> The American Coalition for Ocean Protection includes another group, “Protect Our Coast NJ,” that makes similar grassroots appeals for members of the public to oppose offshore wind turbines over environmental concerns, claiming the projects will lead to an “industrialization of our ocean” with turbine towers that threaten marine and bird life. The group makes no donor information public, but a link redirects viewers to donate to the Caesar Rodney Institute.
> The appeals are especially insidious given that less than a decade ago, in 2014, the Caesar Rodney Institute sponsored a study that promoted drilling off of the shores of Maryland and Delaware, touting the benefits of offshore oil for jobs, energy independence, and boosted economic development.
Massive astroturfing on the other side of the fence by Ørsted also, who have been spraying pr money around liberally.
Don't forget Big Tech is much bigger than Oil & Gas in our era. Everything electrified means everything can be monitored and controlled. 'Fossil fuel funded' is PR speak. So is Ørsted's sponsorship of cable news packages.
Greenwald resigned form the intercept, which he founded in 2020 because they sold out to big tech political interests.
So we should be against wind power because it helps Facebook track people?
Well that's novel at least, but I'm going to file it with Trump and Putin's "opinions" on wind (that the sound causes cancer and they disturb the worms) as clear and obvious BS.
Focus on practical efficiency and not the virtue signaling answering of your own question with a silly ridiculing answer would be my recommendation.
I'm not 'against wind power', but I am very wary of surveillance capitalism, which was my point about electrification of everything and the vast and very powerful forces in play to promote that.
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> The American Coalition for Ocean Protection includes another group, “Protect Our Coast NJ,” that makes similar grassroots appeals for members of the public to oppose offshore wind turbines over environmental concerns, claiming the projects will lead to an “industrialization of our ocean” with turbine towers that threaten marine and bird life. The group makes no donor information public, but a link redirects viewers to donate to the Caesar Rodney Institute.
> The appeals are especially insidious given that less than a decade ago, in 2014, the Caesar Rodney Institute sponsored a study that promoted drilling off of the shores of Maryland and Delaware, touting the benefits of offshore oil for jobs, energy independence, and boosted economic development.
Don't forget Big Tech is much bigger than Oil & Gas in our era. Everything electrified means everything can be monitored and controlled. 'Fossil fuel funded' is PR speak. So is Ørsted's sponsorship of cable news packages.
Greenwald resigned form the intercept, which he founded in 2020 because they sold out to big tech political interests.
Meanwhile the whales are losing out.
Well that's novel at least, but I'm going to file it with Trump and Putin's "opinions" on wind (that the sound causes cancer and they disturb the worms) as clear and obvious BS.
I'm not 'against wind power', but I am very wary of surveillance capitalism, which was my point about electrification of everything and the vast and very powerful forces in play to promote that.