Posted on 04/20/2010 12:42:46 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
The battle over the venture -- dozens of public hearings and nine years long -- has split members of American Indian tribes and pitted some of the nation's wealthiest people against each other. Liberals have squared off against fellow liberals. The most notable opponent was the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, whose family compound would have a view of the wind farm.
The late Walter Cronkite also raised objec
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Now that the liberals in the Supreme Court have decided that it is OK to exercise eminent domain for general economic benefit, let’s look at using it here. More employment for wind workers, extra taxes(?), more high velocity dollars circulating.
Well, I am not sure about that, but 20 miles? I mean, how intrusive could it really be?
I’m pretty sure that at sea level, that is WAY past the horizon.
Recently there was discussion about oil exploration off the coast of NC recently. I believe they said that @ 15 miles offshore, the potential oil rigs would be over the horizon.
They are towering, loathsome technobeasts — hideous, gruesome monuments to the tyranny of objects.
“I doubt if there’s anyone left on Cape Cod who isn’t a leftist.”
There are a lot of VERY rich people on Nantucket Island. Lots of Wall Street types. Lots of Republicans. Martha’s Vinyard tends to be more liberal. Nantucket is more conservative(for Mass).
Also, the proposed sight is on a sandbar that on the average is only about 5’ deep.
500 feet tall? That's huge. What's the diameter of the propellers? I would imagine those would make quite a racket.
The main opponents IIRC were the summer residents of Nantucket’s quaint, cute and tiny domiciles.
About 25 miles offshore is Nantucket, hence the wind farm would certainly be in eyesight.
i'm not a proponent of wind farms, but we have these windmills just outside our town in the central valley of California... they stand on some rolling hills... only a portion of the hills has them... i think they're pretty... they are white and they spin... against the green, they look nice... haha... they don't bother me... i am enjoying the fight...
Sooo...you're saying they should have them at Cape Cod?
Ahhh, I see. Thanks.
You either live near Altamont Pass or in Tehachapi. Lotsa windmills in those places. :^)
Teddy was the loudest voice against it and he was in Hyannis Port.
you got me!
Fossil fuels are cheaper. Without subsidies no one would ever put up a windmill, except possibly in a few isolated places off the grid.
I’m enjoying the thought Teddy ‘Drown Em!’ Kennedy and Walter ‘I lied about Tet’ Cronkite are cussing up a storm wherever they are today...”
Around here, we call it HELL.
OK, I do remember the original opposition came from the ChumBuckets of Nantucket.
I don’t know, but Kennedy prolly signed on as a gesture of support for Kerry.
It’s a fairly long line with some windmills in a cluster and may very well be observed from the mainland.
The people on Nantucket would definitely be able to see it from some parts of the island.
Anyway, it does highlight the total hypocrisy, not only of Democrats, but of Repubs who vacation on the island, the Wall/Welfare Streeters drooling over green futures markets but don’t want their views marred by these giant fans.
Let ‘em eat chowdah!
Time Magazine had an article about these huge wind turbine installed in Denmark, the high cost and what not.
Total output per turbine - enough for 4000 homes.
Seems completely nutty.
Exactly my point. LOL
It is odd. The first time I saw some, I thought they were kind of cool and were almost like sculptures. After the next 200, they started to look like utility poles.
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