Bloomberg: Windmills On City Bridges & Skyscrapers;

[Midnight Mike]

Aug 20, 2008
Blowin' In The Wind: Bloomberg's Green Energy Plan
Mayor Proposes Energy Initiative That Could Drastically Change Skyline

Windmills On City Bridges & Skyscrapers; Turbines On Rivers' Shores; Solar Panels On Buildings

Mayor Bloomberg is proposing a "green" plan that has the potential to drastically change the New York City skyline and shores. It's part of his effort to make New York the most energy efficient city in the nation.

The mayor's "windmill power plan" is the boldest environmental proposal yet from the billionaire independent, who has been trying to make energy efficiency a legacy of his administration.

Speaking at a major conference on alternative energy Tuesday night in Las Vegas, Bloomberg proposed putting windmills on top of city bridges, and skyscrapers, and turbines in the Hudson and East Rivers.

In terms of offshore locations, aides to the mayor told CBS 2's Magee Hickey, the city is looking at the generally windy coast off of Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island for the turbines, which could provide 10 percent of the city's electricity in just 10 years.

http://wcbstv.com/cbs2crew/bloomberg.wi ... 99113.html

http://video.wnbc.com/player/?id=286426#videoid=286449

[Matt Molnar]

WHAT ABOUT THE BIRDS?!

Awesome initiative, but just like most other great ideas for this city, it will be stopped or severely messed up by special interests, in this case bird lovers and NIMBYs concerned about their views of the ocean and skyline. But I hope I'm wrong.

[Nick]

I was gonna say NIMBY's if you didn't.