I have lived in Santa Barbara California for a number of years and first viewing the oil rigs there was a cool sight. But after living there, I did not want to see these huge things out in the ocean as it took all the beauty away. Did they really have to build them in that area. I know as well as the next person that oil rigs and wind farms will dot the Lake Michigan shoreline in the future as it is rich with the said natural resources. Incidentally a wind mill farm is in it’s final approval stage which will be constructed just a mere 3 miles from where I live inland so I can walk out my door everyday to admire the 260 feet windmills. Am and not looking forward to it. I am not a proponent of building a sore thumb and ruining everybody’s view. I am totally against this.

The little town of Pentwater has already allowed those people and corporations to build there beautiful condo and business’s to obstruct every single view this small town had to offer. This is a tourist town run by greedy politicians and as America is: money talks. Main street in Pentwater USA is only 6 blocks long. Only 7 miles away on the shoreline of lake Michigan was the first hydro pump storage electrical generator facility built on the great lakes by Consumers Power an American Corp. You don’t even know it’s there.

Why haven’t they built 10 more hydro pump plants on the great lakes? In conclusion I did the fast lane rat race for 20 years and I chose to live in the country to avoid the scream of sirens, car alarms, L.A. pollution, nuclear power plants, traffic jams, oil rigs and concrete cities. It took a year for my ears to stop ringing. I know we can not stop progress. I made a proposal that our President allocate billions of dollars for American companies to build our alternative energy developments. NOW. Change some laws re: regulatory hurdles. NOW. We all know that many laws are archaic and should have been changed many many years ago. Invest in America and limit outsourcing to foreign countries. We have the know how, intelligence and resources. How many regulatory hurdles did Obama jump to allocate billions to kick start our economy. Well I’m still waiting and so are the 450,00 unemployed workers in Michigan.

On such a large platform part of the energy might produce pure water, via a desalination plant. Hydrogen and other gases might be produced.

In future years such platforms might be capable of producing large quantities of clean energy for any countries having a coastline.

Pristine only means that all the development predates my arrival. Now that I have my house built, sticking up like a sore thumb in the middle of someone else’s million dollar view, stop all development.

Americans often do spend money on wind, but there are so many regulatory hurdles that Europeans sometimes have more tolerance and patience for the long battle to build than do American firms.

This is more beneficial to other source of energy because it natural resource.

I will be the first to admit that windfarming in general has it’s flaws with many antiquated designs and lower than anticipated returns on investment.

It is thrilling however, to see the world finally awaking from it’s trans and looking to better windfarming. Recent technological breakthroughs are quickly taking the spotlight as a result of the change of focus. With the introduction of these technologies and greater acceptance by governments and investors, we will see magnificent impacts in reducing our caarbon footprint.

Sam Sadler

There is a vast amount of experimenting going on world wide to find optimum energy combinations, all working together, for given locations.

One big benefit will be in making fresh water. We will use these energy farms to desalinate massive volumes of sea water and pump it where we need it, mining the water for valuable minerals and chemicals as we do so.

larry