While windmills may evoke quaint images of yesteryear, they're sparking growing debate, particularly as the first offshore projects are proposed in popular tourist areas, such as Cape Cod, Long Island, N.Y., and the New Jersey shore. Critics, including a member of the influential Kennedy family, worry that some projects could harm national treasures.
"All of a sudden you're transferring an asset used by 5 million people into the hands of private industrial speculators," said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmentalist who has objected to the Cape Cod proposal.
Probably knows he won't get his 40% markup.
NIMBY syndrome alert!
If they did not have Kennedy and Kerry MA would have no wind.
Kennedy & Kerry do not want eysores fouling up the vista's from their dacha's. Let the scum freeze in the dark!