Blowing in the Wind...

Still Waiting for Greenhouse ^ | 22 Nov 03 | John Daly

[Dan Evans]

The senior senator from Massachussetts, Edward Kennedy now finds himself in something of a political dilemma.

At stake is a proposal to build a massive wind turbine farm - right in the middle of historic Nantucket Sound near Cape Cod, the so-called `Cape Wind' project. As usual, such a project will bring ruination to the landscape and the seascape but this is the logical outcome arising from the pro-Kyoto policies that Kennedy himself has promoted. So first, Kennedy the environmentalist speaks -

"I strongly support renewable energy, including wind energy as a means of reducing our dependence on foreign oil and protecting the environment."

All very motherhood. Then a bit of family history and a eulogy about his responsibilities to the `treasures' of Cape Cod and Nantucket Sound -

"My family has a long history on Cape Cod. After growing up and raising my children here, I understand the enormous national treasure we have in the Cape. We have an obligation to preserve it for future generations, which requires us to know the impact of our decisions on the landscape, seascape, and environment."

More motherhood. But what if these lofty aims are in conflict? At that point, Kennedy quickly remembers where his votes come from

"I'm concerned that we are rushing to implement the Cape Wind proposal (for Nantucket Sound) - the world's largest proposed wind farm, 130 turbines, 400 feet tall in the waters between the Cape and the Islands - with little understanding of its likely impacts."

It's a bit late for Kennedy to now suddenly find virtue, now that one of his pet policies is going to be built right in his own back yard. He is partly to blame for the political climate which brought the Cape Wind project into existence to begin with, something which his political rivals may well remind the voters about.

[Dan Evans]

Mr. Kennedy is not against windmill power per se but he is opposed to those projects in his immediate view and would be offended to see and smell the rotting corpses of waterfowl washing up on the beaches of Cape Cod. He would much prefer that these bird blenders be situated elsewhere, such as in your backyard.

[nothingnew]

ted "the swimmer" kennedy is a fat, drunken, lying, womanizing, cheating, socialist, murdering scumbag. What would you expect?

FMCDH

[Sunshine Sister]

Wow! Why don't you tell us how you really feel! LOL Great post!

[Consort]

He's not vane enough.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

ping

[nothingnew]

Wow! Why don't you tell us how you really feel!

I can't...I'd be banned from FR and I could not live with that.

FMCDH

[Sunshine Sister]

I agree. We can't have that now can we? This is major league entertainment to me. I understand your reluctance.

[Thor_Hammar]

It's such a shame we cannot harness the "Wind Power" generated by the bloviating bustard from Hyannis. But that would require several design decisions which may be beyond our technology.

First, where would we install the wind farm? Hyannis? Washington? Down in Florida?

Would we install the wind farm in front of Uncle Teddy's mouth? Or would we get optimal power generation by placing it behind him to harness the power of his producing methane from enthanol?

Finally, what are the risks to the wind farm and the environment from when the High-Anus from Hyannis explodes?

[suzyq5558]

LOL LOL!!

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[Cicero]

Wind power is a moronic idea, except in the case of farms and ranches way out in the country, where it may be the most practical source of power. In other words, private windmills, privately paid for.

But windmills will never produce substantial amounts of power. It's a niche source, like solar cells. There are places where it makes sense, but they will never make more than a limited contribution to national energy requirements.

The only practical source of additional energy in large amounts at this time, ecologically friendly and not exhausting fossil fuels, is atomic power. But needless to say the Kennedys of the world will oppose that forever.

[MeekOneGOP]