"Offshore wind power is in the early stages of development in the United States" says an entry in Wikipedia.
Wait a minute, the first offshore wind farm powered up in 1991 in Denmark. That's more than 30 years ago. What do you mean offshore wind is in the early stages of development here in the U.S. The U.S. leads the world in everything, first man on the moon, first to use a nuclear weapon (whoops, that's not a good one), etc.
But, no, we are not the world leader in wind power. Hardly. Not even. Denmark has run away with that title.
And, what has happened in the U.S.? After all, it is said the nation has the capacity to produce - gulp - 10,800 gigawatts. Denmark would never hang with us if we were to produce that much. President Biden has set a goal of having a fraction of that -- just 30 gigawatts -- by 2030.
And, how much wind power to we have at the moment? An embarrassing - well and ahem - just 0.042 gigawatts of offshore wind power. Aren't you ashamed of us? I am.
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