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Mon. 05/24 - Big Wind Energy & Tech-Savvy Lessons from the Amish

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The latest floating wind farm technology and the part of the US that could make the biggest difference when it comes to offshore wind energy. What we can learn from the Amish about how we use technology. Links: Why the Northeast Could Be America's New Energy Capital Wind farms rivaling the output of coal (NY Mag) GE's designs controls for offshore wind turbines to ride the waves (The Verge) To be more tech-savvy, borrow these strategies from the Amish (Psyche) Biden admin wants to bring sexy back with dating app vaccination statuses (Ars Technica) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.1

I'm Jackson Bird.

0:42.7

The latest floating wind farm technology and the part of the U.S.

0:48.4

that could make the biggest difference when it comes to offshore wind energy.

0:53.7

And what we can learn from the Amish about how we use technology.

0:58.9

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:04.3

The northeast coast of the U.S. holds the potential to fulfill the country's annual energy needs

1:10.7

without emitting any carbon dioxide.

1:14.3

How?

1:15.3

Wind farms.

1:17.0

The eastern coast of the U.S. is a prime location for wind power generation due to the strong offshore winds and their proximity to population centers.

1:25.8

The coast is also on a shallow continental shelf

1:29.1

compared with the West Coast's steep shelf,

1:31.8

so it's easier to install the wind turbines on the seafloor.

1:35.9

There are plans to build 13 offshore wind projects

1:39.6

along the East Coast within the next five years,

1:42.0

which would generate 9,100 megawatts of wind energy.

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