Posted on 04/30/2006 8:35:58 AM PDT by george76
Fans of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy have long argued that he has fought the good fight ...
But today, he is defending the indefensible: special interest legislation, tucked into a Coast Guard authorization bill, that would give Gov. Mitt Romney the power to veto the proposed Cape Wind energy project, even though it would be in federal waters.
The project... more than five miles offshore of Cape Cod.
The equivalent of burning 113 million barrels of oil per year.
Proponents of Cape Wind say it is an important source of alternative, renewable energy, and it has the backing of such environmental groups as Greenpeace USA, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Conservation Law Foundation.
Even though this is an election year for Kennedy, it should be an easy time of it.
No formidable competition is on that horizon, and he has amassed an $8.7 million campaign war chest (even as he also argues "I am concerned we have the best Congress money can buy.").
Ironically, he did admit on the NPR interview to changing his mind on one issue he fiercely opposed 20 years ago -- nuclear power.
New technology dealing with enriched uranium has convinced Kennedy, he said, "I think we have to put everything back on the table."
Everything but a pathbreaking wind farm eight miles at sea from his beloved Hyannis Port.
(Excerpt) Read more at metrowestdailynews.com ...
I suggest we use the windbag teddy kennedy to operate these off shore windmills with his tired tirads. Lower energy bills and ted out of the senate, A win-win situation!
There's something wrong with a state that keeps sending this turd to the senate.
Maybe he'll change his mind when he sobers up....
They could call it the Mary Jo Kopechne Wind Farm.
You know, for the life of me, I can't figure out what "NIMBY" is. Totally ready to thump my forehead and shout "Of course!" once somebody clues me in...
POS
Not In My BackYard.
Somebody should ask him for suggestions on where he thinks a wind farm would be OK. I suspect he can't do it without displacing some of his constituents.
He should release his jet fuel, electrical, heating oil, total energy use records...
Just how large an area can be serviced by the power generated, part of a state, a few cities, or great parts of New England.
The reason I'm asking is that there are people in northern New England who are hurting especially badly from energy prices. Whether or not they get government help, if this project, or one like it further north would help them to be more self-sufficient, I think it would be a good thing for the country and all concerned.
Their selfish, self-centered interest turns me off. We all have to put up with things we'd rather not have for the good of others.
Anywhere, but not near him.
He is against personal responsibility for his own actions.
At peak output, the project would generate more than 400 megawatts of electricity, enough to meet the needs of some 400,000 homes on Cape Cod and the nearby islands.
Dorchester or Roxbury would be fine with the pig, not that he would publicly say so tho.
THUMP!
5 miles visibility across the ocean is no problem on a reasonably clear day, depending upon how tall these windmills will be. I used to sail off Mass, NH, and Maine (and elsewhere in the Northeast) and I don't doubt they'd be visible from the shore and certainly while sailing in Nantucket Sound.
Thanks!
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