Thames has the little card

They literally drive diesel spewing boats with billboards advertising buffets up and down the coast all day bur somehow these turbines will ruin their view

The view is the least of the problems. Wind turbines in the harbor would produce hardly any electricity. Aside from the lack of consistent wind there just isn't space. Wind farms usually have dozens if not hundreds of turbines each hundreds of yards apart. There isn't enough space for any of that at all in or around baltimore.

I'd much rather see a huge push for solar panels. Grants and subsidies to cover every building in the city would make a much bigger impact.

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I think the wind turbines look cool. I love OC, but nobody is going because of its beauty. It's hilarious that the locals are concerned about their "views" when the city is a giant flashing billboard.

I wonder if they could suspend the corkscrew style ones into certain alleyways and passively feed into the grid. The row homes can certainly create a wind tunnel. No idea if this is remotely feasible or a practical way to achieve anything of value.

Department of Energy Wind map tends to agree with you. Baltimore is solidly in the "not very windy enough to make meaningful power from turbines in a harbor" area.

https://windexchange.energy.gov/maps-data/54

I’ll say this as someone who is totally in favor of putting up wind turbines and who formally lived in southern New Jersey, an area that had a debate about offshore wind farms before:

The NIMBYs in OC that are bitching and moaning about how “unnatural” it’ll look off the coast sound similar to the ones who are doing it in NJ. How it’ll ruin their “natural views”. You need to drown out that rhetoric fast or any future project will get stalled up hard.

I can guarantee that their tourist dollars would get drained far quicker by an oil platform that goes down Deepwater Horizon-style off their coast than by a few non-polluting windmills. If we want to reduce our dependence on oil and keep it in the ground, EVERYONE needs to contribute, even if someone will claim that it’ll ruin their view of the ocean.

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I’m vv interested to know the answer to this.

You sure it’s not Thames? That’s the only spot I can think of near broadway with a raw bar. Other than choptank but that’s not divey at all

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Yep. People may (understandably) fear the winds on the Key Bridge, but it’s pretty light compared to the rest of the Bay, let alone the ocean. I doubt such a project could break even.

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Still appreciate OP’s thought process.

You're correct in your thinking. Winds are usually much stronger and much more reliable off the coast. If you check a website like Windy with any frequency you'll see a pretty common pattern where the Atlantic is much more suitable for wind turbines. Baltimore is a poor location.

Is the wind current strong enough in the harbor? Isn't one of the reasons they put them so far off shore is because it's the open seas and usually more wind than in a sheltered cove like the harbor?

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Yes but the reality is most pay day loans have usurious interest rates so it makes their business scheme illegal.

I feel u. Still bro stay away from pay day loans

Hell yes, love a new/old industrial vibe. Put some google eyes on them and establish a new branch of Mr. Trash Wheel's family tree.

Interested in the property as well. Just starting my hunt

Do it. Sure is windy enough,all the time

Looks like we found the first easy bill Wes Moore could accomplish that should make both Dems and republicans happy

Maybe it is just "a dispute" like they said in the news conference. If there is more to it, like a racial killing, gun deal gone bad, gang hit, etc. no one in the mayors office or police seem like they want to talk about it. They certainly don't want to field any follow-up questions that come with those types of discussions.

Initial reaction is f-no, but sometimes what is thought of as an eyesore becomes part of the identity of a place. Eiffel tower, London Eye, both considered distasteful and terrible, now iconic parts of their respective cities. So maybe not a bad idea.

Yeah online seems to be exempt as they are located outside of the state.