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In response to: Wampanoag challenges Boston Globe Editorial
In response to: Wampanoag challenges Boston Globe Editorial
That's a very weak letter. It's not clear if Frank is a native american. Sounds like he isn't as the politically correct term is 'Native Peoples' according to the folks at Plymouth Plantation.
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In response to: Sailboat search off Ptown, Wayne Francis of Eastham died in California crash
In response to: Sailboat search off Ptown, Wayne Francis of Eastham died in California crash
It is crazy that these fast ferries don't carry AIS - Automatic Identification System transponders.
For $800 to $4500(Class B or Class A), they could broadcast their info to vessels in the area to avoid accidents like these.
For $800 to $4500(Class B or Class A), they could broadcast their info to vessels in the area to avoid accidents like these.
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In response to: We have met the enemy, and they are us
In response to: We have met the enemy, and they are us
Ira Magaziner was the guy behind HillaryCare and wrote a book called "The Silent War."
The book is about how companies in the U.S. can compete with cheap labor.
It was written in the 80's and is worth checking out at the library.
GM & Chrystler screwed up and need to go out of business. If the U.S. keeps bailing out failed banks, car makers, insurance companies, and possibly newspapers like the Boston Globe, we'll all go broke.
The book is about how companies in the U.S. can compete with cheap labor.
It was written in the 80's and is worth checking out at the library.
GM & Chrystler screwed up and need to go out of business. If the U.S. keeps bailing out failed banks, car makers, insurance companies, and possibly newspapers like the Boston Globe, we'll all go broke.
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In response to: Stop the Industrialization of Nantucket Sound
In response to: Stop the Industrialization of Nantucket Sound
I would also add in Hyannis Marina. They pump fuel to vessels causing mini spills on a regular basis, which add up. Add in their and Hy-line and SSA's shore based parking lot run-off!
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In response to: Stop the Industrialization of Nantucket Sound
In response to: Stop the Industrialization of Nantucket Sound
This is certainly a fair suggestion. Why is it that these draggers can plow over marine life with no regard? How can the clean water act allow for the dumping of raw sewage in federal waters?
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In response to: The unSoundkeepers
In response to: The unSoundkeepers
This coverage goes to show you that even if print news expires, web journalism will carry the torch.
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In response to: Alliance stripped of Soundkeeper designation
In response to: Alliance stripped of Soundkeeper designation
This is excellent coverage. How is it that a well known national non-profit can be used as cover to stop a clean renewable energy project?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Latest distortion of facts by Cape Cod Times on Cape Wind
In response to: Latest distortion of facts by Cape Cod Times on Cape Wind
Another whale of a tale by the cape cod times...
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In response to: Barnstable County has spent over a quarter million to stop Cape Wind - Has town-sized legal bills
In response to: Barnstable County has spent over a quarter million to stop Cape Wind - Has town-sized legal bills
Maybe the taxpayers could do more with the money. Perhaps pay for school teachers or public transportation?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Deadline for emergency beacon frequency change fast approaching
In response to: Deadline for emergency beacon frequency change fast approaching
A manufacturer just came out with an AIS SART (Automatic Identification System - Search and Rescue Transponder).
What this would do is allow other vessels equipped with AIS to get a notification in the event of an emergency rather than the message only going to a government call center.
What this would do is allow other vessels equipped with AIS to get a notification in the event of an emergency rather than the message only going to a government call center.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: BULLETIN: MMS set to release Cape Wind report today
In response to: BULLETIN: MMS set to release Cape Wind report today
This country is going bankrupt and Delahunt & Kennedy are still trying to kill a wind farm which would bring revenue and jobs to the state. How about that? F the elementary schools in Barnstable. We can't pay for them. BUT - we will do whatever it takes to stop Cape Wind. Interminable - according to Delahunt.
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In response to: Another Delahunt stealth move to stop Cape Wind
In response to: Another Delahunt stealth move to stop Cape Wind
One would think that these politicians would be too busy keeping the US out of a depressionn to focus on such a minor issue.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Legislature sends "no discharge" bill to governor's desk
In response to: Legislature sends "no discharge" bill to governor's desk
Does this mean no more sewage in Nantucket Sound?
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In response to: LNG tanker powerless 16 miles north of Provincetown
In response to: LNG tanker powerless 16 miles north of Provincetown
This brings up an issue. Trinidad & Tobago (where the Suez Matthew / Catalunya Spirit haul LNG from) account for 75% of U.S. LNG imports.
Trinidad & Tobago are part of the planned LNG 'OPEC' proposed by Russia.
Natural Gas represents 27% the total sources of electrical power for the U.S.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070822132122.htm
Trinidad & Tobago are part of the planned LNG 'OPEC' proposed by Russia.
Natural Gas represents 27% the total sources of electrical power for the U.S.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070822132122.htm
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In response to: DEP approves Cape Wind's waterways application
In response to: DEP approves Cape Wind's waterways application
For the lawyers maybe. Not the taxpayers who have to pay for this B.S.
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In response to: Another House chairman urges Cape Wind delay
In response to: Another House chairman urges Cape Wind delay
Wayne Kurker can answer that one. Marinas use public waterways for profit. Yacht Clubs too.. like the Wianno Club...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Another House chairman urges Cape Wind delay
In response to: Another House chairman urges Cape Wind delay
Imagine if all these clowns had done more to stop the financial crisis rather than focus on wind farms?
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In response to: Another House chairman urges Cape Wind delay
In response to: Another House chairman urges Cape Wind delay
The goal of these congressmen is to delay cape wind until the new president is sworn in. Then they will kill the project.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Senate Energy Committee: Release Cape Wind impact statement now
In response to: Senate Energy Committee: Release Cape Wind impact statement now
The recreational vessels can be responsible for their own safety. If they are zipping in/out of the wind farm and hit a tanker/ferry in the channel, it is their fault for not following the rules of the road and safely navigating their vessel.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Coast Guard presents Cape Wind radar study findings
In response to: Coast Guard presents Cape Wind radar study findings
I understand that. However, Kennedy, Delahunt, Stevens, Warner & Young are all not on the House Committee for Trade & Infrastructure but have been able to put a lot of pressure on the committee. So if they could apply pressure on committees other than their own... why didn't they? Why focus on wind farms rather than the financial industry?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Coast Guard presents Cape Wind radar study findings
In response to: Coast Guard presents Cape Wind radar study findings
I understand that. However, Kennedy, Delahunt, Stevens, Warner & Young are all not on the House Committee for Trade & Infrastructure but have been able to put a lot of pressure on the committee. So if they could apply pressure on committees other than their own... why didn't they? Why focus on wind farms rather than the financial industry?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Coast Guard presents Cape Wind radar study findings
In response to: Coast Guard presents Cape Wind radar study findings
Oh ya. Let me add to that Senator Warner of Virginia, Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, Representative Don Young of Alaska, and Rep. Oberstar of Minnesota.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Coast Guard presents Cape Wind radar study findings
In response to: Coast Guard presents Cape Wind radar study findings
What was Edward Kennedy, Pat Kennedy, Delahunt, and others doing while the financial markets needed dire congressional oversight? They were concerning themselves with a wind farm project in Nantucket Sound.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Senate Energy Committee: Release Cape Wind impact statement now
In response to: Senate Energy Committee: Release Cape Wind impact statement now
Great coverage Mr Kinsella / Cape Cod Today. If it wasn't for this publication, we'd have no clue about what was going on...
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In response to: Wind farm backers, opponents tussle over 'safe separation'
In response to: Wind farm backers, opponents tussle over 'safe separation'
Actually - wind farms planned in the UK are in fairly deep water and are very near major shipping channels. Last night - our tracking system picked up a 1000 foot container vessel within .7 nautical miles of the proposed London Array.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Wind farm backers, opponents tussle over 'safe separation'
In response to: Wind farm backers, opponents tussle over 'safe separation'
NUTS
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In response to: Cape Wind radar concern addressed
In response to: Cape Wind radar concern addressed
If only congress could stick to the issues at hand. It is enough that billions of dollars were wasted due to lack of congressional oversight by Rep. Oberstar. This committee has focused it's efforts in killing a wind farm in Nantucket Sound while neglecting to act as a watchdog for some of the USCG's largest ever aquisitions (sponsored by this same chump.)
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In response to: Cape Wind radar concern addressed
In response to: Cape Wind radar concern addressed
Peter - how about not changing the subject? There were very few commercial vessels in Nantucket Sound (with AIS)over the course of the last year. This means that very few tugs, barges, cruise ships, etc visit Nantucket Sound. With this carriage requirement from the USCG, all the folks concerned about 'navigation safety' can go out and buy some cheap navigation gear and rest easy.
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In response to: CPN reveals slealth moves to stop Cape wind
In response to: CPN reveals slealth moves to stop Cape wind
What's the slowdown. These folks have better things to do like keep us out of a depression?
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In response to: Congressman: Delay Cape Wind; Says hearings are possible
In response to: Congressman: Delay Cape Wind; Says hearings are possible
Wow. Wouldn't it be great if these corrupt politicians had focused on the Financial and Industrial sector rather than this joke of an issue?
The USCG can't do anything except approve the project because it has no marine safety issues. Land is land and there can't be a navigation safety issue when you are putting 130+ 400ft tall structures. Noone in the sound will get lost...
The USCG can't do anything except approve the project because it has no marine safety issues. Land is land and there can't be a navigation safety issue when you are putting 130+ 400ft tall structures. Noone in the sound will get lost...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Orleans Homeport 40th Birthday celebration December 13-19
In response to: Orleans Homeport 40th Birthday celebration December 13-19
I was introduced to the Homeport by my college classmate and met my wife there!
I was sitting at the table nearest the kitchen and she was filling in as a waitress. And the rest is history....!
I was sitting at the table nearest the kitchen and she was filling in as a waitress. And the rest is history....!
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In response to: Coast Guard gives conditional approval to Cape Wind
In response to: Coast Guard gives conditional approval to Cape Wind
Peck - No way the SOS/Allaince folks will remove cover for their dirty dozen. In the meantime, what do you think SOS/Alliance paid Ted Stevens to write the Kill Cape Wind Bill?
I bet it was a sleep number bed or a set of the clapper light switches.
I mean really, the guy got paid a Sharper Image massage chair.
I bet it was a sleep number bed or a set of the clapper light switches.
I mean really, the guy got paid a Sharper Image massage chair.
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In response to: Coast Guard gives conditional approval to Cape Wind
In response to: Coast Guard gives conditional approval to Cape Wind
Christy - why don't your 1/2 dozen major donors/members reveal their names rather than hide behind SOS/Alliance?
I'm glad you put wind turbines up at one of your stations but why didn't you put them in a windy location?
And what's up with the investment in opposing the wind farm? You could have found a cure for polio (again) with that kind of cake.
I'm glad you put wind turbines up at one of your stations but why didn't you put them in a windy location?
And what's up with the investment in opposing the wind farm? You could have found a cure for polio (again) with that kind of cake.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Coast Guard gives conditional approval to Cape Wind
In response to: Coast Guard gives conditional approval to Cape Wind
Rule 6
Safe speed
Every vessel shall at all times proceed at a safe speed so that she can take proper and effective action to avoid collision and be stopped within a distance appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions. In determining a safe speed the following factors shall be among those taken into account:
(a) By all vessels:
(i) the state of visibility.
(ii) the traffic density including concentrations of fishing vessels or any other vessels;
(iii) the manoeuvrability of the vessel with special reference to stopping distance and turning ability in the prevailing conditions;
(iv) at night the presence of background light such as from shore lights or from back scatter of her own lights;
(v) the state of wind, sea and current, and the proximity of navigational hazards;
(vi) the draught in relation to the available depth of water.
(b) Additionally, by vessels with operational radar:
(i) the characteristics, efficiency and limitations of the radar equipment;
(ii) any constraints imposed by the radar range scale in use;
(iii) the effect on radar
Safe speed
Every vessel shall at all times proceed at a safe speed so that she can take proper and effective action to avoid collision and be stopped within a distance appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions. In determining a safe speed the following factors shall be among those taken into account:
(a) By all vessels:
(i) the state of visibility.
(ii) the traffic density including concentrations of fishing vessels or any other vessels;
(iii) the manoeuvrability of the vessel with special reference to stopping distance and turning ability in the prevailing conditions;
(iv) at night the presence of background light such as from shore lights or from back scatter of her own lights;
(v) the state of wind, sea and current, and the proximity of navigational hazards;
(vi) the draught in relation to the available depth of water.
(b) Additionally, by vessels with operational radar:
(i) the characteristics, efficiency and limitations of the radar equipment;
(ii) any constraints imposed by the radar range scale in use;
(iii) the effect on radar
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Coast Guard gives conditional approval to Cape Wind
In response to: Coast Guard gives conditional approval to Cape Wind
Look out of their porthole?
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In response to: Cape home prices fall 19%; RFK, Jr. on Palin's Big Oil infatuation
In response to: Cape home prices fall 19%; RFK, Jr. on Palin's Big Oil infatuation
Wow. This guy is a real space shot.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Offshore oil claims a hoax; Sierra Club, Pickens agree on Cape Wind
In response to: Offshore oil claims a hoax; Sierra Club, Pickens agree on Cape Wind
I think it's a great idea. If companies are willing to pay for the leases, great. We need the cash. Brazil found a great deal of oil in 5000+ ft of water which will require very expensive drill platforms/ships costing 600,000 USD per day to operate. 'If' the U.S. can find oil in respectively shallow water, it would assist us in this crisis, down the road. If we keep putting off this exploration, we're going to face tighter supply down the road after all of these senators/representatives retire or get indicted.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: "Ted and Ted Wind Farm Show" canceled
In response to: "Ted and Ted Wind Farm Show" canceled
If Cape Wind was a back room deal, they got shafted. This has been under review for 7 years. Senators and Representatives should have been reigning in Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac as well as addressing this's country's energy needs to avoid the mess we are currently in.
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In response to: Coast Guard saves sailor, hits Ferry
In response to: Coast Guard saves sailor, hits Ferry
The ferry and the USCG vessel were not equipped with transponders and the USCG vessel was the 'burdened' vessel according to the rules of the road and should have given the ferry the right of way...
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In response to: Soaring gas prices guarantee Cape Wind's success
In response to: Soaring gas prices guarantee Cape Wind's success
$5 home heating oil a 100% increase in electricity bills will sober you up Monponsett. People will loose their jobs, default on their loans, loose their homes. Some folks are going to be living like popsicles in a freezer this winter.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/28/northeast_braces_for_home_heating_oil_increases/
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/28/northeast_braces_for_home_heating_oil_increases/
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In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
YES. Cape Wind would be the first large scale project in the United States an it would lead to additional investment in offshore wind farms which would in turn reduce the reliance on natural gas & oil.
Colonel Edwin Drake supposedly was the first person in the U.S. to drill for oil. Until this time, the primary lamp fuel had been whale oil. So this is when Nantucket lost it's hold on the US energy market and whaling and whale lamp oil prices hit the skids...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Drake
It is so ironic that folks around Nantucket Sound are against wind turbines but their predecessors were the ones hunting down whales for their oil.
Colonel Edwin Drake supposedly was the first person in the U.S. to drill for oil. Until this time, the primary lamp fuel had been whale oil. So this is when Nantucket lost it's hold on the US energy market and whaling and whale lamp oil prices hit the skids...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Drake
It is so ironic that folks around Nantucket Sound are against wind turbines but their predecessors were the ones hunting down whales for their oil.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
Or, this going to be three strikes (oil shocks) and you are out?
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In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
Cape Wind is the only feasible regional option that can come online in the near future. LNG prices are rising along with Crude prices. Nuclear takes decades to permit and build and requires a huge investment along with NIMBY opposition. (Do you think they'd put a nuke plant in Hyannisport?)
Who knows, maybe oil prices will retreat and we'll forget about this 'problem' for another decade or two.
Who knows, maybe oil prices will retreat and we'll forget about this 'problem' for another decade or two.
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In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
Maverick - Oil will probably close over $140/barrel today. Noone in their wildest dreams would have thought a year ago that this would be the case today. People are going to pay double to heat their homes an the electric bill will go through the roof. People have been pushing renewable energy since the last oil shock. In my view, that's been a bunch of BS. Either put up or shut up. You have folks like the Kennedys talking out both sides of their mouths. We're in this situation for a reason. Noone has had the forethought to protect the US by increasing supply of crude or getting us unhooked from overseas oil. So here we are waiting to go bankrupt. It will cost school systems twice as much to heat the schools and bus kids in. Imagine what it'll do to the already failing public transportation system on cape cod. How about the fishing fleet? They are already dealing with overfishing, fishing stock collapse and now $5 diesel.
