Thursday, September 2, 2010

Wind Project Gets OK

On August 31st the Supreme Judicial Court decided that the wind project planned for Nantucket Sound may go forward. Some of the wealthy residents of Nantucket formed a corporation named Alliance To Protect Nantucket Sound, Inc. in order to try and block the wind farm. The wind farm will supply three quarters of the energy on Cape Cod. The wind farm project started in 2001 and it was originally thought that the wealthy residents who were well connected like former Senator Kennedy, current Senator John Kerry and many others would be able to block the project. But even with the help of former Senators Kennedy and John Kerry, both of whom opposed the project, the wind farm should be a great accomplishment to reduce our dependency on oil. It will also advance the technology of wind power which is in the infancy stage at present.

It seems like a repeat of the same old story. Everybody jumps on the bandwagon to support alternative energy and green house gas free but “not in my back yard”.