Wind farms!?
Im all for these wind farms! If they can produce 400 megawatts of power for homes, why not? A. Why the Kennedys and their "rich snob"-political-ass me stop a developer from placing a few in Cape Cod? With the winds that blow from the sea, which should help with power.
First, they are not profitable – even when there is an offer of wind farms, will still need stations if power for the frequent occasions when there is no wind. Second is an environmental disaster – ruining beautiful scenery, and making a slight but worrying the constant noise. Using technology and materials necessary to do that has an adverse environmental effect. It takes almost 200 years in ideal conditions, to save energy needed for its manufacture. I could go on – but the main point is that the fashion of wind farms is making some companies – who have reached the Gravy Train – very rich.
CAPE WIND. A Controversial Wind Farm
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Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound $2.38 When Jim Gordon set out to build a wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod, he knew some people might object. But there was a lot of merit in creating a privately funded, clean energy source for energy-starved New England, and he felt sure most people would recognize it eventually. Instead, all Hell broke loose. Gordon had unwittingly challenged the privileges of some of America’s richest and most pol… |
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