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In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
http://www.wgbh.org/cainan/article?item_id=3354363 - Cape Wind was looking to lock in a long term contract with Cape Light Compact. This means the astronomical rates we'll be paying for petroleum/lng/coal based electricity will be far higher than what ratepayers would be paying for Cape Wind electricity. We wouold see saving immediately.
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In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
Maverick & Possee - seems like you missed the part about Cape Wind offering to lock in it's rates with the Cape Light Compact.(http://www.capelightcompact.org/)
"Mr Gordon stated that Cape Wind is seeking long term power supply contracts" - http://www.wgbh.org/cainan/article?item_id=3354363
So, given todays volatility in the energy markets, the savings from a long term contract would have been seen in the residential/commercial ratepayers bills immediately. Instead, we are getting jerked around by high prices and instability in the marketplace.
Ready to start taking the bus?
"Mr Gordon stated that Cape Wind is seeking long term power supply contracts" - http://www.wgbh.org/cainan/article?item_id=3354363
So, given todays volatility in the energy markets, the savings from a long term contract would have been seen in the residential/commercial ratepayers bills immediately. Instead, we are getting jerked around by high prices and instability in the marketplace.
Ready to start taking the bus?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
In response to: Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly
Wouldn't it be great if there was a clean renewable energy source out in Nantucket Sound powering 70% of Cape & Island homes with rates locked in with the Cape Light Compact?
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/06/26/analyst_sees_10_million_fewer_cars_by_2012/
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/06/26/analyst_sees_10_million_fewer_cars_by_2012/
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Major victory for Cape Wind against Alliance, others
In response to: Major victory for Cape Wind against Alliance, others
Marina operations is also a form of land grab as marinas operate on public property.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Major victory for Cape Wind against Alliance, others
In response to: Major victory for Cape Wind against Alliance, others
capecodjon - so you are against coal mining, oil production, and numberous other enterprises managed by the minerals management service? What about the right-of-ways granted to electric companies? Fishermen use public resources for private profit...
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In response to: Staggering and continued rise in electric costs predicted by US
In response to: Staggering and continued rise in electric costs predicted by US
When the proverbial stuff hits the fan, the SOS/Alliance folks disappear.
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In response to: Coast by the gas stations on a bike; Saudi hate no worry for clueless energy crowd
In response to: Coast by the gas stations on a bike; Saudi hate no worry for clueless energy crowd
These energy illiterate politicians need to go...
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In response to: Reap the Wind to Fight the Energy Crises
In response to: Reap the Wind to Fight the Energy Crises
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121382784900886363.html?mod=hps_us_inside_today
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Reap the Wind to Fight the Energy Crises
In response to: Reap the Wind to Fight the Energy Crises
Home heating today costs 42% more than it did last year...
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In response to: Reap the Wind to Fight the Energy Crises
In response to: Reap the Wind to Fight the Energy Crises
NSTAR jacked up the rate in March by 40% for commercial payers. NSTAR is jacking up the rate another 40% this summer.
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In response to: Reap the Wind to Fight the Energy Crises
In response to: Reap the Wind to Fight the Energy Crises
Solon - you are correct about Cheniere. We have 'tracking stations' located in LNG ports and can see little/no traffic coming into Cheniere. We also have stations in Trinidad and 'see' LNG tankers loading there all the time.
Some, such as the LNG tanker Suez Matthew head up to Boston.
Some, such as the LNG tanker Suez Matthew head up to Boston.
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In response to: Reap the Wind to Fight the Energy Crises
In response to: Reap the Wind to Fight the Energy Crises
Possee - Yes. Cape Wind would have locked in it's rates with the Cape Light Compact. And if the project had gone ahead sooner, it would have cost far less so the rate would have been lower.
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In response to: Unemployment takes worse jump in 21 years; Island gas over $5 a gallon; Cape Codders aren't bloodthirsty
In response to: Unemployment takes worse jump in 21 years; Island gas over $5 a gallon; Cape Codders aren't bloodthirsty
Woudn't it be great if there was a clean-renewable energy wind park in Nantucket Sound today to power 75% of the homes on cape cod at a fixed rate?
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In response to: Wind will power our future
In response to: Wind will power our future
Anyone looking forward to $150 a barrel oil?
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In response to: Wind will power our future
In response to: Wind will power our future
Due to overbuilding in other sectors of the maritime industry, I would expect that special purpose wind farm installation vessels will be built more quickly as time goes on as shipyard berths open up.
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In response to: Wind will power our future
In response to: Wind will power our future
Peter - in the 1860's 1% of lamp oil was from petroleum. Marcopolo - so somehow the baby oil on each turbine and the storage tanks in the main station equates to the ExxonValdez? What a joke.
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In response to: Wind will power our future
In response to: Wind will power our future
Peter - if you've ever gone sailing, you'd understand that the wind is stronger on the water. This is a simple fact. Horseshoe Shoal is in shallow water which makes it a relatively inexpensive location to site turbines.
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In response to: Wind will power our future
In response to: Wind will power our future
capecodjon - go for it. Get some investors and make a killing. in the meantime, cape wind is out there trying to get it done so that 75% of the cape is powered by wind. No matter how cheap your install is, it'll never get that much market share. There will always be locations that arent' suitable for it.
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In response to: Your choice; $130 a barrel or 130 Wind Turbines
In response to: Your choice; $130 a barrel or 130 Wind Turbines
possee - are you looking forward to heating oil costing over $5 a gallon and having to choose between heat and food? What will you do when you electric bill doubles? Do you really think 'big oil' is to blaim? It's the liberals who don't allow drilling off our coasts. Brazil's big find is in waters similar to the Grand Banks, which are probably the largest find we'd have, but congress doesn't allow drilling. If you think putting up a wind farm is tough, try putting up a new refinery.
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In response to: Alliance and oil companies fund anti-wind farm efforts here; Wind: Kerry challenger endorses Cape Wind; The Powerful Anti-Commodity
In response to: Alliance and oil companies fund anti-wind farm efforts here; Wind: Kerry challenger endorses Cape Wind; The Powerful Anti-Commodity
This sums it up for me: "Saudi Arabia has rejected a plea from President Bush to increase oil production, a top White House aide said today."
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In response to: Alliance and oil companies fund anti-wind farm efforts here; Wind: Kerry challenger endorses Cape Wind; The Powerful Anti-Commodity
In response to: Alliance and oil companies fund anti-wind farm efforts here; Wind: Kerry challenger endorses Cape Wind; The Powerful Anti-Commodity
Peter - so what if it doesn't lower rates? It's better than the fossil fuel alternative. You have to drill or mine for it which harms the environment. You have to move it which fouls and poses additional environmental risks and then you have to burn it which is the final insult. Can't you see the hypocracy here? A coal/oil man is the head of an environmental group trying to 'save' Nantucket Sound? That is a bunch of BS. This guy is protecting the future of his industries, plain and simple.
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In response to: Alliance and oil companies fund anti-wind farm efforts here; Wind: Kerry challenger endorses Cape Wind; The Powerful Anti-Commodity
In response to: Alliance and oil companies fund anti-wind farm efforts here; Wind: Kerry challenger endorses Cape Wind; The Powerful Anti-Commodity
Is is clear that a fossil fuel energy company is trying to push legislators to stop a clean-renewable energy project. The original filing will stay part of the government record which is a good thing. It is also clearly documented that Bill Koch, Oxbow and BKSH are in lock-step.
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
And to wrap up.. most of Horseshoe Shoal is greater than 9 feet at MLLW. So with the high tide, this type of vessel will be able to maneuver pretty much everywhere it needs to.
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
Peter - are you trying to spread misinformation intentionally or is it that you are just misinformed? Dredging isn't required as per Cape Wind's application. You are confused in thinking that dredging is necessary in order to get deck barges towed in for installation. The install vessel will come in, probably at high tide, position itself, and jack-up, install, jack-down and move on. I have no clue what Cape Wind's install plan will be but this is obviously a straight forward way to go about it.
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
Peter - You are incorrect. The Resolution is currently in service and can work in very shallow waters (3 meters).
http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/mayflower/specs.html.
http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/mayflower/specs.html.
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
Dutch based company IHC Gusto Engineering will design and supply various elements of the jacking system for the world’s first Wind Turbine Installation Vessel under a contract awarded by Mayflower Energy (UK). This unique vessel, serving a new offshore industry, has been ordered from China’s Shanhaiguan shipyard with an option for a second vessel. The vessel can, after arriving at the installation location, be fully jacked out of the water by its six legs. After jacking the vessel out of the water it will become a stable platform from which a 300 tons crane will be able to safely install the wind turbines.
The 130.5m long vessel (38m beam) with displacement of approx. 14,000 tons will be capable of working in water depths of maximum 35 meter. Each 60-meter long leg will be provided with the Gusto’s designed hydraulic jacking system. The entire system comprises 48 large size hydraulic cylinders enabling the 130-meter long vessel to be fully jacked-up above the water. Two sets of cylinders are applied to each leg and each set is able to provide the 2500t jacking capacity thus enab
The 130.5m long vessel (38m beam) with displacement of approx. 14,000 tons will be capable of working in water depths of maximum 35 meter. Each 60-meter long leg will be provided with the Gusto’s designed hydraulic jacking system. The entire system comprises 48 large size hydraulic cylinders enabling the 130-meter long vessel to be fully jacked-up above the water. Two sets of cylinders are applied to each leg and each set is able to provide the 2500t jacking capacity thus enab
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
About waste dumping, nothing has changed in Nantucket Sound. Vessels can still discharge raw sewage there and will be able to do so legally for years to come. What happens when viagra shows up in fish?
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
That Jack-up rig will be all over Horseshoe Shoal like white on rice. Why dredge when most if not all of the turbines can go in so easily?
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
ACCORDING TO CAPE WIND - NO DREDGING REQUIRED - JACK.
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
Ever hear of a jack-up rig Jack? That's how you install turbines without dredging...
"The vessel will have six jack-up legs so it will be able to provide a stable work platform in waters up to as shallow as 9 ft. (3 m), and as deep as 115 ft. (35 m). "
http://www.marinetalk.com/articles-marine-companies/art/Worlds-First-Wind-Turbine-Installation-Vessel-IHC00285839TU.html
"The vessel will have six jack-up legs so it will be able to provide a stable work platform in waters up to as shallow as 9 ft. (3 m), and as deep as 115 ft. (35 m). "
http://www.marinetalk.com/articles-marine-companies/art/Worlds-First-Wind-Turbine-Installation-Vessel-IHC00285839TU.html
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
Not really. My problem is that you are making unsubstantiated claims about the Cape Wind project which would power 75,000 homes on Cape Cod but make no mention of this MASSIVE dredging project. Think about it, the times does over 100 editorials bashing cape wind and we hear ZIP about this HUGE dredging project.
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
Holy crap. That's a lot of dredging.
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
Specifically,
the applicant proposes to mine approximately 2.6 million cubic yards of material from
approximately 195 acres within Nantucket shoals, and place sand within an area of
approximately 120 acres. Once equilibrium is reached, approximately 287 acres for intertidal
and subtidal habitat would be impacted. Of this area, 105 acres consist of cobble habitat. In
order to offset project impacts, the applicant proposes to place 28,000 concrete railroad ties as
artificial reefs within an area of 58.9 acres.
the applicant proposes to mine approximately 2.6 million cubic yards of material from
approximately 195 acres within Nantucket shoals, and place sand within an area of
approximately 120 acres. Once equilibrium is reached, approximately 287 acres for intertidal
and subtidal habitat would be impacted. Of this area, 105 acres consist of cobble habitat. In
order to offset project impacts, the applicant proposes to place 28,000 concrete railroad ties as
artificial reefs within an area of 58.9 acres.
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
Here's one that was out last year. You don't seem to have a problem with the rich folks dredging... http://www.realestatejournal.com/buysell/regionalnews/20070517-frank.html
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
I think you understand the point. This project doesn't happen in a vacuem. You can't dredge without a permit. That' pretty clear. Noone's going to dredge without the proper permits and oversight. Can't imagine folks like you are going to let that one go. While you are on the subject of dredging, why dredge marinas? who f'in cares what some yacht owners need. Do you have a problem with SOS/Alliance founder (Wayne Kurker) being allowed to dredge this year in 16 acres of Hyannis Harbor? http://www.mass.gov/envir/mepa/pdffiles/certificates/032108/14187enf.pdf and http://www.appliedcoastal.com/Projects.php?number=99-10&category=CC
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
Maverick - the largest threat to Stellwagon Bank is commercial and recreational fishing. Every single one of the 829 square miles of the preserve has been stirred up by bottom trawlers. So you think the boring required for wind turbines is somehow a major issue?
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In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
In response to: Wind energy expected to grow dramatically
The land/sea issue has been covered before. But, for you Peter...
In a nutshell, the average velocity of wind over water is greater than that over land. There are no obstructions in Horseshoe Shoal to slow the wind down.
Even a few extra knots of wind offer much greater returns on investment. Horseshoe Shoal is above water in areas at low tide so this is much more cost effective than out in the Atlantic (as you must know). It is funny how the Bush administration is ahead of the game here while liberal lion Ted Kennedy is against it.
In a nutshell, the average velocity of wind over water is greater than that over land. There are no obstructions in Horseshoe Shoal to slow the wind down.
Even a few extra knots of wind offer much greater returns on investment. Horseshoe Shoal is above water in areas at low tide so this is much more cost effective than out in the Atlantic (as you must know). It is funny how the Bush administration is ahead of the game here while liberal lion Ted Kennedy is against it.
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In response to: Kerry foe rips his anti-wind-farm stand; Windbags should pipe down on wind energy
In response to: Kerry foe rips his anti-wind-farm stand; Windbags should pipe down on wind energy
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/04/15/national/w131749D87.DTL&tsp=1
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In response to: The ferries should upgrade their navigation equipment
In response to: The ferries should upgrade their navigation equipment
Thanks Solon. I used to hear stories about how the old ship captains didn't like RADAR. They would tell their officers to shut it off even if they were running in fog. This is the same idea.
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In response to: The ferries should upgrade their navigation equipment
In response to: The ferries should upgrade their navigation equipment
Sometimes you wonder if it'll take a tragedy for governments to act...
http://www.panbo.com/archives/2007/07/boston_ferries_collide_lack_of_ais.html
http://www.panbo.com/archives/2007/07/boston_ferries_collide_lack_of_ais.html
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
Don't worry. The USCG is going to address the 'small boat threat' and reguire it on commercial vessels (including fishing vessels) as we'll as other vessels (steamship authority ferries, etc). The commercial fleets in New Bedford, Gloucester, and Pt. Judith are well aware of VMS which is onboard 2000+ vessels along the east coast. AIS is new but very useful for collision avoidance. It would be great if the ferries carried it. These folks talk a good game about navigation safety but rely on technology from a half century ago.
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
VMS is required if fishing vessels are fishing for certain species. If they have it, it must be on and transmitting. It is satellite based and required for certain fishing permits.
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
Maverick - What is AIS? AIS is the mariner’s most significant development in navigation safety since the introduction of radar
http://www.srt-marine.com/products-explained.php
http://www.srt-marine.com/products-explained.php
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
The fishermen I talked to from the New England Marine Fisheries Council disagree with you. Ask your friends how much they pay out and the total distance from the stern to the cod end when in 0-25 feet of water. No ability to manuever is due to the shallow depth of water. Also-what other species are your friends going after and do they have to have VMS aboard? And about the radar 'disturbances' when are your friends going to get AIS? What's fog got to do with manueverability?
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
Peter - your the one who brought it up in your interview with the alliance. You know the part where you say the turbines are 1/2 to 1/3 of a mile apart and your opinion was that no commercial fishing could be done within the project, and that these mobile gear fishing vessels would have 1000 feet of cable plus the net paid out going over the shoal...
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
Peter - I hear you were an ex-fisherman. Where do you get the idea that a mobile gear fishing vessel would have 1000 ft of cable/net out while steaming over a shoal? This sounds like a Marshall Dodge story (Bert & I took a ride on the bluebird...)"
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
Big news today is how Al Gore is coming up with a $300 Million green campaign. This is such BS. What about Gordon coming up with a $1 Billion clean energy project, A much better use of resources.
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1996/nstc96rp/sb12.htm
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
Maverick - FYI Peter K. doesn't want to answer my question so I have to ask it multiple times in the hopes that he'll finally give in and respond...
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
Maverick = Nantucket Sound isn't a no-discharge area yet. It will be many years before that is the case. The ferries will continue to dump raw and minimally treated sewage for many years to come. Same goes for the smaller vessels including Kennedy's boat. No I haven't been invited aboard. I am supposing which is something that let to the ferry dumping coverage last year!
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
Maverick - any vessel of that size can legally dump raw sewage into Nantucket Sound. Are you saying he has his boat pumped out?
