Offshore Wind Farms, Whale Deaths, Soaring Costs.

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Wind Unreliability

The heavy reliance on offshore wind facilities for electricity is one reason why the United Kingdom has the highest electric power prices in the world. Unlike markets, where price hikes almost always ensure supplies increase to meet demand and thus ultimately reduce prices, wind power is not dependent on incentives but on nature. Despite high prices, the U.K. and other European nations suffered energy shortages when winds over the North Sea went calm during the summer and left turbines dead in the water for days or weeks at a time.

Whale Population

According to Save LBI, a group that opposes offshore wind farms close to shore, wind turbines off New Jersey would harm endangered North Atlantic right whales. Ocean surveying, installation of wind turbines and the noise created by the operations create unacceptable levels of noise for the whales. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the population of North Atlantic right whales has declined to fewer than 350. Whales are vulnerable to ocean noise pollution, vessel strikes, shifts in prey locations, and habitat degradation.

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