.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_005-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fun Facts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>each blade of these turbines is longer than a football (or soccer) field<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>power: 62 units producing 13 megawatts each, or a total 806 mW.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the project can power one million Coney Island Hot Dog Steamers at one time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>at max power generation and at their contracted rate of $0.09\/kwh, this Vineyard Wind project will bring in $72,540 per hour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>smelt 110,422 pounds of aluminum per hour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>toast 71,734,000 slices of bread per hour, including selfie toast<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"260\" class=\"wp-image-2434\" style=\"width: 350px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/283cc4eb65f514616e37ec64d678bbec.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/283cc4eb65f514616e37ec64d678bbec.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/283cc4eb65f514616e37ec64d678bbec-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>again, Quora?<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"222\" class=\"wp-image-2431\" style=\"width: 500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_017.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_017.png 711w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_017-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>charge 140,583,717,716 phones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>simultaneously clean 1,612,000 bowling balls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>power between 8 and 80 supercolliders (based on how tricked-out they are)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 WLBOTT Time Machines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carbon Cost<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vineyard_Wind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_006.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_006.png 659w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_006-300x75.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s say that this Turd-In-The-Punch-Bowl (TITPB) delayed this single green project by two years. How much carbon is he personally responsible for putting into our atmosphere because of his toddleresque petulance, just on this one project? <strong>Between 6 and 15 MILLION TONS.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: 10pt;\">Total mWH delayed: 2 years * 364.24 days\/year * 24 hrs\/day * 62 units *13mW\/unit<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/asfsdf.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/asfsdf.png 531w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/asfsdf-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-12\/documents\/power_plants_2017_industrial_profile_updated_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_007.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_007.png 720w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_007-300x115.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, TITPB had concerns about fishing and safety? This is the guy that let almost half a million Americans die to score political points.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tommybeer\/2021\/02\/11\/trumps-policies-resulted-in-the-unnecessary-deaths-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-americans-lancet-report\/?sh=7ca1164777e8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_009.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_009.png 492w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_009-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tommybeer\/2021\/02\/11\/trumps-policies-resulted-in-the-unnecessary-deaths-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-americans-lancet-report\/?sh=7ca1164777e8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_010.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_010.png 566w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_010-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes we need Judy Judy to tell it like it is&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dont-Pee-Leg-Tell-Raining\/dp\/0060927941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_011.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_011.png 577w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_011-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/windy-martha-Google-Search-1024x541.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/windy-martha-Google-Search-1024x541.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/windy-martha-Google-Search-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/windy-martha-Google-Search-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/windy-martha-Google-Search.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s head out on a different reflection of Martha&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y9Mse62NFl4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_003.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/irl15_003-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #3 for today&#8217;s topic. Windy Martha sounds like either a cocktail or a digestive condition. But today, let&#8217;s look at the massive wind project off the coast of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard: Vineyard Wind. This is kind of corporate Rah-Rah, but it&#8217;s still pretty cool&#8230;. Fun Facts Carbon Cost Let&#8217;s say that this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,7,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-north-america","category-technoblott"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2403"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403\/revisions\/2436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}