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
Peter - I hear you were an ex-fisherman. Where do you get the idea that a mobile gear fishing vessel would have 1000 ft of cable/net out while steaming over a shoal? This sounds like a Marshall Dodge story (Bert & I took a ride on the bluebird...)
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
It also isn't the first time his yacht dumped raw sewage either...
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In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
It is against the law to spill fuel and not report it. Did someone report this to the harbormaster or USCG?
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In response to: 28% rate hike asked for natural gas; Turbines proposed in Buzzards Bay; Fishermen concerned about herring loss
In response to: 28% rate hike asked for natural gas; Turbines proposed in Buzzards Bay; Fishermen concerned about herring loss
Excellent news to start the weekend.
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In response to: Above the Law or Living on the Edge
In response to: Above the Law or Living on the Edge
What gets me is the raw sewage dumping. What's up with that?
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In response to: The Kennedy-Forest-Delahunt game plan
In response to: The Kennedy-Forest-Delahunt game plan
Peter - I have a bone to pick with you. I understand you were once a commercial fisherman. You also recently put together 3 shows featuring SOS/Alliance folks. You stated that 1000+ foot trawler (mobile gear fishing vessels) tows would be affected by turbines 1/4 to 1/2 mile apart. Seems fishy to me...
What's the average tow (stern to cod end):depth ratio? Seems like a vessel in 50 feet of water at maximum (in/near Horseshoe Shoal) would not be paying out that much cable? How much research have you done into the amount of fishing done on the shoal? These bogus claims are making the fishing folks in New Bedford and Point Judith (I talked to two members of the NE Marine Fisheries Council) laugh...
What's the average tow (stern to cod end):depth ratio? Seems like a vessel in 50 feet of water at maximum (in/near Horseshoe Shoal) would not be paying out that much cable? How much research have you done into the amount of fishing done on the shoal? These bogus claims are making the fishing folks in New Bedford and Point Judith (I talked to two members of the NE Marine Fisheries Council) laugh...
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In response to: Over 300 attend Martha's Vineyard Cape Wind hearing last night
In response to: Over 300 attend Martha's Vineyard Cape Wind hearing last night
Peter - the point Solon is making is that steel structures act as artificial reefs.
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In response to: Cape Wind - Which way should the wind blow?
In response to: Cape Wind - Which way should the wind blow?
It's never as good as the first time...
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In response to: Cape Wind - Which way should the wind blow?
In response to: Cape Wind - Which way should the wind blow?
Monponsett - what's going to get you off the fence? An oil shock? Another war? An oil spill??
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In response to: Cape Wind - Which way should the wind blow?
In response to: Cape Wind - Which way should the wind blow?
One way to figure it out is to try and understand what it would take to get every house on Cape Cod off the grid. Each house would need solar panels and/or rooftop turbines (if zoning allows it) and/or their lot would have to be an acre in size and have the offsets for a 75 foot tall tower on a cement pad and be in a windy location. So compair that to 140 turbines on a shoal a minimum of 6 miles offshore. The population of the US is expected to double in the next decades. If so, there will be need to be more powerplants. Are they going to use coal (requiring mountaintop removal) or nuclear (nuclear waste issues) or renewables? There's no way that every household on cape cod will get itself off the grid. This project is the only shot at making that much of an impact. It won't 'save' you money on your electricity bill. It may stabilize the price and or keep prices lower than they'd otherwise go with oil/lng at historic rates.
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In response to: Latest ploy to stop Cape Wind
In response to: Latest ploy to stop Cape Wind
looks like Mirant (running at 17% capacity) may be shut down anyway...
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In response to: Glowing grades don't lie, Cape Wind is not the villain
In response to: Glowing grades don't lie, Cape Wind is not the villain
Tron44 - I guess holding the American's Cup in Rhode Island Sound (in August) for over 100 years wasn't a good idea after all?
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In response to: Martha’s Vineyard Oil Company Pays Penalty to Settle Clean Water Violations
In response to: Martha’s Vineyard Oil Company Pays Penalty to Settle Clean Water Violations
Oil for the Vineyard is transported in single hull barges...
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In response to: An answer in the wind
In response to: An answer in the wind
Barbara will continue to talk about the outdated Altamont Pass project even though she clearly knows that new turbine designs are bird-friendly.
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In response to: An answer in the wind
In response to: An answer in the wind
Tim - Hi there. Great article. Question: as an ex-editor, is there a "chinese wall" between editor/newsroom staff and the ownership business side of the publication?
For example, is the editor under pressure by internal/outside interests to develop a certain viewpoint?
To be on topic, isn't there already a lot of out-of-control development in the carolinas along the waterfront?
I've head it is 'shameless' development?
Why would there be such a concern over wind turbines in this context?
For example, is the editor under pressure by internal/outside interests to develop a certain viewpoint?
To be on topic, isn't there already a lot of out-of-control development in the carolinas along the waterfront?
I've head it is 'shameless' development?
Why would there be such a concern over wind turbines in this context?
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In response to: Favorable federal statement should silence doubts about Cape Wind
In response to: Favorable federal statement should silence doubts about Cape Wind
Pretty much every fisherman I've talked to doesn't see the wind farm as having any impact on them...
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In response to: Favorable federal statement should silence doubts about Cape Wind
In response to: Favorable federal statement should silence doubts about Cape Wind
Well said...
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In response to: Cape Wind gets a "thumbs up" from the Feds
In response to: Cape Wind gets a "thumbs up" from the Feds
We're lost... "where the f%^k are we..." It is a 'fun' race followed by an extended happy hour... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figawi
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In response to: Cape Wind gets a "thumbs up" from the Feds
In response to: Cape Wind gets a "thumbs up" from the Feds
Hold on. Hold on. There will be a MODERATE impact on the Figawi Race. That is obviously going to be entirely unacceptible to Mr Kennedy.
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In response to: Cape Wind Zero Hour today at 11; National parks for sale
In response to: Cape Wind Zero Hour today at 11; National parks for sale
It is hilarious that MMS would even mention the impacts of an energy project on a yachting event like the drunken FIGAWI race (as in where the f'k are we...).
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In response to: Cape Wind Zero Hour today at 11; National parks for sale
In response to: Cape Wind Zero Hour today at 11; National parks for sale
I'm seeing a lot of negligible/minor impact statements from the MMS report. Noteworthy is the fact that there would be a moderate affect on the Figawi Race in terms of competing use!
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In response to: Local Pols, Chamber, fly to DC to tilt at windmills; A mayor for Barnstable?
In response to: Local Pols, Chamber, fly to DC to tilt at windmills; A mayor for Barnstable?
Don't these folks have more important things to do on the taxpayers' dime? How about fixing the cape public transporation issue?
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In response to: 1976: Argo Merchant runs aground
In response to: 1976: Argo Merchant runs aground
I can't imagine that the cape wind opponents understand that the bunker oil and residual fuel oil from this spill still exists and can be found near the seafloor surface, similar to the oil still found in Falmouth Harbor after the 1969 spill...
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In response to: A brief word about this weekend’s water crisis in hyannis
In response to: A brief word about this weekend’s water crisis in hyannis
Excellent post. Janet - thank you for posting such a detailed blog in order to get the word out.
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In response to: Buzzards Bay is protected from a major oil-barge spill but Nantucket Sound is not
In response to: Buzzards Bay is protected from a major oil-barge spill but Nantucket Sound is not
Over the course of a year, 1250x more petroleum product transits Nantucket Sound.
Moving single hull tankers are the problem, not double contained mineral/baby oil on a fixed platform located in shoal water.
The SOS/Alliance is part of the waterkeepers and knows what their neighbors are up to. The reason they don't speak up about this issue is that Cape Wind is their priority.
Their only real issue is the view, nothing more.
Moving single hull tankers are the problem, not double contained mineral/baby oil on a fixed platform located in shoal water.
The SOS/Alliance is part of the waterkeepers and knows what their neighbors are up to. The reason they don't speak up about this issue is that Cape Wind is their priority.
Their only real issue is the view, nothing more.
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In response to: Buzzards Bay is protected from a major oil-barge spill but Nantucket Sound is not
In response to: Buzzards Bay is protected from a major oil-barge spill but Nantucket Sound is not
Marine vessel traffic would increase for a very short period of time. Cruise ships carry more fuel in their moving tanks than the entire wind farm project and most of the required marine equipment/vessels.
Single hull vessels carrying petroleum products pose enough risk in Buzzards Bay that the USCG is now requiring tug escorts.
Why not the same consideration in Nantucket Sound which is only a few miles away?
The revised MA Oil Spill Prevention Act is already 95% through the process. Noone (Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound) has even considered this requirement for Nantucket Sound.
This supposed 'pristine' body of water consistenly get's neglected in favor of it's neighbors (Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay for protection from vessel sewage) and tug escorts for petroleum carrying vessels.
Single hull vessels carrying petroleum products pose enough risk in Buzzards Bay that the USCG is now requiring tug escorts.
Why not the same consideration in Nantucket Sound which is only a few miles away?
The revised MA Oil Spill Prevention Act is already 95% through the process. Noone (Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound) has even considered this requirement for Nantucket Sound.
This supposed 'pristine' body of water consistenly get's neglected in favor of it's neighbors (Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay for protection from vessel sewage) and tug escorts for petroleum carrying vessels.
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In response to: Cape Cod gets medical examiner's office; Not Your Average credit card scam; Bluefin ban coming; Harwich can dredge; Frustrated fishermen
In response to: Cape Cod gets medical examiner's office; Not Your Average credit card scam; Bluefin ban coming; Harwich can dredge; Frustrated fishermen
Why is it that fishing stocks rebound when fishing is curtailed?
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In response to: The airports to nowhere
In response to: The airports to nowhere
What a BS artist. Now we're dealing with air traffic safety? What about the other top tier airports?????
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In response to: The airports to nowhere
In response to: The airports to nowhere
Vacation destinations VITAL to national security??
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In response to: Cape Cod Commission gives thumbs down to Cape Wind
In response to: Cape Cod Commission gives thumbs down to Cape Wind
Sounds like the locals won't be able to figure this one out. The FEDS will...
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In response to: Coordinated effort begins to stop sewage dumping in Nantucket Sound
In response to: Coordinated effort begins to stop sewage dumping in Nantucket Sound
What is also interesting is that this is the case in most parts of the country. Federal waters can be used as sewers.
Where's Senator Kennedy and RFK Jr. when you need them? Oh.. that's right. They are trying to kill wind farms in Nantucket Sound.
Where's Senator Kennedy and RFK Jr. when you need them? Oh.. that's right. They are trying to kill wind farms in Nantucket Sound.
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In response to: Coordinated effort begins to stop sewage dumping in Nantucket Sound
In response to: Coordinated effort begins to stop sewage dumping in Nantucket Sound
Solon - no kidding. Why is it that Save our Sound is siding with Hy-Line in requesting public money for pump-out systems for Hy-Line? It costs BIG bucks to take the Hy-Line high speed ferry. They make big coin with their ferries. The least they can do is pump out their own boats. This is pollution plain and simple. Would the public be willing to pay to connect a McDonalds to the sewage lines? Why is it acceptible to discharge sewage into a restricted body of water but it isn't acceptable to take a leak in a parking lot?
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In response to: Cat Owners are Killers
In response to: Cat Owners are Killers
Well put. The anti-Cape Wind folks always claim that the project will kill thousands of birds each year. Meanwhile, cats on Cape Cod alone kill thousands of birds each week.
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In response to: Unfair meddling in Cape Wind
In response to: Unfair meddling in Cape Wind
This editorial is based on facts, unlike the more than 80 editorials done by the Cape Cod Times...
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In response to: Harness the Hot Air
In response to: Harness the Hot Air
Right on.
Alliance/SOS claims a spill from 40,000 gallons of mineral (baby) oil is a major concern. What about the 50 million gallons transferred annually by single hull barges in Nantucket Sound?
Alliance/SOS claims a spill from 40,000 gallons of mineral (baby) oil is a major concern. What about the 50 million gallons transferred annually by single hull barges in Nantucket Sound?
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In response to: Cape Cod Commission subcommittee urges full commission vote against Cape Wind
In response to: Cape Cod Commission subcommittee urges full commission vote against Cape Wind
Wow. And I thought these commission memebers were somewhat informed...
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In response to: Cape Cod Commission subcommittee urges full commission vote against Cape Wind
In response to: Cape Cod Commission subcommittee urges full commission vote against Cape Wind
I wonder why the CCC is interested in those funds?? More jobs for CCC staff?
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In response to: Cape Cod Commission subcommittee urges full commission vote against Cape Wind
In response to: Cape Cod Commission subcommittee urges full commission vote against Cape Wind
In Sections III.C.2.a, III.C.2.b, and III.C.2.c, above, the Siting Board has reviewed the
record evidence regarding the marine construction impacts, the land-based construction impacts,
and the permanent impacts of the proposed transmission lines, and has imposed mitigation where
necessary to minimize the environmental impacts of the proposed transmission lines. Based on
its review of the record, the Siting Board finds that Cape Wind has provided sufficient
information regarding environmental impacts and potential mitigation measures to allow us to
determine that it has achieved the proper balance among environmental impacts.
record evidence regarding the marine construction impacts, the land-based construction impacts,
and the permanent impacts of the proposed transmission lines, and has imposed mitigation where
necessary to minimize the environmental impacts of the proposed transmission lines. Based on
its review of the record, the Siting Board finds that Cape Wind has provided sufficient
information regarding environmental impacts and potential mitigation measures to allow us to
determine that it has achieved the proper balance among environmental impacts.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: "National treasure" is regional sewer
In response to: "National treasure" is regional sewer
Barbara - don't worry about that. It is being taken care of. The politicians that are being bought out by Alliance/SOS should be happy to be kept on the payroll as they will need to work to get Nantucket Sound's federal portion included in the NDA status. Act of Congress (same as the kill Cape Wind bill...) is required.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: "National treasure" is regional sewer
In response to: "National treasure" is regional sewer
The Steamship Authorty and Hy-Line imperil their passengers by not installing the most up-to-date collision avoidance equipment available to them.
At a cost of under 5000 per vessel, it is a minimal investment to vastly improve the safety of these same passengers.
At a cost of under 5000 per vessel, it is a minimal investment to vastly improve the safety of these same passengers.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Phoenix does Peter - House Pest
In response to: Phoenix does Peter - House Pest
Right on. The casino issue has been in the media for months and no one, except Peter, has done any substantional background checks.
It makes you wonder what else the mainstream media is missing...
It makes you wonder what else the mainstream media is missing...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Public comment from Cape Cod Commission hearing on Cape Wind
In response to: Public comment from Cape Cod Commission hearing on Cape Wind
Maverick - have you talked to your buddies in RI about Mt. Hope Bay and the coal power plant which has killed off most of the fish in the bay??
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Public comment from Cape Cod Commission hearing on Cape Wind
In response to: Public comment from Cape Cod Commission hearing on Cape Wind
Maverick....
What do you mean? The discovery that the Hy-Line & Steamship Authority pay for lobbying efforts to stop a wind farm but never think twice about discharging sewage into Nantucket Sound?
What do you mean? The discovery that the Hy-Line & Steamship Authority pay for lobbying efforts to stop a wind farm but never think twice about discharging sewage into Nantucket Sound?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Public comment from Cape Cod Commission hearing on Cape Wind
In response to: Public comment from Cape Cod Commission hearing on Cape Wind
Maverick... come on...
what where we doing 100 years ago, before big oil. Whaling off Nantucket..
Progress dude...
what where we doing 100 years ago, before big oil. Whaling off Nantucket..
Progress dude...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: A good season for Cape; New effort to revive oil spill bill
In response to: A good season for Cape; New effort to revive oil spill bill
The Massachusetts Legislature needs to stay away from manning, watchstanding, and equipment requirements.
This is clearly the mandate of the federal government.
San Francisco Bay, Los Angeles/Long Beach, and Prince William Sound in Alaska have escort tugs. They have tracking/monitoring systems.
They do not step into the federal responsibilities.
The state needs to push more in areas like monitoring of traffic and state pilotage requirements. The state needs to stay out of mandating what happens aboard the vessels.
This is clearly the mandate of the federal government.
San Francisco Bay, Los Angeles/Long Beach, and Prince William Sound in Alaska have escort tugs. They have tracking/monitoring systems.
They do not step into the federal responsibilities.
The state needs to push more in areas like monitoring of traffic and state pilotage requirements. The state needs to stay out of mandating what happens aboard the vessels.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Wampanoag tribal council ousts Glenn Marshall as chairman
In response to: Wampanoag tribal council ousts Glenn Marshall as chairman
wow... gotta hand it to Peter and Cape Cod Today for getting this story out.
Talk about getting the scoop...
