[texson66]

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!

[george76]

 

[hang 'em]

There's something wrong with a state that keeps sending this turd to the senate.

[clintonh8r]

Maybe he'll change his mind when he sobers up....

[Ladysmith]

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...

[satchmodog9]

POS

[cripplecreek]

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.

[Aliska]

Like most everything else, I'm not read up on the fine points of this proposed wind farm. If I lived on Cape Cod, I might not like the view either, assuming you can see much of it from 5 miles away especially when there is fog, but you have to consider those who would benefit.

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.

[Chena]

bttt

[irish guard]

The problem with all these lefties and NIMBYs is that after 30 years of no drilling offshore in the Gulf or Pacific, no domestic drilling, no ANWR drilling, no nuke plants, no coal plants, no new refineries, all in the name of the environment and these bastards all have the balls to bitch about Bush doing nothing.

We have made this nest and now we are lying in it and no one is pointing to the real problem.

[xarmydog]

We have quite a few of them in West Texas.Close up they are huge.From a 5 mile distance,they are hard to notice unless there are numerous ones in a line.I would bet he has never seen one up close,or at a distance.He is opposed to the project because his rich neighbors would cut off the money flow,and support.Kennedy's eyes are so bloodshot,he couldn't see them with binoculars.The Discovery channel should quit trying to find the Loch Ness Monster,and try to find out what is in the water that the people of Massachusetts drink.

[EGPWS]

Fans of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy have long argued that he has fought the good fight ...

LoL!

He can't even fight a good fight against the bottle!

[maine-iac7]

So why aren't we and our media friends "blowing" this to the skies?

It would take the wind our of the dims attacks blaming the gas prices on us and Bush.

Why doesn't someone start asking these dimWits "Why are you democrats so determined to keep the U.S. dependent on foreign oil that is , increasingly, controlled by hostile regimes?" (We need a mantra that will catch the sheeple's ears)

Let them answer that one - Like, is Keenedy got a secret deal going with China? Will we soon see China erecting a wind farm off the cost of Mass? They're already putting up their oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico..

Bring to the front their decades of blocking drilling, refineries, exploration, alternatives, and now even this wind farm.

Someone needs to add up how much LESS dependent we would be right now if not for all the blocking of the above.

Add it up and get it out there people to look at...

(I am amused that there's not also a comparison to people = like there should be a cartoon of - at the gas pump, screaming about the price, with a $5.00 Starbucks in one hand, and a $5.00 a pack cigarette in the other - a person could save that $300. worth a month (at only one uber-coffee and one pack a day) and buy a heck of alot of gas

[free_at_jsl.com]

Everyone here seems to have missed the fact that a large part of Kennedy's portfolio is invested in OIL COMPANIES. Perhaps it's just simple greed and nothing more sinister.

[pankot]

The same f___ing hypocrite he's always been.

[Bernard]

$8.7 million campaign war chest

Should cover his bar bill and bail for the relatives.

[manwiththehands]

Ted Kennedy doesn't want any competition.

[JamesFromWisconsin]

What about the other costs.

Ok, so there might be a large wind farm built off of the cape, or lets say off the shore of lake Michigan.

As the example states you can produce 400MW at the peak. This new energy source is to power the increasing need of the area. Now lets say the wind stops and a nice high pressure system is around your area. Where will that 400MW come from. My guess is the new back-up coal fired plant that would have to be built to supply the energy if the wind dies down. This is like a double cost to implement the wind energy solution. Yes I know there is a power grid and you can bring power in from other areas, however think about where that power is coming from (Another coal fired plant that might already be close to operating at max).

So what does this mean, should they not do it. I think a valid point to raise here is there are other costs of backup systems that adds to the cost of the wind farm. Thus, we the consumer pay for both with higher energy prices.

Somewhere a user brought up conservation. Good for you whoever you were. Wind energy, solar, conservation, hydro etc all have to be done together to lower the prices of electricity. Without a combination of all, your cost to implement (because of back-up generation needed) does not allow for any savings to be passed along to consumers.

[Doc Savage]

Try reading the editorials in Cape Cod Life if you like windbags. These morons are all about alternative energy sourdes unless you you want to put it where their pleasure yachts and sailboats might have to see them or if they spoil the sea view from mtheir 25 Million dollar estates on Nantucket.

By the way, anyone have a photo of Mary Jo Kopechne's estate on Martha's Vineyard??????????????????????

[LIConFem]

If you stuffed Sterno Boy in a wine press, you'd get enough ethanol to power every automobile in America for five years.