Posted on 02/25/2006 4:44:40 AM PST by cloud8
BOSTON --Congressional language that could kill a wind farm proposed off Cape Cod prompted Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick to lash out Friday at Gov. Mitt Romney, Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey and Attorney General Tom Reilly.
Patrick, a Democrat running for governor along with Healey and Reilly, chastised them and Romney for not opposing language that would restrict wind farms near shipping lanes. The measure, part of an $8.7 billion Coast Guard reauthorization bill, is being considered by a House-Senate conference committee that has been meeting in private.
Patrick favors the Cape Wind project, and said the silence by Romney, Healey and Reilly amounted to implicit support for the proposed restriction. It was offered by Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, chairman of the House Transportation Committee and a proponent of Alaskan oil development.
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(yawn) Real fireball, this guy. That's a real winning issue here, windpower. We've got more than enough from Fatboy Teddy, who needs more?
The ones who have squashed wind-power in MA are Kennedy, Kerry and their stooges on Beacon Hill.
130 in Nantucket. They need to put about 1300 in the windiest area in America: the Blue Hills Reservation.
What we need is someone to convince them it's modern art to cover the hills with windmills, then the pretentious yuppie scum will go "OOOOOOHHH CULTCHA!" and we'll have the damned things up by next weekend.
I think the opposition is regional. Unfortunately, the wind is in sparsely populated states and Northeastern oil power does not want mountain states to get the economic power. So, they refuse to authorize the legislation needed to build the transmission lines. Not sure where the reservation is you are mentioning, but patronizing democrats would probably argue that the Abramhoff scandal shows that Indians can't handle money.
> (yawn) Real fireball, this guy. That's a real winning issue here, windpower.
LOL It might resonate in some of the People's Republics where Patrick needs support. Not a big issue out in Framingham. I think Mr. Deval Patrick is just getting started, and it won't be long before he is pushing universal healthcare.
This must be the same Deval Patrick who was ass't atty gen for civil rights under Clinton? As I recall he was a "quota black," as radio guy Ken Hamblin would say. Again, the "moderate" President Clinton appointed someone as far to the left as he could find to help keep racial division alive and thriving.
> This must be the same Deval Patrick who was ass't atty gen for civil rights under [c]linton?
Bingo. The lefties in my burg worship him.
> ...appointed someone as far to the left as he could find to help keep racial division alive and thriving.
We went through hell here with school desegretation in the 70s. The last thing we need is someone to stir up racial tension.
I'm with Patrick. Sure "gang of three" is a bit theatrical, but criticism is sound. Everyone wants energy independence but nobody wants windfarms, oilwells, or nuclear plants anywhere close. Can't be done. I would accept all three in my neighborhood were they possible here.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
From Capewind's FAQ:
"Cape Wind will reduce the clearing price for electricity in the New England spot market by reducing operations of the regions most expensive power plants, this will reduce electricity prices in New England by 25 million dollars per year."
Given that the population of New England is just short of 14 million, that will be a reduction of about a whopping $1.79 a year for every man woman and child. The aesthetics are debatable, but does this scheme really make economic sense? The FAQ skips around the cost of construction and when the generators will go on line, but how long will it be before the investors are turning a profit?
Just drove through western Oklahoma (twice) last week on my way to and from TN to CA and CO. Dozens of big new windmills have been installed along I-40 in the past 3 years since I last traveled that way. I also saw a dozen or so even bigger ones in the high desert of Southwest WY a couple of years ago.
Western OK and the Texas panhandle seem like a good place for them. Seems like it's alaways blowing stink every time I travel through that area.
Actually, "Patches" represents Rhode Island. Kind of a "starter district" for the next generation of Kennedy losers.
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