It is such BS that 'mainstream media' isn't attributing this story to the folks who dug it up.
Talk about getting the scoop...
It is such BS that 'mainstream media' isn't attributing this story to the folks who dug it up.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Tribal leader convicted of rape in 1981, claims as war hero and police officer unsubstantiated
In response to: Tribal leader convicted of rape in 1981, claims as war hero and police officer unsubstantiated
GREAT JOB CAPE COD TODAY!
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Long Island offshore wind farm scuttled; Cape Wind predicted this outcome 4 years ago
In response to: Long Island offshore wind farm scuttled; Cape Wind predicted this outcome 4 years ago
How can the times get away with saying the project was in Long Island Sound?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Who actually opposes the proposed wind farm?
In response to: Who actually opposes the proposed wind farm?
Sorta like how Senator Kennedy supports 100% of the 14% opposed to cape wind?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Who actually opposes the proposed wind farm?
In response to: Who actually opposes the proposed wind farm?
very few oppose the project. If it wasn't for Hyannis Marina and the Wianno Club, this would be a done deal.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Response to Senator Kennedy, Unabridged
In response to: Response to Senator Kennedy, Unabridged
Six years of review isn't rushing into anything...
TIME FOR A DECISION.
TIME FOR A DECISION.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Customers allegedly pulls knife at convenience store; Fuel spill at Hyannis harbor; Home invasuions injures two in Sandwich
In response to: Customers allegedly pulls knife at convenience store; Fuel spill at Hyannis harbor; Home invasuions injures two in Sandwich
I'm surprised SOS/Alliance isn't requiring that Hy-Line have oil spill booms around all ferry/commercial vessels during refueling operations.
They seemed so concerned about mineral oil in wind turbines....
They seemed so concerned about mineral oil in wind turbines....
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Local daily on the anti-wind farm attack... again
In response to: Local daily on the anti-wind farm attack... again
I'm curious as to why the Cape Cod Times hasn't pursued the sewage issue in the same way that Cape Cod Today did.
For example, Cape Cod Today ran 6 stories on sewage in the sound. Cape Cod Times ran one story only. No editorials. 75 editorials for wind farm opposition and none for sewage?
For example, Cape Cod Today ran 6 stories on sewage in the sound. Cape Cod Times ran one story only. No editorials. 75 editorials for wind farm opposition and none for sewage?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
Nantucket Shoals is home to the second largest oil spill in US history. It is funny how little known this is.
All the BS about the need for renewable energy and we haven't done anything about it....
All the BS about the need for renewable energy and we haven't done anything about it....
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Daily Show to tackle Cape Wind, make fun of Alliance
In response to: Daily Show to tackle Cape Wind, make fun of Alliance
Next stop: The Colbert Repor...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Daily Show to tackle Cape Wind, make fun of Alliance
In response to: Daily Show to tackle Cape Wind, make fun of Alliance
This is the big leagues... If you get slammed by the John Steward show, you might as well hang up the towel.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
Farmers and oil companies get some healthy subsidies. The suger farmers down in Florida are very well subsidized to the detriment of farmers from 3rd world countries...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Another bogus Alliance claim bites the dust
In response to: Another bogus Alliance claim bites the dust
This is just too much to ask of the alliance. I mean for heaven's sake, they don't even have the cash to run their own boat. (They borrow one when they 'need it.')
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: SSA should be regulated by Islanders not the State
In response to: SSA should be regulated by Islanders not the State
Sounds good to me. Someone needs to stop SSA from discharging sewage into the sound!
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: What do Crosby Beach UK and Nantucket Sound have in common?
In response to: What do Crosby Beach UK and Nantucket Sound have in common?
Gormley ought to be invited to Hyannis.
It would be a great idea for his exhibit to be installed in Hyannis Harbor as it would help the no discharge area cause..
It would be a great idea for his exhibit to be installed in Hyannis Harbor as it would help the no discharge area cause..
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Nantucket Sound, Mitt Romney and Energy Independence
In response to: Nantucket Sound, Mitt Romney and Energy Independence
I hear that some commercial fishermen in nantucket sound don't even have marine heads and so they go in a bucket...
Do they dump it over the side or haul the bucket back to port?
Do they dump it over the side or haul the bucket back to port?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Boston Phoenix jumps on "Cape Wind - the book" boycott
In response to: Boston Phoenix jumps on "Cape Wind - the book" boycott
In addition - Nantucket Soundkeepers (enviro in name only) ought to remove him from the supporters list.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Boston Phoenix jumps on "Cape Wind - the book" boycott
In response to: Boston Phoenix jumps on "Cape Wind - the book" boycott
Barbara (Durkin) - Scudder should have MSD on his boats rather than dumping raw sewage in Nantucket Sound.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Dumped sewerage 70 times more toxic than allowed for swimming, fishing
In response to: Dumped sewerage 70 times more toxic than allowed for swimming, fishing
They may be following the law BUT they are a state agency and are polluting the sound. They are treating the sewage but are not treating the nitrogen which causes algae blooms.
Why not just pump ashore?
Why not just pump ashore?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Dumped sewerage 70 times more toxic than allowed for swimming, fishing
In response to: Dumped sewerage 70 times more toxic than allowed for swimming, fishing
3 million ferry passengers...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Dumped sewerage 70 times more toxic than allowed for swimming, fishing
In response to: Dumped sewerage 70 times more toxic than allowed for swimming, fishing
The majority of this sewage comes from the 3 million ferries. The cruise ships can and should discharge to shore facilities as they also are at the dock often.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Boston Phoenix jumps on "Cape Wind - the book" boycott
In response to: Boston Phoenix jumps on "Cape Wind - the book" boycott
bobcat87 - i think you need to bear in mind the fact that these politicians missed the real environmental issue...
They focused on a clean renewable project rather than stopping sewage from killing off the environment.
They focused on a clean renewable project rather than stopping sewage from killing off the environment.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: WSJ, Times, Herald review "Cape Wind - the book", PBS Reports
In response to: WSJ, Times, Herald review "Cape Wind - the book", PBS Reports
Try to discharge sewage in Long Island Sound in two weeks...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: WSJ, Times, Herald review "Cape Wind - the book", PBS Reports
In response to: WSJ, Times, Herald review "Cape Wind - the book", PBS Reports
Steamship Authority opposes the project but it's environmental practices are truly disgusting.
Opponents of Cape Wind point to the 'pristine' nature of Nantucket Sound.
Opponents of the project were/are not aware of this environmental practice of one of their supporters.
Opponents of Cape Wind point to the 'pristine' nature of Nantucket Sound.
Opponents of the project were/are not aware of this environmental practice of one of their supporters.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: WSJ, Times, Herald review "Cape Wind - the book", PBS Reports
In response to: WSJ, Times, Herald review "Cape Wind - the book", PBS Reports
The ardent 'environmentalists' of cape cod need to know that publically operated ferries in Nantucket Sound are discharging human excrement into the sound.
5x to 70x the allowable limit of bacteria for fishing/swimming...
5x to 70x the allowable limit of bacteria for fishing/swimming...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: WSJ, Times, Herald review "Cape Wind - the book", PBS Reports
In response to: WSJ, Times, Herald review "Cape Wind - the book", PBS Reports
Ahh... this day will live in infamy...
It is wonderful that the Cape Wind (book/project) issue is finally getting the attention that it deserves.
It is wonderful that the Cape Wind (book/project) issue is finally getting the attention that it deserves.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Letters protest media boycott of book events
In response to: Letters protest media boycott of book events
Maverick - when are you heading to spain? They've got some serious wind farm projects over there.
By the way... your cut+paste from greg butcher is a bit lopsided.
This paragraph was right about the one you cut&pasted...
Even if biologists underestimate the number of birds killed by turbines, the damage is surely smaller, in orders of magnitude, than the numbers killed in other ways. While a 2001 study surmised that some 10,000 to 40,000 birds die in wind turbines each year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contends that these numbers are out of date and that the true mortality figures are much higher. Still, an estimated 100 million birds are killed a year by hunting housecats, and as many as 60 million die from collisions with cars and trucks.
By the way... your cut+paste from greg butcher is a bit lopsided.
This paragraph was right about the one you cut&pasted...
Even if biologists underestimate the number of birds killed by turbines, the damage is surely smaller, in orders of magnitude, than the numbers killed in other ways. While a 2001 study surmised that some 10,000 to 40,000 birds die in wind turbines each year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contends that these numbers are out of date and that the true mortality figures are much higher. Still, an estimated 100 million birds are killed a year by hunting housecats, and as many as 60 million die from collisions with cars and trucks.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Media boycott of book causes windstorm of protest
In response to: Media boycott of book causes windstorm of protest
Ya neil, if you don't like open debate/discussion about Cape Wind, they are the news source for you..
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Letters protest media boycott of book events
In response to: Letters protest media boycott of book events
There's one big difference. NPR/WGBH gets funding in part from the public.
Privately owned media can do what they want but when taxpayers are footing the bill, even-handed coverage is required.
Privately owned media can do what they want but when taxpayers are footing the bill, even-handed coverage is required.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
This is great as other municipalities interested in the idea can use these numbers to get basic idea prior to committing larger amounts of funds to go forward. This is great!
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
No problem if you want to remove that comment.
But to be fair, an Alliance/SOS staffer admitted to making false statements & sending false press releases to the MA legislature.
This, in my view, is paid-for subversion of the democratic process.
Audra may not have meant to claim 400,000 flights per day over horseshoe shoal. If so, she needs to clarify what she meant. I called Alliance/SOS and asked for clarification and haven't gotten a call back (yet).
She claimed a UK MCA 1.5 nm 'safe separation distance' which is an incorrect statement. She is intimately aware of this I'm sure so I find it hard to believe that she can screw up at least 2 of 3 'cliff note/30 seconds to sum it up' responses after 5+ years on the speaking circuit...
But to be fair, an Alliance/SOS staffer admitted to making false statements & sending false press releases to the MA legislature.
This, in my view, is paid-for subversion of the democratic process.
Audra may not have meant to claim 400,000 flights per day over horseshoe shoal. If so, she needs to clarify what she meant. I called Alliance/SOS and asked for clarification and haven't gotten a call back (yet).
She claimed a UK MCA 1.5 nm 'safe separation distance' which is an incorrect statement. She is intimately aware of this I'm sure so I find it hard to believe that she can screw up at least 2 of 3 'cliff note/30 seconds to sum it up' responses after 5+ years on the speaking circuit...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
I suppose that Audra was just tired from a late night reading Cape Wind...
(she did have bags under her eyes and looked a bit stressed out)
That's a lot of pressure to be in front of the camera with little/no documentation to back up your claims...
(she did have bags under her eyes and looked a bit stressed out)
That's a lot of pressure to be in front of the camera with little/no documentation to back up your claims...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
What was the guys name at Alliance who made up names/companies in order to spread rumors at the MA state house??
Didn't he get convicted of a felony or at least get a slap on the wrist??
Didn't he get convicted of a felony or at least get a slap on the wrist??
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
Lawsuits or the theats of them seem to be the method of choice for Alliance/SOS to shut people up....
I'll rephrase my statement above as in my opinion, Audra is paid to make intentional mis-statements...
I'll rephrase my statement above as in my opinion, Audra is paid to make intentional mis-statements...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
That's why Alliance/SOS tried to stop the process with well documented back door manuevers.
Alliance/SOS has made numerous efforts to subvert the political/public process.
Alliance/SOS has made numerous efforts to subvert the political/public process.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
And who the heck is Audra Parker/SOS/Alliance anyway?
Horseshoe Shoals is in FEDERAL WATERS.
Horseshoe Shoals is in FEDERAL WATERS.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
Saying go away or not here but around the corner in the north atlantic isn't a solution.
If Alliance/SOS wants to provide a solution to the cape's power needs, it ought to get together those rich&famous folks on Nantucket Sound and pass the hat.
They are the ruling class and should be smart enough to get the US out of this foreign oil mess, right?
If Alliance/SOS wants to provide a solution to the cape's power needs, it ought to get together those rich&famous folks on Nantucket Sound and pass the hat.
They are the ruling class and should be smart enough to get the US out of this foreign oil mess, right?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
Neil - I guess we can't agree that 4 MMA turbines would make the campus entirely electricity self sufficient...
Also - if we're on the subject of statements, Alliance/SOS paid media spokesperson with many public statements, after 5+ years on the job, comes out with 400,000 flights per day.
If I screw up that's one thing, but she is paid to lie, not screw up 2 out of 3 cliff note questions...
Also - if we're on the subject of statements, Alliance/SOS paid media spokesperson with many public statements, after 5+ years on the job, comes out with 400,000 flights per day.
If I screw up that's one thing, but she is paid to lie, not screw up 2 out of 3 cliff note questions...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
Navigational authorities??
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: No boats in new breakthrough; Candidates spar; Teachers file for mediation
In response to: No boats in new breakthrough; Candidates spar; Teachers file for mediation
Damn. Wrong again.. I was right the first time...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
Why doesnt' the alliance subsidise the cost difference for installation and maintenance...?
The $15 million spent by Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound to make false claims, false statements during TV appearances, court appearances, etc. could have been better used, in my view...
The $15 million spent by Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound to make false claims, false statements during TV appearances, court appearances, etc. could have been better used, in my view...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: No boats in new breakthrough; Candidates spar; Teachers file for mediation
In response to: No boats in new breakthrough; Candidates spar; Teachers file for mediation
No. sorry.. I'm wrong..
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: No boats in new breakthrough; Candidates spar; Teachers file for mediation
In response to: No boats in new breakthrough; Candidates spar; Teachers file for mediation
And she is wrong.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: No boats in new breakthrough; Candidates spar; Teachers file for mediation
In response to: No boats in new breakthrough; Candidates spar; Teachers file for mediation
Watch the videa again dona...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
I don't think it is worth it to lie in order to sway public opinion which is the hallmark of Alliance/SOS.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
You won't many facts and much truthfullness from the Alliance/SOS/opposition on CCT...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
Capri - do you really think 400000 flights a day go in/out of airports near/around nantucket shoal..?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
Capri - do you think the UK MCA has a 1.5 mile "safe separation distance" and that is specifically addresses wind farms?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
Capri - do you really think 400000 flights a day go in/out of airports near/around nantucket shoal..?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
I think Audra Parker/Alliance/SOS are the master of incorrect statements...
400,000 flights per day??
1.5 mile safe separation distance?
400,000 flights per day??
1.5 mile safe separation distance?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
400,000 flights a day is an awful lot. O'Hare had 71,000+ from January to March of 2007 and is rated the second busiest airport in the world.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
It is also interesting that Don Young would have allowed UK studies to directly influence US lawmaking.
The USCG is far larger than the UK MCA
(The US is far larger than the UK...) and the USCG is capable of determing how/if a wind farm will affect safe navigation in Nantucket Sound.
The UK MCA is a much smaller organization than the USCG and is responsible for navigation safety and search and rescue. Another organization called Trinity House is responsible for installation & maintenance of aids to navigation like bouys and lights.
The USCG is far larger than the UK MCA
(The US is far larger than the UK...) and the USCG is capable of determing how/if a wind farm will affect safe navigation in Nantucket Sound.
The UK MCA is a much smaller organization than the USCG and is responsible for navigation safety and search and rescue. Another organization called Trinity House is responsible for installation & maintenance of aids to navigation like bouys and lights.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
In response to: Auto death charge; Global warming on The Cape; Bob & Wendy, Audra & Zilch
Wow. Wendy Williams is right. The Alliance/SOS is full of false statements:
Audra Parker "UK MCA has a 1.5 mile safe separation distance"
In fact, the UKMA has a 500 meter requirement which is based on the UN Law of the Sea: see the story here."
Audra should have the 500 meter number committed to memory as she is certainly aware of this. It was also included as part of the study commissioned by Alliance in 2004...
No UK MCA change of policy was made.
The UK MCA did not make changes to it's siting requirements for any offshore structure(s), which includes wind farms.
Audra goes on to reference the same ol' arguments about navigation safety. Mariners deal with obstructions (like Horseshoe Shoal) on a regular basis and so this argument is very tired.
Audra Parker "UK MCA has a 1.5 mile safe separation distance"
In fact, the UKMA has a 500 meter requirement which is based on the UN Law of the Sea: see the story here."
Audra should have the 500 meter number committed to memory as she is certainly aware of this. It was also included as part of the study commissioned by Alliance in 2004...
No UK MCA change of policy was made.
The UK MCA did not make changes to it's siting requirements for any offshore structure(s), which includes wind farms.
