NIMBY -- Democrat / Liberals strike again

Nantucket sound: ... pristine ... needing preservation.

Our economy: ... needing freedom from foreign oil.

Our threat from "global warming": ... demanding instant response, even if it hurts.

Wind power: ... in abundance waiting to be harvested.

Problem: ... weenies on Nantucket Sound don't want a wind farm in their playground.

Discussion: A bunch of hypocrite greenie-weenies want a farm to be put elsewhere, anywhere but their back yard. To protect their investment in prime Cape Real Estate, they have confected no end of rubbish excuses. Simply put, as a prime area to harvest wind energy, you can hardly get better than Nantucket Sound. That is, if you buy on to the notion that wind power is economically a good idea -- which it really isn't, given the huge subsidies required to "make it work."

So you have this problem, you want to be green, you want to advance wind power, you are frightened of global warming, you want to decrease our dependence on foreign energy -- but you don't want to screw up your real estate vlaues on the Cape. Ignore that BS about birds, sailboats, fish, etc. -- those concerns will be valid in any place where economically close-to-viable wind power is available. You either buy into the idea of economically senseless power or you don't. Even the birds will have to make a (the ultimate, perhaps) sacrifice (I actually sort-of do buy in).

Solution: ... Cheat. You get some native Americans to claim some type of tribal right (Wampanoags in this case, who really want a Casino, and can buy the votes if they go along with the Kennedy-types) and get the Sound placed on the national register. Presto! You can't build the farm. Instead, you will target Buzzard's Bay (not as well connected, too many conservatives and Republicans there) -- which actually DOES have shipping concerns that are not present in Nan-Sound. Oh well. All Politics are local.