Nine-year wind farm fight splits Cape Cod (leftists VS leftists)

CNN ^ | 4-20-10 | Wayne Drash

[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

[jessduntno]

“The most notable opponent was the late Sen. Ted Kennedy”

Ted Kennedy (D-HELL) may he never rest, passed even his hypocritical standards when he was overheard to say that he could not believe anyone was serious about ruining the waters of the Cape with these things...

[taildragger]

With Western Mass and it's Mountain Range(s) actually part of the Appalachian Trail (or so I am told) one might wonder is their gas in dem hills and it is not far from the Marcellus Shale.

This could be a close source for these loons but they would never go for it, instead of windmills, especially with a highly efficient Co-Generation Gas Turbine with cycle efficiencies in the 60% range, they could power both of their darn Islands.

A friend has a friend that is the Consultant for a firm that was the checker on a proposed Natural Gas Tank for Boston with the gas source from Africa. The Eco-Greenies scared everyone into saying no, when this architect type new their fears they were selling were crazy from a technical perspective.

Once again, the Comrades in MA take it in the shorts...

[Age of Reason]

I don’t blame them for not wanting their view spoiled by those things.

But—had liberals ended LEGAL immigration 45 years ago instead of opening the floodgates to it, we’d have half as many people and twice as much fossil fuel to go around at half the price.

I guess they thought they could pack the USA full of people, and still have plenty of resources to go around.

[swarthyguy]

A NG terminal in FallRiver was also cancelled due to hysteria.

[swarthyguy]

You seen some of those cute quaint and tiny houses on the island.

My word, 25K square feet and what not.

All AC’ed, even for a Nantucket Summer, SUV’s galore, limos and private jets.

No bother to me, but for the unmitigated twofacedness.

[latina4dubya]

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.

i do think the newer, more modern ones look better than the older ones... they remind me of giant soldiers lined up on the hillside... i think because they are on lovely rolling hills, they don't look so bad... i know that probably sounds weird... if they were in dirt, or some raggedy field, it would look ugly to me... it might bother me if they went on for miles and miles along the freeway, but it's a relatively short span...

[upcountryhorseman]

The worse part is: they will probably be there forever! When
they break down, it's often cheaper to abandon them than to
repair them.

[erman]

[Jacquerie]

Kill an endangered bird with a shotgun and one is a criminal.

Kill a thousand endangered birds with a windmill and one is an environmentalist.

[Badeye]

Same ‘round here’.