Audra goes on to reference the same ol' arguments about navigation safety. Mariners deal with obstructions (like Horseshoe Shoal) on a regular basis and so this argument is very tired.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: No boats in new breakthrough; Candidates spar; Teachers file for mediation
In response to: No boats in new breakthrough; Candidates spar; Teachers file for mediation
... the UK MCA has the 500meter rule...
view the story:
Audra Parker "UK MCA has a 1.5 mile safe separation distance"
In fact, the USCG has a 500 meter requirement which is based on the UN Law of the Sea:
http://www.mgn.com/news/dailystorydetails.cfm?storyid=6313&type=2
view the story:
Audra Parker "UK MCA has a 1.5 mile safe separation distance"
In fact, the USCG has a 500 meter requirement which is based on the UN Law of the Sea:
http://www.mgn.com/news/dailystorydetails.cfm?storyid=6313&type=2
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: No boats in new breakthrough; Candidates spar; Teachers file for mediation
In response to: No boats in new breakthrough; Candidates spar; Teachers file for mediation
Another false statement from the Alliance/SOS
Audra Parker "UK MCA has a 1.5 mile safe separation distance"
In fact, the USCG has a 500 meter requirement which is based on the UN Law of the Sea:
http://www.mgn.com/news/dailystorydetails.cfm?storyid=6313&type=2
Accoring to John Adams, "Facts are stubborn things."
Audra Parker "UK MCA has a 1.5 mile safe separation distance"
In fact, the USCG has a 500 meter requirement which is based on the UN Law of the Sea:
http://www.mgn.com/news/dailystorydetails.cfm?storyid=6313&type=2
Accoring to John Adams, "Facts are stubborn things."
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
It is amazing what they are teaching our kids in school these days. Stuff like energy conservation, science, math, clean-renewable energy generation....
Smart kids these days.
Neil/Dona.. you folks were taught (in the 50s/60s) that there were unlimited resources in the US. Noone talked about running out of oil,water,food,etc...
Smart kids these days.
Neil/Dona.. you folks were taught (in the 50s/60s) that there were unlimited resources in the US. Noone talked about running out of oil,water,food,etc...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
In response to: FA Gets Idea of Renewable Energy Spinning
Neil - The Falmouth Academy Algebra II class disagrees with you...
"After and Algebra II class went through the math procedures with data provided by WHOI and the turbine manufacturer, it was found that this turbine is expected to provide the school with up to 10% of its electricity"
"After and Algebra II class went through the math procedures with data provided by WHOI and the turbine manufacturer, it was found that this turbine is expected to provide the school with up to 10% of its electricity"
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In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
Neil - Your statements make it sound like you live right on Nantucket Sound.
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In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
Neil - after running the historical numbers you are correct.
Where's my answer on the logic that 4 turbines at MMA makes economic/environmental sense?
Where's my answer on the logic that 4 turbines at MMA makes economic/environmental sense?
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In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
Neil - you don't seem to be very well informed. Where do you get your information from?
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In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
Neil - again, you need to start working with facts rather than fiction.
You should be ashamed of your opposition to this project.
You should be ashamed of your opposition to this project.
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In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
The UN seems to be waking up to the idea that wind power makes good sense...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/business/09carbon.html?_r=1&oref=login
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/business/09carbon.html?_r=1&oref=login
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In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
Note that the energy.gov web site states that the MMA turbine started operating on October 1 2006 so that means that MMA is on target to MEET OR EXCEED it's power generation estimates.
"The turbine became fully operational October 1, 2006."
This along with the fact that the turbine has been stopped a few times to study the entire lack of bid kills makes it clear to me that MMA has done a great job to manage state funds appropriately (as usual).
"The turbine became fully operational October 1, 2006."
This along with the fact that the turbine has been stopped a few times to study the entire lack of bid kills makes it clear to me that MMA has done a great job to manage state funds appropriately (as usual).
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In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
Neil - I suggest that you get off your butt and head down to MMA...
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In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
Neil - FYI, MMA is right next to buzzards bay where the most recent bouchard spilled 6 oil bound for the sandwich/mirant power plant...
This turbine hasn't been in operation for a full year. The windy season is coming up. I'm looking forward to you eating your words...
http://www.mass.gov/envir/Sustainable/pdf/vf05_mma_windturbine.pdf
you can request the public records if you question what the benefits are from the MMA turbine...
This turbine hasn't been in operation for a full year. The windy season is coming up. I'm looking forward to you eating your words...
http://www.mass.gov/envir/Sustainable/pdf/vf05_mma_windturbine.pdf
you can request the public records if you question what the benefits are from the MMA turbine...
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In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
I have been quoting 100k savings and it is actually 200k that MMA saves on it's power...
See the story here,
and here,
and here.
See the story here,
and here,
and here.
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In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
Neil - I stand corrected
"The output of the wind turbine is used to power about 25% of the load at MMA saving taxpayers about $200,000 each year (including REC sales). The system serves as an educational facility to train students on the operation and maintenance of wind turbines as part of the curriculum. "
http://www.mtpc.org/Project_lst_rslt.asp?ID=661
"The output of the wind turbine is used to power about 25% of the load at MMA saving taxpayers about $200,000 each year (including REC sales). The system serves as an educational facility to train students on the operation and maintenance of wind turbines as part of the curriculum. "
http://www.mtpc.org/Project_lst_rslt.asp?ID=661
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In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
In response to: Delaware is rushing to catch the wind; What are the Wind Power subsidies? The Next Hurricane's cost
Massachusetts Maritime Academy gets 50% of it's power needs met by it's one wind turbine.
Hull paid for it's turbine in 4 years rather than 12...
Hull paid for it's turbine in 4 years rather than 12...
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In response to: Packed House Hears Eminent Speakers on Climate Change
In response to: Packed House Hears Eminent Speakers on Climate Change
And the dredgers/trawlers who clearcut on the sound every day? How about the 40 landowners who take ownership of the marine habitat by dredging 3 miles offshore in order to save their summer homes from falling off the eroding bluff?
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In response to: Packed House Hears Eminent Speakers on Climate Change
In response to: Packed House Hears Eminent Speakers on Climate Change
And the 40 homeowners on Nantucket plan to dredge 3 miles offshore for 'beach nourishment' while killing off marine habitat.
Wow, I thought dredging in Nantucket was a no-no. I guess it only happens if the rich&famous say it does...
Wow, I thought dredging in Nantucket was a no-no. I guess it only happens if the rich&famous say it does...
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In response to: Packed House Hears Eminent Speakers on Climate Change
In response to: Packed House Hears Eminent Speakers on Climate Change
Fear and greed motivate the seaside landowners on the mainland and the islands.
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In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
No Neil. You think wind projects are fine as long as they aren't on Horseshoe Shoal.
That's your issue.
That's your issue.
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In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
Neil - are you high on Crack today?
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In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
Neil - call MMA up and get a report. Do a FOIA request... whatever you want.
MMA SAYS 50% ($100,000) per year is generated by the wind turbine.
I was a student there for 4 years and it is windy quite often Neil.
I've spent a lot of time on the water and conditions on the water don't always match those ashore.
Neil, you seem like a smart guy but you just don't understand the concept.
MMA SAYS 50% ($100,000) per year is generated by the wind turbine.
I was a student there for 4 years and it is windy quite often Neil.
I've spent a lot of time on the water and conditions on the water don't always match those ashore.
Neil, you seem like a smart guy but you just don't understand the concept.
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In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
Neil - have you visited MMA yet???
Wind power is the source of 50% of the campus energy needs. This is public record. I'm surprised that you haven't reviewed this to realize that there is a benefit.
Publicly or Privately funded wind turbines generate the same amount of electricity, wind conditions being the same...
Wind power is the source of 50% of the campus energy needs. This is public record. I'm surprised that you haven't reviewed this to realize that there is a benefit.
Publicly or Privately funded wind turbines generate the same amount of electricity, wind conditions being the same...
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In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
Neil - Walter Cronkite is going to have to lay up his sailboat or motor around according to you...
I wonder how the Nantucket Whaling fleet was able to decimate the Right Whales with such fickle winds.
Hmm.. How did the America's Cup race ever happen every year for over 100 years with such fickle wind?
How is it that I'm looking at a chart showing vessels wrecked all along the Cape Cod coastline when these vessels were sail powered and calling from foreign ports?
How did the Pilgrims make it over with Neil's constant statements of no wind no wind no wind...?
I wonder how the Nantucket Whaling fleet was able to decimate the Right Whales with such fickle winds.
Hmm.. How did the America's Cup race ever happen every year for over 100 years with such fickle wind?
How is it that I'm looking at a chart showing vessels wrecked all along the Cape Cod coastline when these vessels were sail powered and calling from foreign ports?
How did the Pilgrims make it over with Neil's constant statements of no wind no wind no wind...?
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In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
Barbara - you and Robert Kennedy share the same mininformed ideas about wind power.
A great comment on the DR Show today was a windsurfer from Martha's Vineyard who finds it hard to believe the fisherman are up in arms when some show no regard for the environment while bottom dragging/clear cutting in the sound.
According to Wendy Williams, SOS/Alliance has spent 15 million with no scientific studies to show for it.
SOS/Alliance doesn't speak for the general public. They speak for Bill Koch (Coal Magnate) and other carbon-trading, high-heeled folk.
I would expect that your name will be mentioned in the book Barbara?
I wonder how many of the 40 home owners who plan to 'nourish' their beach by dredging in Nantucket Sound have come out against the Cape Wind project...?
A great comment on the DR Show today was a windsurfer from Martha's Vineyard who finds it hard to believe the fisherman are up in arms when some show no regard for the environment while bottom dragging/clear cutting in the sound.
According to Wendy Williams, SOS/Alliance has spent 15 million with no scientific studies to show for it.
SOS/Alliance doesn't speak for the general public. They speak for Bill Koch (Coal Magnate) and other carbon-trading, high-heeled folk.
I would expect that your name will be mentioned in the book Barbara?
I wonder how many of the 40 home owners who plan to 'nourish' their beach by dredging in Nantucket Sound have come out against the Cape Wind project...?
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In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
Catch the last 15 minutes of the DR Show on Cape & Islands radio...
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In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
Delaware, not Texas, may beat Cape Wind to the punch... See Washington Post today here.
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In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
In response to: Do as I say and not as I do, Cape Wind review
It is also interesting that Jane Fonda's movie (The China Syndrome) and 3 Mile Island, led to the abrupt halt in nuclear powerplant construction.
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In response to: Following the Money
In response to: Following the Money
Neil - have you visited Massachusetts Maritime Academy yet? You don't have to go far to see the counterpoint to Ithaka, NY...
MMA saves 1/2 it's electric bill as a result of it's wind tower. Windy today isn't it...?
MMA saves 1/2 it's electric bill as a result of it's wind tower. Windy today isn't it...?
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In response to: Following the Money
In response to: Following the Money
I get the distinct impression that no cape wind opponent will comment on DREDGING to save 40 high-end summer homes on Nantucket.
This is classic as only last week, DREDGING seemed to be this major issue.
Funny how things change...
This is classic as only last week, DREDGING seemed to be this major issue.
Funny how things change...
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In response to: Following the Money
In response to: Following the Money
Neil - for about 12 hours each day, solar power can't be used. What you are saying (over and over) is that solar also doesn't make sense.
There is something about FREE that I really like. Rather than shipping oil over 5000 miles to a refinery and then shipping it again to a power plant and then burning it with discharge going into the atmosphere for all of these processes, I think it makes sense to get energy from the source in a clean/renewable manner.
So to have a power source pipe energy from a clean,FREE,renewable source (when the wind blows) makes perfect sense to me.
There is something about FREE that I really like. Rather than shipping oil over 5000 miles to a refinery and then shipping it again to a power plant and then burning it with discharge going into the atmosphere for all of these processes, I think it makes sense to get energy from the source in a clean/renewable manner.
So to have a power source pipe energy from a clean,FREE,renewable source (when the wind blows) makes perfect sense to me.
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In response to: Following the Money
In response to: Following the Money
It doesn't seem like DREDGING IN NANTUCKET SOUND is a big deal unless it has something to do with Cape Wind...
I would say that 40 houses on Nantucket mean far less than powering 75000 homes on Cape Cod...
I would say that 40 houses on Nantucket mean far less than powering 75000 homes on Cape Cod...
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In response to: Following the Money
In response to: Following the Money
How is it that a group of wealthy land owners on Nantucket can take dredge 2.6 million cubic yards of sand from west of Bass Rip Shoal without the opposition and 6+ year ordeal encountered by cape wind?
This is state waters and so why should the state of Massachusetts allow this dredging to occur to save a very small number of summer homes on Nantucket?
The state was so concerned about Cape Wind that it went to court in order to stop cape wind from installing a few additional towers while this dredging project is sailing through.
This is state waters and so why should the state of Massachusetts allow this dredging to occur to save a very small number of summer homes on Nantucket?
The state was so concerned about Cape Wind that it went to court in order to stop cape wind from installing a few additional towers while this dredging project is sailing through.
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In response to: Following the Money
In response to: Following the Money
Nantucket editorial in Projo today..
http://www.projo.com/opinion/columnists/content/CL_achorn1_05-01-07_SK5CGAC.2309b3a.html
http://www.projo.com/opinion/columnists/content/CL_achorn1_05-01-07_SK5CGAC.2309b3a.html
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In response to: Following the Money
In response to: Following the Money
It is amazing that dredging can fly through in Nantucket Sound when it related to trying to save 40 high end homes on Nantucket but dredging in the sound to provide clean-renewable energy for 75% of the homes on the cape is an absolute no-no.
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In response to: Following the Money
In response to: Following the Money
Where's the uproar about DREDGING to save the waterfront property on Nantucket??
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In response to: Following the Money
In response to: Following the Money
Dona was probably one of those no nuke people in the 60s/70s...
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In response to: Windmills: Texas 1, Massachusetts 0
In response to: Windmills: Texas 1, Massachusetts 0
DREDGING ...
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/headlines/2007/04/30/homes_in_sconset_threatened_consequences
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/headlines/2007/04/30/homes_in_sconset_threatened_consequences
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In response to: Windmills: Texas 1, Massachusetts 0
In response to: Windmills: Texas 1, Massachusetts 0
Dona - you have to agree that house cats are exponentially more destructive to birds than wind farms will ever be.
You shouldn't be concerned about wind turbines as MILLIONS of birds killed by cats as opposed to the hundreds killed by modern wind turbines.
Did you hear about the latest plan for Nantucket dredging:
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070430/NEWS/704300329
Barbara/Dona/Neil seemed to be concerned about dredging and how it is a deal killer for the project. It obviously isn't a problem for the folks on Nantucket who proudly voted against cape wind. Nice of them to save their million dollar homes while burying the marine habitat...
You shouldn't be concerned about wind turbines as MILLIONS of birds killed by cats as opposed to the hundreds killed by modern wind turbines.
Did you hear about the latest plan for Nantucket dredging:
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070430/NEWS/704300329
Barbara/Dona/Neil seemed to be concerned about dredging and how it is a deal killer for the project. It obviously isn't a problem for the folks on Nantucket who proudly voted against cape wind. Nice of them to save their million dollar homes while burying the marine habitat...
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In response to: Windmills: Texas 1, Massachusetts 0
In response to: Windmills: Texas 1, Massachusetts 0
Dona - AGAIN - HOUSECATS KILL MILLIONS OF BIRDS ANNUALLY ACCORDING TO THE AUDUBON SOCIETY. GO CHECK THEIR WEB SITE. CALL THEM. GO VISIT THE AUDUBON IN WELLFLEET.
Solon - hi there. I have an office in Warren and am there in the summer.
Email me as I'd like to stop by and shoot the breeze with you about wind farms etc...
Solon - hi there. I have an office in Warren and am there in the summer.
Email me as I'd like to stop by and shoot the breeze with you about wind farms etc...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Windmills: Texas 1, Massachusetts 0
In response to: Windmills: Texas 1, Massachusetts 0
Altamont is an old installation. Barbara isnt' driving around in the same car she was 25 years ago. If so, she doesn't have seatbelts, a catalitic converter, abs brakes, latch, surround sound, ashtrays,etc etc...
I doubt her kitchen is 25 years old either. She probably has an upgraded microwave etc. etc. etc..
Progress Barbara... Progress...
I doubt her kitchen is 25 years old either. She probably has an upgraded microwave etc. etc. etc..
Progress Barbara... Progress...
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In response to: Windmills: Texas 1, Massachusetts 0
In response to: Windmills: Texas 1, Massachusetts 0
David Scudder ought to make sure all Hy-Line ferries are equipped with AIS which is a $4000 investment per vessel if he is concerned about public safety.
