[worldclass]

I have tracked this story and it is quite funny to see liberals squirm and complain about a wind farm in "their own back yard." Kerry will have to wind surf elsewhere. :-)

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Why do I smile at the thought of Kerry windsurfing into the blades?

[RexBeach]

You know, these gizmos are actually quite pretty. I saw some in the midwest recently and their effect was very soothing.

I'm sorry the Kennedys and the Kerrys aren't so enthusiastic. Guess we might have to drill in the old ANWAR after all. Pity, ay?

[drc43]

It may cut into the sky diving activity.

Then again, a new extreme sport?

[islander-11]

I suspect that Fat Teddy doesn't need any extra navigational hazards around, either...

[loborojo]

No blood for oil and NIMBY?

[camas]

a few days back there was an article that said these big fans will change the weather. i wonder if it will be for the good or BAD for this neighborhood??

[rockabyebaby]

When this topic first came up gigilo thought it was a fab idea, HOWEVER, (and we all know what's coming!) once he heard the wind farms were being proposed for the Nantucket area, he FLIP FLOPPED, now I know you find that hard to believe but he did! Currently he is TOTALLY against the idea, what a surprise, I'm stunned!

[LisaS]

Please do not frame this in terms of liberals vs. conservatives. Wind power is a bad, bad idea. (I am a conservative and a conservationist!) There is no question the pro-Cape Wind folks supplied much of the information that went into the report. The article reads like the Wind marketing literature.

I wish we had the luxury to laugh at their claims of Tourism opportunities, benefits to the economy, and how wind will save us from foreign oil. But, unfortunately, the misinformed buy this line.

Can someone tell me how many barrels of oil this facility will save us? Does it even dent the 20-million per day consumed by the US?

My hope is that the Army Corp says NO.

[Condor51]

"...the country's first proposed offshore wind farm would be "adverse" for some historical areas, such as the Kennedy Compound and the Nantucket Historic District."

Adverse? Oh really? How?

Nantucket Historic District
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance: Industry, Commerce, Architecture
Historic Function: Domestic, Industry / Processing / Extraction

Now I don't see anything about 'the ocean view' being noted anywhere?!?

/sarcasm

[Drawsing]

From what I have read in previous wind farm postings, these things are energy inefficient. They get dirty quickly (dirty blades are inefficient) and are expensive to continually clean. They also kill a lot of birds. I would like to see the actual numbers proving one way or the other if these things actually are a good thing ...all things considered.

[Noachian]

Birds get chopped up in the blades, they don't look good, etc. No matter what alternate fuel system comes up there's some kind of wacko against it.

Stick with oil and coal.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

So fat Teddy got his summer place declared an "historic district"? How conveeeeenieennnnnt.

[Leisler]

I am on both sides on this. Since Kennedy and the rest of the hypocrites are against it, I'm for it. On the other side, they require subsidies, a existing system since they are intermittent, and aren't cost effective. But mostly I enjoy the left going at each other.

[ProudVet77]

Sadly this will probably never get built. There's a lot of political clout out on the Vineyard and Nantuckett. Even though they only spend 3 months a year out there. Can't mess with the beautiful people.
Meanwhile back where regular people live in Hull there is wind generator that sits there churning out the kilowatts. Last I heard a 2nd one is planned for that area.

[NonValueAdded]

The Nantucket Wind Farm will serve a VITAL role in the energy independence of our country. It will be an important barganing chip in the "drill ANWR" battle.

[LibertarianInExile]

Funny, I heard a story about a girl from Nantucket...

[sully777]

Wind farm at the Kennedy Compound? Isn't that a redundancy?

We have private property windmills in the area. They are awesome to see. I'm sure if a Kennedy dressed up in a little dutch boy uniform and made the wind farms look like Holland, maybe stick his finger into a dyke it would be another Vineyard tourist trap

[kittymyrib]

Tough for these "devoted environmentalists" to actually practice what they preach and switch from fossil fuels to wind energy. We are growing wind farms all over West Texas and the people love them...gives them something to see around Abilene and puts extra money into ranchers' pockets while helping our independent Texas power grid. Now who are the REAL environmentalists?

[SuziQ]

The project already has weathered opposition from several local and national politicians, including Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts.

I think Walter Crankcase also owns a house out there. I love it when the libs start working against something they've been pontificating about for years because it finally affects THEM directly!!

[Salvation]

Hope this goes through.