US Department of Interior Moves to Speed Up Wind Energy

[Javaman]

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5275

The U.S. Interior Department has recently released a report entitled "Survey of Available Data on OCS Resources and Identification of Data Gaps". The report, commissioned by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and completed by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) branch of the department, outlines the energy resources available in the outer continental shelf (OCS) of the United States. Although the MMS is more well known for its role in auctioning off and granting permits for offshore oil and gas leases, the report is striking in that wind and wave energy potential receives top billing. The report (14 MB pdf) along with videos, podcasts, and presentation slides can be downloaded from the department's web site.

http://www.doi.gov/ocs/

[drm604]

1. You know what?

There's been a lot of bitching on DU lately, but things like this make me happy that we won the election. "Not perfect" and "totally unacceptable" are not synonyms. Global warming is possibly the biggest problem we face and I doubt that we'd be reading this article if McCain had won.

[Nihil]

2. "Blow harder!"

Oh ... not that kind of "speed up" then?
:silly:

[Javaman]

3. or we could just have the repubs speak into them. LOL nt