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In response to: Windmills: Texas 1, Massachusetts 0
In response to: Windmills: Texas 1, Massachusetts 0
According to www.audubon.org / http://www.audubon.org/bird/at_home/SafeCats.html
"Reducing Threats From Cats
Problem:
House cats are non-native predators. Even with a full stomach, their instinct to hunt drives them to stalk and kill available prey. In a wildlife-friendly yard, birds, small mammals, and even large insects are sitting ducks for the well-designed feline carnivore. House cats are effective hunters but unnatural predators in any outdoor setting. By killing millions of birds each year in North America alone, cats have a negative and dangerous impact on bird populations. "
"Reducing Threats From Cats
Problem:
House cats are non-native predators. Even with a full stomach, their instinct to hunt drives them to stalk and kill available prey. In a wildlife-friendly yard, birds, small mammals, and even large insects are sitting ducks for the well-designed feline carnivore. House cats are effective hunters but unnatural predators in any outdoor setting. By killing millions of birds each year in North America alone, cats have a negative and dangerous impact on bird populations. "
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In response to: Homes in 'Sconset threatened; Consequences of the cut; Rental regs questioned; Kidnapper held without bail
In response to: Homes in 'Sconset threatened; Consequences of the cut; Rental regs questioned; Kidnapper held without bail
The folks who own the summer waterfront property CLAIM ownership of the sound. Dredging only goes forward when home owners say it does...
So says Nantucket Board of Selectmen...
"The heaviest erosion has occurred along the base of Baxter Road, summer home to some of America's wealthiest families. Many of the property owners have already spent millions of dollars in an attempt to stem the tide.
But island fishermen fear the dredging project — the largest public works project in island history paid for by private citizens — could destroy the area known as a rich bass fishing spot and hurt local commerce.
Nearly 350 acres of ocean bottom will be affected by the dredging plan, which will increase the average depth in the borrow site by 10 feet.
Proponents say the public benefits include preservation of Sankaty Head lighthouse and historic homes, along with 4 percent of the island's residential tax base, the historic bluff walk and the natural beauty of 'Sconset."
So says Nantucket Board of Selectmen...
"The heaviest erosion has occurred along the base of Baxter Road, summer home to some of America's wealthiest families. Many of the property owners have already spent millions of dollars in an attempt to stem the tide.
But island fishermen fear the dredging project — the largest public works project in island history paid for by private citizens — could destroy the area known as a rich bass fishing spot and hurt local commerce.
Nearly 350 acres of ocean bottom will be affected by the dredging plan, which will increase the average depth in the borrow site by 10 feet.
Proponents say the public benefits include preservation of Sankaty Head lighthouse and historic homes, along with 4 percent of the island's residential tax base, the historic bluff walk and the natural beauty of 'Sconset."
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In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
But island fishermen fear the dredging project — the largest public works project in island history paid for by private citizens — could destroy the area known as a rich bass fishing spot and hurt local commerce.
Nearly 350 acres of ocean bottom will be affected by the dredging plan, which will increase the average depth in the borrow site by 10 feet.
Proponents say the public benefits include preservation of Sankaty Head lighthouse and historic homes, along with 4 percent of the island's residential tax base, the historic bluff walk and the natural beauty of 'Sconset.
Nearly 350 acres of ocean bottom will be affected by the dredging plan, which will increase the average depth in the borrow site by 10 feet.
Proponents say the public benefits include preservation of Sankaty Head lighthouse and historic homes, along with 4 percent of the island's residential tax base, the historic bluff walk and the natural beauty of 'Sconset.
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In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
I think the fact that Denmark will be doubling the size of Horns Rev and Nystad is a positive statement in support of wind energy generation.
If Denmark is finding that it has surplus capacity, it should make it's
CO2 emissions standards more stringent.
If Denmark is finding that it has surplus capacity, it should make it's
CO2 emissions standards more stringent.
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In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
"Denmark to Increase Wind Power to 50% by 2025, Mostly Offshore
Findings released from eight-year study on offshore wind farms in Denmark show projects "operate in harmony with the surrounding environment."
Denmark, home to Horns Rev and Nysted offshore wind farms, has completed an eight-year study -- and consequent 144-page report -- conducted by Danish energy and environment government agencies on the impacts of Horns Rev and Nysted on the aquatic ecosystem including birds, fish, seals and life found on the seabed. The findings were released last week at the Final Results: The Danish Monitoring Programme conference held in Denmark. The report confirms that both the Horns Rev and Nysted offshore wind farms will be doubled in size in the coming years. Prepared by the Danish Energy Authority, Danish Forest and Nature Agency, Dong Energy and Vattenfall (the companies that own the two offshore wind farms), the report also contains commentary from the International Advisory Panel of Experts on Marine Ecology, which gave the report a positive evaluation. "
Findings released from eight-year study on offshore wind farms in Denmark show projects "operate in harmony with the surrounding environment."
Denmark, home to Horns Rev and Nysted offshore wind farms, has completed an eight-year study -- and consequent 144-page report -- conducted by Danish energy and environment government agencies on the impacts of Horns Rev and Nysted on the aquatic ecosystem including birds, fish, seals and life found on the seabed. The findings were released last week at the Final Results: The Danish Monitoring Programme conference held in Denmark. The report confirms that both the Horns Rev and Nysted offshore wind farms will be doubled in size in the coming years. Prepared by the Danish Energy Authority, Danish Forest and Nature Agency, Dong Energy and Vattenfall (the companies that own the two offshore wind farms), the report also contains commentary from the International Advisory Panel of Experts on Marine Ecology, which gave the report a positive evaluation. "
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In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
The public school systems should be looking at using wind power to cover their energy costs...
Massashusetts Maritime Academy bought a wind turbine because it saves over $100,000 PER YEAR on energy costs.
Denmark gets is able to generate 20% of it's energy from wind turbines. Spain is able to generate from 12% to 17% per year from wind farms.
In the US:
"Colorado State University recently committed to developing the CSU Green Power Project, a wind farm in northern Colorado that will generate more power than the university consumes. The project will allow the University to convert the entire Fort Collins campus energy use to 100 percent wind power."
Massashusetts Maritime Academy bought a wind turbine because it saves over $100,000 PER YEAR on energy costs.
Denmark gets is able to generate 20% of it's energy from wind turbines. Spain is able to generate from 12% to 17% per year from wind farms.
In the US:
"Colorado State University recently committed to developing the CSU Green Power Project, a wind farm in northern Colorado that will generate more power than the university consumes. The project will allow the University to convert the entire Fort Collins campus energy use to 100 percent wind power."
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In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
"The Interior Department will announce a proposal Monday to allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters near Virginia that are currently off-limits and permit new exploration in Alaska's Bristol Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, according to people who have seen or been told about drafts of the plan"
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In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
Barbara - I really can't fathom what would need to happen in order for you to support wind energy generation.
It's kind of like voting for the next president. Most of the time it is a choise between the lesser of two evils.
At least in this situation, it isn't the best for your view (you'd rather them not be there), but it is much better than the alternative which is feeling the effects of oil spills 30+ years later and fighting wars.
It's kind of like voting for the next president. Most of the time it is a choise between the lesser of two evils.
At least in this situation, it isn't the best for your view (you'd rather them not be there), but it is much better than the alternative which is feeling the effects of oil spills 30+ years later and fighting wars.
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In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
"Excelerate Energy, through its Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge affiliate, filed its deepwater port application for the Northeast Gateway project in Massachusetts on June 13, 2005. This started a year-long permitting process that will allow the project to be in service within the first half of 2007."
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In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
In response to: Vineyard Gazette is first with review of "Cape Wind"
Barbara - What you are saying is that everywhere else, except Nantucket Sound, is a great place for wind farms.
This project burns you because it is sited in FEDERAL WATERS which means folks in California/Texas/Louisiana/Rhode Island own this. It isn't owned solely by the State of Massachusetts.
The state and Alliance/SOS has no control over this siting.
The state gave it's blessing for the transmission lines going through it's waters.
So here we are 6 years later...
This project burns you because it is sited in FEDERAL WATERS which means folks in California/Texas/Louisiana/Rhode Island own this. It isn't owned solely by the State of Massachusetts.
The state and Alliance/SOS has no control over this siting.
The state gave it's blessing for the transmission lines going through it's waters.
So here we are 6 years later...
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Neil - if you know how to read a nautical chart, you'll see that RI waters are much different than Nantucket Sound.
For example, the waters off Castle Hill (Newport) are 120+ feet deep within 50 feet of shore. There are shoal areas but none as large as horseshoe shoal.
Horseshoe Shoal IS the optimum location.
For example, the waters off Castle Hill (Newport) are 120+ feet deep within 50 feet of shore. There are shoal areas but none as large as horseshoe shoal.
Horseshoe Shoal IS the optimum location.
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It will be interested to see how successful RI is in getting this done.
I am certainly all for it...
I am certainly all for it...
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I wonder if it'll make the NY Times top 10 list?
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I hope SOS/Alliance is paying Barbara/Tracy/Neil a ton of money because they aren't spouting very convincing arguments...
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Actually...Barbara keeps pointing to the false bird issue as if it was a statement of fact..
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Neil -Sounds like you trying to point out the importance of petroleum or something...
That is all well and good but there are the "hidden costs of petroleum" which are found at the bottom of Falmouth Harbor.
It'd be really nice to have a clean, renewable, endless source of energy...
That is all well and good but there are the "hidden costs of petroleum" which are found at the bottom of Falmouth Harbor.
It'd be really nice to have a clean, renewable, endless source of energy...
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Neil & Capri - keep in mind that if shipping goes away, people starve & economies collapse! Woudn't want that would we..?
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Except your shirt, shoes, computer, gasolene, home heating oil NEIL...
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Capri - your post points out the flaw in trying to tie shipping industry emissions to that of the airline industry.
How many airliners would it take to carry 95% of US international trade (by volume)?
And... how many trucks does it take to haul away the cargo from one container ship?
IF you can do the math, you will find that the marine industry/shipping is the most environmentally friendly and efficicient means of transporation.
How many airliners would it take to carry 95% of US international trade (by volume)?
And... how many trucks does it take to haul away the cargo from one container ship?
IF you can do the math, you will find that the marine industry/shipping is the most environmentally friendly and efficicient means of transporation.
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wasn't beacon hill institute payed by Alliance/SOS to write the report??
"This is the third anti-Cape Wind report the Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) has prepared in the past three years. According to media articles, the Egan Family Foundation has contributed at least $125,000 to BHI for these reports. The Egan Family Foundation is made up of several family members who are also on the Board of the organization that formed to oppose Cape Wind, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (Alliance), these same Egan family members also own several large homes overlooking Nantucket Sound. "
Isn't Barbara Durkin related to the Egans??
"This is the third anti-Cape Wind report the Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) has prepared in the past three years. According to media articles, the Egan Family Foundation has contributed at least $125,000 to BHI for these reports. The Egan Family Foundation is made up of several family members who are also on the Board of the organization that formed to oppose Cape Wind, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (Alliance), these same Egan family members also own several large homes overlooking Nantucket Sound. "
Isn't Barbara Durkin related to the Egans??
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Sounds like you are talking about Save our Sound/Alliance
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Here is an opportunity to power 75% of the cape and islands on an annual basis. Somewhere in the system, there will be an offset (like balancing your checkbook).
Maybe that surplus will be picked up by increased demand. No problem.
Randy Udall was on CAINAN this morning and said wind power has benefitted the state and that they would like to "Plant wind towers like trees" in their state.
""Buying wind power is quick and easy," says CORE Director Randy Udall. "If you want a better future for your kids, buy wind power today."
"
Randy Udall, Director of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) in Aspen Colorado visiting the Cape to discuss energy sustainability."
Maybe that surplus will be picked up by increased demand. No problem.
Randy Udall was on CAINAN this morning and said wind power has benefitted the state and that they would like to "Plant wind towers like trees" in their state.
""Buying wind power is quick and easy," says CORE Director Randy Udall. "If you want a better future for your kids, buy wind power today."
"
Randy Udall, Director of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) in Aspen Colorado visiting the Cape to discuss energy sustainability."
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Neil - you know (or should know) that wind turbines do not kill massive numbers of birds. Housecats and windows do...
Oil spills affect the environment. Large spills don't occure often which is what we present on our site. Smaller spills (Bouchard in 2003) happen more often...
More wind, less shipments, less chance of a spill. This isn't very complicated logic.
Oil spills affect the environment. Large spills don't occure often which is what we present on our site. Smaller spills (Bouchard in 2003) happen more often...
More wind, less shipments, less chance of a spill. This isn't very complicated logic.
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Neil - this spill happened the year I was borne and very little has changed in terms of US energy policy, even with the 2 oil shocks, the valdez and prestige spills, the recent bouchard spills and the 2 gulf wars.
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Neil - I disagree. Your posts are off topic along with a lot of your arguments.
What does bad driving have to do with oil spills? What does throwing out cars have to do with 30 year oil oil spills and the environmental damage they still cause?
What about the valid idea that prevention and post-management of spills is an important way to protect the coastlines?
What does bad driving have to do with oil spills? What does throwing out cars have to do with 30 year oil oil spills and the environmental damage they still cause?
What about the valid idea that prevention and post-management of spills is an important way to protect the coastlines?
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Neil - you can argue global warming all you want while 30+ year old spills come back to haunt us...
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hmmm... plastics, heating oil, gasolene, paint, etc. etc. etc...?
take it away and the economy shuts down...
take it away and the economy shuts down...
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The World Wildlife Federation and other groups have been lobbying the USCG to track ships in Alaska. Two of my counterparts are in Washington, DC to testify tomorrow about long range tracking which means tracking ships beyond 20 nautical miles of the US coast.
The USCG has been slow to act in this regard. We believe this system can/should be in place today.
The USCG has been slow to act in this regard. We believe this system can/should be in place today.
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One way to stop or mitigate oil spills is to have a comprehensive vessel tracking system and resources on standby to act in an emergency.
The USCG says it has the ability to track all ships in US waters. It appears that at least New England is well covered in this regard.
The problem is that state and local agencies are not clued into the system and have noone watching the waterways.
We have a system that tracks vessels from Maine to Manhattan. The state of Massachusetts should have a system (or use ours) in order to track all ships in state waters.
The USCG says it has the ability to track all ships in US waters. It appears that at least New England is well covered in this regard.
The problem is that state and local agencies are not clued into the system and have noone watching the waterways.
We have a system that tracks vessels from Maine to Manhattan. The state of Massachusetts should have a system (or use ours) in order to track all ships in state waters.
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Eight months after the spill, the pollution covered an area of approximately 5,000 acres offshore and 500 acres of marshes and tidal rivers-about eleven times the area initially affected.
Read it and weep...
Read it and weep...
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Excerpt of 1975 Office of Technology Assessment Report
WEST FALMOUTH SPILL
On September 16, 1969, the oil barge Florida, on the way to a power plant on the Cape Cod Canal, came ashore off Fassets Point in Buzzards Bay, near the entrance to West Falmouth Harbor, Massachusetts. nearly 4,500 barrels of No. 2 fuel oil were released into these coastal waters.
Immediately after the spill, massive destruction of marine life occurred offshore. Extensive trawling and dreclging showed that a wide range of fish shellfish, worms, crabs and other invertebrates were affected. Trawls made in 10 feet of water soon after the spill showed that 95 percent of the animals collected were dead. The bottom muds containedmany dead snails? clams, and crustaceans. Similar mortality occurred in the tidal rivers and marshes into which the oil had moved under the combined influence of tide and wind.
WEST FALMOUTH SPILL
On September 16, 1969, the oil barge Florida, on the way to a power plant on the Cape Cod Canal, came ashore off Fassets Point in Buzzards Bay, near the entrance to West Falmouth Harbor, Massachusetts. nearly 4,500 barrels of No. 2 fuel oil were released into these coastal waters.
Immediately after the spill, massive destruction of marine life occurred offshore. Extensive trawling and dreclging showed that a wide range of fish shellfish, worms, crabs and other invertebrates were affected. Trawls made in 10 feet of water soon after the spill showed that 95 percent of the animals collected were dead. The bottom muds containedmany dead snails? clams, and crustaceans. Similar mortality occurred in the tidal rivers and marshes into which the oil had moved under the combined influence of tide and wind.
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Oil spills are going to happen again. The more wind farms, the less oil needed to keep the lights on.
The shipping industry has improved it's safety record immensely. 95% of US trade (By volume) is carried aboard ships. This is the most environmentally friendly mode of transporting this vast amount of cargo.
The shipping industry has improved it's safety record immensely. 95% of US trade (By volume) is carried aboard ships. This is the most environmentally friendly mode of transporting this vast amount of cargo.
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I'll wait until you've made 8 replies then I'll pick back up!
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Capri & Maverick - how about responding directly to the posts?
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The Hidden Cost of Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels -- coal, oil, and natural gas -- are America's primary source of energy, accounting for 85 percent of current US fuel use. Some of the costs of using these fuels are obvious, such as the cost of labor to mine for coal or drill for oil, of labor and materials to build energy-generating plants, and of transportation of coal and oil to the plants. These costs are included in our electricity bills or in the purchase price of gasoline for cars.
