More interference on fishing? ....

 https://www.wafic.org.au/resources/wind-farms-fact-sheet/

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Best boating areas?

Sat, 2023-05-06 13:24

 Proposals for 700sq km farms off kalbarri , dongara , garden island , mandurah and bunbury ...

 Matters of access to the public have not been decieded in those areas yet ......a very sobering and ominous read ..

 

  

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 What I don't understand is

Sat, 2023-05-06 18:16

 What I don't understand is that with the extremely high cost of maintenance for offshore farms and the abundance of land, why it is even a thought.

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Higher wind speeds and

Sun, 2023-05-07 13:33

Higher wind speeds and consistancy Swompa, plus massive noise complaints onshore.

What are the potential impacts upon the commercial fishing sector?

The construction and operation of wind turbines could impact commercial fishing in a variety of ways, including:

Displacing commercial fishers from traditional fishing areas Loss of benthic habitat

Changing the distribution, abundance, and species composition of fish in an area

Increasing vessel traffic and competition for support services on shore

Impacts from electromagnetic fields and underwater noise

Disrupting vessel radar systems Causing economic losses

Damaging or destroying fishing gear

Reducing safety at sea from increased vessel traffic and navigation challenges.

 

Both sectors will need to work togther although the above will have some impact, no liking the electromagnetic fields and noise bit...although offshore work platforms are very noise but yet still hold massive amount of fish and sea life.

Basically more offshore reefs being added to the sysetm, will only be benifit to rec fishers.

 

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 Lets no forget the visual

Sun, 2023-05-07 13:45

 Lets no forget the visual pollution. Fark me talk about destroy the coastal view. 

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nothing better than watching

Sun, 2023-05-07 17:10

nothing better than watching the sun set over the turbines 

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 Dont need higher wind

Mon, 2023-05-08 09:40

 Dont need higher wind speeds, just consistancy. There is solid reasoning behind most commercial wind farms going in the mid west with more investment in the central west (Hyden) in the short term future.

Lighter winds = bigger blades

We spend huge amounts of money on maintenance of smaller wind farms based on land. the prospect of throwing boats and helicopters in the mix for maintenance is scary....but fun at the same time.

 

But first we need more batteries to store what we can generate to start with.

 

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Europe has them

Sun, 2023-05-07 18:50

 Can get an idea what it might look like  if you Google "windfarm Europe" images

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Destruction

Sun, 2023-05-07 18:57

 Yeah the proposal is for 80 turbines on or near garden island .......... say that slowly ... 80 ..... can anyone just imagine the impact on that area....

 

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yeah nar fark that not of

Mon, 2023-05-08 08:22

yeah nar fark that not of Garden island anyway...I like to have a few quite ones but fk driving home at night dodging these fkers.


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 I reckon it will happen

Wed, 2023-05-10 13:14

 I reckon it will happen regardless of what the public want. Bunbury port has heaps of them stored away just waiting for president Mc clown to hit the go button

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 Heaps of wind turbines in

Thu, 2023-05-11 17:57

 Heaps of wind turbines in storage? What a load of rubbish!