But some energy costs are not included in consumer utility or gas bills, nor are they paid for by the companies that produce or sell the energy. These include human health problems caused by air pollution from the burning of coal and oil; damage to land from coal mining and to miners from black lung disease; environmental degradation caused by global warming, acid rain, and water pollution; and national security costs, such as protecting foreign sources of oil.
Fossil fuels -- coal, oil, and natural gas -- are America's primary source of energy, accounting for 85 percent of current US fuel use. Some of the costs of using these fuels are obvious, such as the cost of labor to mine for coal or drill for oil, of labor and materials to build energy-generating plants, and of transportation of coal and oil to the plants. These costs are included in our electricity bills or in the purchase price of gasoline for cars.
But some energy costs are not included in consumer utility or gas bills, nor are they paid for by the companies that produce or sell the energy. These include human health problems caused by air pollution from the burning of coal and oil; damage to land from coal mining and to miners from black lung disease; environmental degradation caused by global warming, acid rain, and water pollution; and national security costs, such as protecting foreign sources of oil.
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The exact amount of capacity value that a given wind project provides depends on a number of factors, including average wind speeds at the site and the match between wind patterns and utility load (demand) requirements. It also depends on how dispersed geographically wind plants on a utility system are, and how well-connected the utility is with neighboring systems that may also have wind generators. The broader the wind plants are scattered geographically, the greater the chance that some of them will be producing power at any given time.
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Utilities must maintain enough power plant capacity to meet expected customer electricity demand at all times, plus an additional reserve margin. All other things being equal, utilities generally prefer plants that can generate as needed (that is, conventional plants) to plants that cannot (such as wind plants).
However, despite the fact that the wind is variable and sometimes does not blow at all, wind plants do increase the overall statistical probability that a utility system will be able to meet demand requirements. A rough rule of thumb is that the capacity value of adding a wind plant to a utility system is about the same as the wind plant's capacity factor multiplied by its capacity. Thus, a 100-megawatt wind plant with a capacity factor of 35% would be similar in capacity value to a 35-MW conventional generator. For example, in 2001 the Colorado Public Utility Commission found the capacity value of a proposed 162-MW wind plant in eastern CO) (with a 30% capacity factor) to be approximately 48 MW.
However, despite the fact that the wind is variable and sometimes does not blow at all, wind plants do increase the overall statistical probability that a utility system will be able to meet demand requirements. A rough rule of thumb is that the capacity value of adding a wind plant to a utility system is about the same as the wind plant's capacity factor multiplied by its capacity. Thus, a 100-megawatt wind plant with a capacity factor of 35% would be similar in capacity value to a 35-MW conventional generator. For example, in 2001 the Colorado Public Utility Commission found the capacity value of a proposed 162-MW wind plant in eastern CO) (with a 30% capacity factor) to be approximately 48 MW.
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If I were a power plant owner, I would consider investing in developing an opposition web site like (www.saveoursound.org) as otherwise the writing is on the wall for their line of business...
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Wind energy should be at a premium as it is better for the environment than oil/coal generated electricity.
Why should consumers pay less for something they need/want more of
In the shipping industry, double hull containers fetch a greater daily rate than single hull ships.
People pay more for the Toyota Prius, for green homes, solar panels, etc in order to preserve the environment.
This blog is about the impact from a spill 30+ years ago. Basically, the national energy policy hasn't changed in that time span.
A large majority of US citizens have been hearing the talk about Wind,Solar, and other renewable energy sources. I for one believe it works. MMA saves 50% or $100,000+ per year on their energy bills. The UK, Spain and Denmark are expanding their wind energy capacity.
The problem with this project is that it is near the 2nd summer homes of the rich and famous. It is in their sailing grounds. They probably don't know how to read a nautical chart and don't understand they don't sail in shoal waters...
Why should consumers pay less for something they need/want more of
In the shipping industry, double hull containers fetch a greater daily rate than single hull ships.
People pay more for the Toyota Prius, for green homes, solar panels, etc in order to preserve the environment.
This blog is about the impact from a spill 30+ years ago. Basically, the national energy policy hasn't changed in that time span.
A large majority of US citizens have been hearing the talk about Wind,Solar, and other renewable energy sources. I for one believe it works. MMA saves 50% or $100,000+ per year on their energy bills. The UK, Spain and Denmark are expanding their wind energy capacity.
The problem with this project is that it is near the 2nd summer homes of the rich and famous. It is in their sailing grounds. They probably don't know how to read a nautical chart and don't understand they don't sail in shoal waters...
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Main particulars
Length : 43,00 m Displacement: 3800 tonnes
Width: 30,00 m Deck load: 10ton/ m² working area
Depth: 4,20 m 5 ton/m² accommodation
Max Draft: 2,97 m pay load: 600 tonnes
Length : 43,00 m Displacement: 3800 tonnes
Width: 30,00 m Deck load: 10ton/ m² working area
Depth: 4,20 m 5 ton/m² accommodation
Max Draft: 2,97 m pay load: 600 tonnes
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Main particulars
Length :
43,00 m
Displacement:
3800 tonnes
Width:
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Draft of the barges: 9 feet...
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Thank you Capri.
This is a perfect example of how wind is displacing oil/coal in electricity generation.
20% of Denmark's energy is derived from wind. Consumption can increase for a variety of reasons. Emissions are a result of coal/oil power plant energy generation.
If Denmark adds more wind power, it would equate to less emissions and/or the oil/coal plants are forced to find other markets for their products.
If the Denmark government issues strict guidelines for decreased emissions, power plants will have to reduce emissions or shut down.
That's the grand plan at least...
This is a perfect example of how wind is displacing oil/coal in electricity generation.
20% of Denmark's energy is derived from wind. Consumption can increase for a variety of reasons. Emissions are a result of coal/oil power plant energy generation.
If Denmark adds more wind power, it would equate to less emissions and/or the oil/coal plants are forced to find other markets for their products.
If the Denmark government issues strict guidelines for decreased emissions, power plants will have to reduce emissions or shut down.
That's the grand plan at least...
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If Denmark's electricity producers find
a smaller home market for their electiricyt and there is a profitable market for exporting their product,it makes sense that they would increase capacity to do so.
a smaller home market for their electiricyt and there is a profitable market for exporting their product,it makes sense that they would increase capacity to do so.
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We could export to Canada rather than import electricity. Probably export to Mexico as well...
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The Danes consume less energy than they produce. The 20% produced by wind is contributing to the spare capacity so now they are exporters of electricity...
"Wind power today covers app. 20 percent of the Danish electricity consumption"
"Wind power today covers app. 20 percent of the Danish electricity consumption"
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POWER PLANT CAPACITY ADDITIONS IN THE United States continued a four-year down trend, falling 37% to 13,321 MW, compared with 21,194 MW added in 2005, according to data from Platts Energy Advantage. However, if all the plants expected online come online, this year could be the beginning of a multi-year uptrend for the addition of generating capacity in the US.
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Coal-fired, oil-fired and geothermal generation additions also increased from 2005 to 2006, but not by as wide a margin as did wind power. A total of 1,213 MW of coal-fired capacity was added in 2006 compared with 388 MW in 2005. And 30 MW of geothermal capacity was added in 2006 compared with 26 MW in 2005.
According to Piper, it would not be surprising to see the ground shift under proposed coal-fired plants. "There has been a slackening of coal plant activity in the last couple of months," he said, adding that he would expect the timeline of some of the proposed coal-fired plants start to stretch out in the wake of the proposed acquisition of TXU by a private equity group led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group.
As part of that deal TXU agreed to cancel eight planned coal-fired plants and to work as an advocate to mitigate the environmental effects of power generation.
According to Piper, it would not be surprising to see the ground shift under proposed coal-fired plants. "There has been a slackening of coal plant activity in the last couple of months," he said, adding that he would expect the timeline of some of the proposed coal-fired plants start to stretch out in the wake of the proposed acquisition of TXU by a private equity group led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group.
As part of that deal TXU agreed to cancel eight planned coal-fired plants and to work as an advocate to mitigate the environmental effects of power generation.
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According to Platts:
Wind power made the second largest contribution to capacity additions in 2006, with 2,559 MW. In fact, wind power capacity actually increased from 2005 to 2006 by 2,019 MW.
Wind power made the second largest contribution to capacity additions in 2006, with 2,559 MW. In fact, wind power capacity actually increased from 2005 to 2006 by 2,019 MW.
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Capri - as usual you don't know what you are talking about. This scare tactic of saying that 40,000 gallons on a platform with federal guidelines for containment is a joke.
How about the Hyline spill of 2000 gallons a few years back? No requirement for spill containment or vessel crew while refueling?
What about the single hull motorized barge GreatGull which is a rustbucket but continues to deliver oil to Nantucket so that the McMansions can have AC?
What happens when 75% of cape power is offset by a wind farm? You burn less petroleum on the grid which translates to less shipments...
With forward thinkers like you,we are slowly moving backwards...
How about the Hyline spill of 2000 gallons a few years back? No requirement for spill containment or vessel crew while refueling?
What about the single hull motorized barge GreatGull which is a rustbucket but continues to deliver oil to Nantucket so that the McMansions can have AC?
What happens when 75% of cape power is offset by a wind farm? You burn less petroleum on the grid which translates to less shipments...
With forward thinkers like you,we are slowly moving backwards...
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In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
We have an opportunity to reduce the number of shipments of oil to the region by allowing this project to continue. The effects of oil spills are still felt/seen 30+ years later.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
Maverick - how much oil would you say is discharged from an outboard engine while idling?
What type of species do your sportfishing/head boats go for? Why are there quotas and reduced seasons for certain species?
If the state of Massachusetts has any concern for oil spills, why not set up a network to track vessels and attempt to prevent spills similar to the Bouchard spill in Buzzards Bay?
Why doesn't the state of MA have a network of Radar sites in order to track ships and or use AIS to easily view all traffic in MA waters?
Why the concern over wind farms and navigation when the due diligence hasn't been done on the real threat?
What type of species do your sportfishing/head boats go for? Why are there quotas and reduced seasons for certain species?
If the state of Massachusetts has any concern for oil spills, why not set up a network to track vessels and attempt to prevent spills similar to the Bouchard spill in Buzzards Bay?
Why doesn't the state of MA have a network of Radar sites in order to track ships and or use AIS to easily view all traffic in MA waters?
Why the concern over wind farms and navigation when the due diligence hasn't been done on the real threat?
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In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
Maverick - FYI - Horseshoe shoal is in federal (not local) waters. These are not elected officials and I would want their explanations in detail in order to understand how they could possibly come to that decision.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
Oh.. and by the way, you don't hear WHOI and/or URI complaining about the project as their scientists are all for it.
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In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
Maverick - Horseshoe shoal isn't near a major shipping lane either....
The bird issue has been dead a long time now. (Wind turbines kill few birds)
House cats and windows are the culprits.
SOS/Alliance gets it's funding from the wealthy (Bill Koch,Hyannis Marina, etc)
Neil has said many times that the view is a major reason he opposes the project. I think his view is superficial.
A huge private oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico somehow is any different? Or tankers gliding by sensitive coastlines because we can't try out other means of generating energy? How about LNG facilities offshore? No big problem, right? Gloucester will have theirs in a few years. After a noreaster, an LNG tanker is going to be parked on the Gloucester coast for a few years, waiting to be scrapped...
I can't believe the cape wind opposition is still chriping after all these years.
The bird issue has been dead a long time now. (Wind turbines kill few birds)
House cats and windows are the culprits.
SOS/Alliance gets it's funding from the wealthy (Bill Koch,Hyannis Marina, etc)
Neil has said many times that the view is a major reason he opposes the project. I think his view is superficial.
A huge private oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico somehow is any different? Or tankers gliding by sensitive coastlines because we can't try out other means of generating energy? How about LNG facilities offshore? No big problem, right? Gloucester will have theirs in a few years. After a noreaster, an LNG tanker is going to be parked on the Gloucester coast for a few years, waiting to be scrapped...
I can't believe the cape wind opposition is still chriping after all these years.
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In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
Neil - your and SOS/Alliance's arguments are a sham. You recommend that Cape Wind build it's wind farm on Nantucket Shoal. Why?
If you have such problems with wind farms, why are you happy to have it around the block but not in the middle of your neighborhood?
Again, to you, it is all about the view. All superficial, all 'esthetic.'
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I find wind turbines to be beautiful on many levels.
Conversely, I find your arguments to be ugly on many levels.
If you have such problems with wind farms, why are you happy to have it around the block but not in the middle of your neighborhood?
Again, to you, it is all about the view. All superficial, all 'esthetic.'
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I find wind turbines to be beautiful on many levels.
Conversely, I find your arguments to be ugly on many levels.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
When Cape Wind gets built, 75% of the Cape & Island power usage will be met using clean/renewable wind turbine generated energy.
Enough of the energy policy ADD. Wind power is ONE way to reduce the reliance on foreign sources of energy. It was the holy grail in the 70s & 80s.
Ted Kennedy was a big supporter of wind power. Why the recent change of heart?
Because it would change his viewscape....
THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE VIEW...
I don't care about Ted and other folks view as it won't be impacted dramatically. I care about the vast majority of cape residents who would benefit from this project.
Enough of the energy policy ADD. Wind power is ONE way to reduce the reliance on foreign sources of energy. It was the holy grail in the 70s & 80s.
Ted Kennedy was a big supporter of wind power. Why the recent change of heart?
Because it would change his viewscape....
THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE VIEW...
I don't care about Ted and other folks view as it won't be impacted dramatically. I care about the vast majority of cape residents who would benefit from this project.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
Neil - you just don't understand that the economy is driven by petroleum, literally and figuratively.
If there wasn't a market for oil, shipping would still exist. 50% of the cost of a voyage is fuel so we provide this information to our viewers so that you can drive your car and have food on the table and a shirt on your back.
I don't know how you find shipping and drugs in anyway similar.
Shelter and food are essential whereas herione and crack cocaine aren't. At least not to me...
Now if you don't want a shirt on your back, gas in your car, shoes on your feet, a computer, lights or heat in your house, start boycotting shipping.
If there wasn't a market for oil, shipping would still exist. 50% of the cost of a voyage is fuel so we provide this information to our viewers so that you can drive your car and have food on the table and a shirt on your back.
I don't know how you find shipping and drugs in anyway similar.
Shelter and food are essential whereas herione and crack cocaine aren't. At least not to me...
Now if you don't want a shirt on your back, gas in your car, shoes on your feet, a computer, lights or heat in your house, start boycotting shipping.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
In response to: Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill in Falmouth
It is amazing that folks are against cape wind even though we have oil spills dating back more than 35 years which still affect the environment.
The area dodged a major bullet when the Argo Merchant spilled oil on Nantucket Shoals. The oil moved out to sea and didn't hit the beaches in 1976.
We seem to have short memories...
The area dodged a major bullet when the Argo Merchant spilled oil on Nantucket Shoals. The oil moved out to sea and didn't hit the beaches in 1976.
We seem to have short memories...
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In response to: Wind power exceeds all over energy sources in Spain
In response to: Wind power exceeds all over energy sources in Spain
Greece may have a building/esthetic code but they have one of the most polluted cities on the planet (next to Mexico City).
capri is interested in fishing even though bottom draggers constantly clear-cut the ocean floor on a daily basis.
I find wind turbines to be well designed and graceful.
I wonder if neil/capri/barbara have ever ventured over to MMA to look at their wind turbine...
capri is interested in fishing even though bottom draggers constantly clear-cut the ocean floor on a daily basis.
I find wind turbines to be well designed and graceful.
I wonder if neil/capri/barbara have ever ventured over to MMA to look at their wind turbine...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Wind power exceeds all over energy sources in Spain
In response to: Wind power exceeds all over energy sources in Spain
Again, esthetics is a superficial and inadequate reason to not have a clean/renewable energy source providing power for 75% of cape&Islands power needs.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Wind power exceeds all over energy sources in Spain
In response to: Wind power exceeds all over energy sources in Spain
Esthetics is a superficial and inadequate reason to not have a clean/renewable energy source providing power for 75% of cape&Islands power needs.
Nantucket Shoal was the location of the second largest oil spill in US history.
Neill - I'm looking forward to seeing wind towers near your home in the near future.
Nantucket Shoal was the location of the second largest oil spill in US history.
Neill - I'm looking forward to seeing wind towers near your home in the near future.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Wind power exceeds all over energy sources in Spain
In response to: Wind power exceeds all over energy sources in Spain
Neil - you seem to be a guy who puts all his eggs in a single basket...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Wind power exceeds all over energy sources in Spain
In response to: Wind power exceeds all over energy sources in Spain
The opposition has been spouting a lot of bull...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Since only 12 towers are located in less than 12 feet at MLLW, they will have to be installed on the high tides.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
The barge used to put the turbines up on Horns Rev has a 10 foot draft which would allow it to install on Horseshoe Shoal with room to spare...
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In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Collapse: End of Global Fish Stock by 2050?
Declining Stocks
A study published in the November 3 issue of Science has raised the alarm about the declining number of fish species in the world. Using historical analysis, it projects the collapse of all fish stock by 2048. This was the first study on a global scale to investigate the role of biodiversity in marine ecosystems.
Declining Stocks
A study published in the November 3 issue of Science has raised the alarm about the declining number of fish species in the world. Using historical analysis, it projects the collapse of all fish stock by 2048. This was the first study on a global scale to investigate the role of biodiversity in marine ecosystems.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
No one knows what birds see when they look out at the world, says ornithologist Daniel Klem, but he's sure they don't see glass. He estimates that at least 1 billion birds are killed by flying into windows every year in the United States.
"It's a very common phenomenon," said Klem. "Birds are deceived. They just don't see glass as a barrier and this is a problem for them."
"It's a very common phenomenon," said Klem. "Birds are deceived. They just don't see glass as a barrier and this is a problem for them."
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
It's possible that the number one killer of American birds is a much-beloved, domestic pet.
Experts say outdoor cats may kill hundreds of millions of wild birds each year -- but they aren't exactly sure how many.
Now, the American Bird Conservatory is asking pet owners to help count any small animals their household pets kill. When pet owners see a household pet kill a bird, squirrel, or anything else, they can go to the ABC's "Project Predator Watch" Web site and fill in the details.
Experts say outdoor cats may kill hundreds of millions of wild birds each year -- but they aren't exactly sure how many.
Now, the American Bird Conservatory is asking pet owners to help count any small animals their household pets kill. When pet owners see a household pet kill a bird, squirrel, or anything else, they can go to the ABC's "Project Predator Watch" Web site and fill in the details.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
This barge was actually used to salvage a car carrier full of new Audis,BMWs,SAABS, etc when the ship sank in the english channel:
Check out the photos:
http://www.tricolorsalvage.com/pages/fleet_buzzard.asp
Check out the photos:
http://www.tricolorsalvage.com/pages/fleet_buzzard.asp
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Jack - when you build a fence, would you dig up a big hole and put the fence pole in or would you dig a small hole with just enough room for the fence pole?
Maverick - sorry, I don't take a paycheck by anyone associated with the project and the only benefit I currently receive is talking to you and yours and the only future benefit is seeing a great wind farm in operation!
Maverick - sorry, I don't take a paycheck by anyone associated with the project and the only benefit I currently receive is talking to you and yours and the only future benefit is seeing a great wind farm in operation!
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Oops.. actually the buzzard would fit handily over the 12 foot spots.. with it's max draft of 10 feet!
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
The Buzzard was used on the Horn Rev install and has a 15 foot draft so it'll float over the 12 foot spots as long as it is lightered somewhat. OR, they use another similar rig with a slightly lower depth requirement.
Flat bottom barges used to carry deck cargo typically don't have more than 10-15 feet of draft so I don't see the need to dredge to install the towers.
Main particulars
Length : 43,00 m Displacement: 3800 tonnes
Width: 30,00 m Deck load: 10ton/ m² working area
Depth: 4,20 m 5 ton/m² accommodation
Max Draft: 2,97 m pay load: 600 tonnes
Flat bottom barges used to carry deck cargo typically don't have more than 10-15 feet of draft so I don't see the need to dredge to install the towers.
Main particulars
Length : 43,00 m Displacement: 3800 tonnes
Width: 30,00 m Deck load: 10ton/ m² working area
Depth: 4,20 m 5 ton/m² accommodation
Max Draft: 2,97 m pay load: 600 tonnes
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
These guys have a jack-up rig which was used for the Horns-Rev install...
For more details please contact:
Combinatie Berging Tricolor
Lars Walder
Public Relations Manager CBT
Tel: +31 (0) 10 454 92 74
Mobile: +31 (0) 6 53 43 27 65
Mail: l.walder@smit.com
Internet: www.tricolorsalvage.com
For more details please contact:
Combinatie Berging Tricolor
Lars Walder
Public Relations Manager CBT
Tel: +31 (0) 10 454 92 74
Mobile: +31 (0) 6 53 43 27 65
Mail: l.walder@smit.com
Internet: www.tricolorsalvage.com
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
First, the foundation was placed. It is a cylindrical steel tube with a diameter of about 4 metres and a material thickness of 4.5 cm. As specially designed jack-up vessels with heavy-duty hydraulic hammers was used to drive the mono-pile some 28 to 34 metres into the seabed depending on the geology of the seabed.
Pile driving is a fast process, and piles are relatively inexpensive to produce. Geotechnical surveys at Kentish Flats show that the seabed consists of layers of sand and not too dense clay, which make mono-pile foundations particularly attractive.
The foundation ramming takes approx two hours for each monopile. Under certain weather conditions the noise from the ramming might be audible from land.
A transition piece was then casted on the foundation pile. The transition piece was pre-installed with features such as boat landing arrangement, cathoc protection, cable ducts for sub-marine cables, turbine tower flange, etc.
Pile driving is a fast process, and piles are relatively inexpensive to produce. Geotechnical surveys at Kentish Flats show that the seabed consists of layers of sand and not too dense clay, which make mono-pile foundations particularly attractive.
The foundation ramming takes approx two hours for each monopile. Under certain weather conditions the noise from the ramming might be audible from land.
A transition piece was then casted on the foundation pile. The transition piece was pre-installed with features such as boat landing arrangement, cathoc protection, cable ducts for sub-marine cables, turbine tower flange, etc.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Just because your clients are having a good time doesn't mean it benefits the environment.
Your 'industry' isn't as bad as the draggers/trawlers who scour the ocean floor.
Maverick - how about the names of all the sport fishing boats and the tonnage they harvest from the ocean on an annual basis? And the type of bottom paint you use for your boat? And the type of marine sanitation device you have on your boat...?
Multiply that by the commercial/recreational fleet.
Your 'industry' isn't as bad as the draggers/trawlers who scour the ocean floor.
Maverick - how about the names of all the sport fishing boats and the tonnage they harvest from the ocean on an annual basis? And the type of bottom paint you use for your boat? And the type of marine sanitation device you have on your boat...?
Multiply that by the commercial/recreational fleet.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Here's a factoid - In building Disney World, 185 acres of wetlands were deemed unusable, so they decided to dredge it and create another body of water to extend Bay Lake, creating Seven Seas Lagoon. They built a water bridge to connect the two bodies of water.
The Seven Seas Lagoon dredging provided more than seven million cubic yards of earth, which they used to raise the ground at the theme park site an average of 14 feet.
The Seven Seas Lagoon dredging provided more than seven million cubic yards of earth, which they used to raise the ground at the theme park site an average of 14 feet.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Jack - put up your $1 and I'll put up my $5.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Jack -
The barges may be self propelled which makes tugs unnecessary (tugs normally have a greater draft).
I think you should consider that there are certainly good sources of information about dredging for wind farms, etc.
This from one of the denmark projects
"Dispersal of sediments during construction work
The waste from dredging and handling of the sediment will be maximum 5%. The total need for soil removal is about 25,000 m3. The total waste is estimated to a maximum of 1,050 m3, which is a little less than one day's waste from dredging at the Øresund Bridge. "
The barges may be self propelled which makes tugs unnecessary (tugs normally have a greater draft).
I think you should consider that there are certainly good sources of information about dredging for wind farms, etc.
This from one of the denmark projects
"Dispersal of sediments during construction work
The waste from dredging and handling of the sediment will be maximum 5%. The total need for soil removal is about 25,000 m3. The total waste is estimated to a maximum of 1,050 m3, which is a little less than one day's waste from dredging at the Øresund Bridge. "
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Oh.. so what about the cable for NSTAR to bring the same commodity to Nantucket to meet the needs of the McMansion owners?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
No need to resurvey as the area is already marked as a SHOAL.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Again - let's weigh the needs of boaters against the need for electricity...
Let's weigh the needs of disturbing the environmemt to suite the summer recreational requirement of 1% of cape cod residents against powering 75% of their homes with clean renewable energy.
Let's weigh the needs of disturbing the environmemt to suite the summer recreational requirement of 1% of cape cod residents against powering 75% of their homes with clean renewable energy.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
How about all the Cape Cod & Islands dredging projects that go on regularly to support yachting/boating? How much BS is that? Let's not have a wind farm but full speed ahead on marina dredging...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Northeastern elite, in their millionaire fantasyland of Cape Cod
In response to: Northeastern elite, in their millionaire fantasyland of Cape Cod
Alliance/SOS has to pay a price for their hypocracy...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Maverick - how can the main backers of SOS/Alliance justify their arguments when they are in the same 'boat' as you are?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Maverick - how can you justify the 'sport fishing' industry when scientists expect a total collapse in world fishing stocks by 2050?
What is sporty about using charter planes to catch tuna? What's sporty about baiting hooks for clients who clearly have no business on the water?
It's not like these folks survive on the fish they catch. Why should I be concerned about a wind farm causing your line of business to be altered in some small way?
What is sporty about using charter planes to catch tuna? What's sporty about baiting hooks for clients who clearly have no business on the water?
It's not like these folks survive on the fish they catch. Why should I be concerned about a wind farm causing your line of business to be altered in some small way?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Maverick - draggers/trawlers churn up thousands of square miles of the seafloor and I don't see SOS/Alliance doing anything other than partnering with them.
The wind farm will not require substantial (if any) dredging. It is like being concerned about WF oil spills, meanwhile oil goes into the sound regugarly from outboard engine discharge.
The wind farm will not require substantial (if any) dredging. It is like being concerned about WF oil spills, meanwhile oil goes into the sound regugarly from outboard engine discharge.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Carl -- good points. FYI - very few if any tankers transit nantucket sound.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
This whole dredge issue is a joke! Are you kidding me? Real dredging (i.e. Providence River) to allow real marine traffic to pass is on a scale exponentially above the wind farm 'dredging'. Dredging for a wind farm would be like dredging a marina, in my view.
Think about it. The goal is to set up pilings to support a tower, not deepen a channel to increase the available depth of water.
Think about it. The goal is to set up pilings to support a tower, not deepen a channel to increase the available depth of water.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Dude - I'm not made of cash! I'll give you $5!
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
SOS/Alliance has all the wrong backers to mount a successful attach on the wind farm. They are just plain wrong on most/all counts.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
If folks are going to oppose the wind farm for environmental reasons, they need to stand up to the scrutiny of their reasons for opposition and their current practices in relation to the environment.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
Capri - Slandering the entire shipping industry just because someone supports wind farms is ignorant.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
When you boil this issue down to the basics, the folks most opposed to the project are the ones responsible for the most harm to the environment.
Bill Koch is bankrolling the project and is a well-known oil tycoon. Marinas are poor stewards of the environment and Hyannis Marina was one of the plank-holders of SOS/Alliance. A perfect example is the fishing fleet of draggers/trawlers who Barbara and SOS/Alliance like to promote as our 'heritage trade.'
Another example is the steamship authority who spouts bogus navigation safety issues while their vessels are not equipped with inexpensive transponders which would allow them to obtain valuable information about the commercial vessels (or lack thereof) in their area.
Bill Koch is bankrolling the project and is a well-known oil tycoon. Marinas are poor stewards of the environment and Hyannis Marina was one of the plank-holders of SOS/Alliance. A perfect example is the fishing fleet of draggers/trawlers who Barbara and SOS/Alliance like to promote as our 'heritage trade.'
Another example is the steamship authority who spouts bogus navigation safety issues while their vessels are not equipped with inexpensive transponders which would allow them to obtain valuable information about the commercial vessels (or lack thereof) in their area.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
In response to: Valid criticism - from the opposition
I guess Barbara forgot about the NSAR $50 Million dollar cable run to Nantucket which required 'dredging' similar to that required for Cape Wind.
How about the 200sq miles, 15 feet down, required to bring LNG tankers into fall river as perspective?
How about the 200sq miles, 15 feet down, required to bring LNG tankers into fall river as perspective?
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In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
Barbara - you and SOS/Alliance have done nothing for the public except force the bureaucracy to blow tax dollars on repetitive reviews due to harrassing lawsuits by SOS/Alliance lawyers.
$1 billion will come from investors. Your money is wasted along with money from us/taxpayers who want the wind farm to be built.
$1 billion will come from investors. Your money is wasted along with money from us/taxpayers who want the wind farm to be built.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
Barbara - you promote all this nonsense for what? Your summer view?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
Neill - that doesn't fly. 1/2 of the campus energy is covered by the turbine. You can point out all the 0 wind days you want.
There is now public record showing the benefit.
There is now public record showing the benefit.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
Capri & Barbara - go visit MMA before you spout about wind turbines any more. Check to see if you see any dead birds below the turbine (None). You'll barely be able to hear the turbine spinning around. Go talk to the campus facility staff about how much $$ the state saves from the installation...
That translates to less demand (throttled down powerplant / less co2..)
No need to visit Denmark, there's an example right in your front yard.
Wind turbines in your backyard? Coming soon...
That translates to less demand (throttled down powerplant / less co2..)
No need to visit Denmark, there's an example right in your front yard.
Wind turbines in your backyard? Coming soon...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
You can buy carbon offsets, like Al Gore, or put your money where your mouth is, like Jim Gordon.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
MMA is one example of reduced CO2 emmissions. $100,000 of energy from the wind. Folks on the cape who are against the wind farm needs to know the facts. If they have not visited yet, they are too lazy (Physically and mentally).
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
Hy-Line and the Steamship Authority are most concerned about the additional steaming required to deviate around the shoal. That is different from navigational hazards.
A shoal area exposed in parts at low tide is un-navigable in the first place.
AIS needs to be installed on these vessels.
A shoal area exposed in parts at low tide is un-navigable in the first place.
AIS needs to be installed on these vessels.
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In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
There is no navigation hazard with putting a wind farm on horseshoe shoal...
My concern is that Hy-Line ferries and Woods Hole Steamship Authorities are not equipped with very inexpensive ($2000) AIS - Automatic Identification System transponders. They shuttle 3 Million passengers per year and can't invest in an effective tools for avoiding collissions?
More than 50% of the petroleum in the US is transported from overseas aboard tankers. It reaches the US and is refined and transported again to final destination.
2nd largest oil spill in US history happened very near nantucket shoals.
So the waterfront is and has been industrialized for many years.
Wind farms and alternative energy was always the pet project of the democratic party.
The problems with wind farm occur when you park a wind farm next to the Wianno Club, the Kennedy Compound, and the rich and famous' summer homes.
My concern is that Hy-Line ferries and Woods Hole Steamship Authorities are not equipped with very inexpensive ($2000) AIS - Automatic Identification System transponders. They shuttle 3 Million passengers per year and can't invest in an effective tools for avoiding collissions?
More than 50% of the petroleum in the US is transported from overseas aboard tankers. It reaches the US and is refined and transported again to final destination.
2nd largest oil spill in US history happened very near nantucket shoals.
So the waterfront is and has been industrialized for many years.
Wind farms and alternative energy was always the pet project of the democratic party.
The problems with wind farm occur when you park a wind farm next to the Wianno Club, the Kennedy Compound, and the rich and famous' summer homes.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
In response to: MMS says internal reviews taking longer
I think we need to be looking at summer home view greed.
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In response to: "Cape Wind", the book; Dirty politics, clean power on the Cape
In response to: "Cape Wind", the book; Dirty politics, clean power on the Cape
Barbara & Neil,
When we talk about significant oil spills, we normally are refering (unfortunately) to the transporation of petroleum products in the marine environment even though land based oil spills are far greater in size/scope.
Most folks don't associate wind farms with oil spills.
You are incorrectly assuming that folks are going to have a great deal of concern in this regard.
If you both (and SOS/Alliance) are so concerned about oil spills, you should visit the USCG port state control site and look up the great gull. It was used by Alliance to point to (innacurately)
how the wind farms would bang into a motorized petroleum barge...
Since that didn't stick, you are on to 40,000 gallons of lube oil.
FYI - lube oil for tankers comes in multiple 18 wheel tank trucks. Big difference...
When we talk about significant oil spills, we normally are refering (unfortunately) to the transporation of petroleum products in the marine environment even though land based oil spills are far greater in size/scope.
Most folks don't associate wind farms with oil spills.
You are incorrectly assuming that folks are going to have a great deal of concern in this regard.
If you both (and SOS/Alliance) are so concerned about oil spills, you should visit the USCG port state control site and look up the great gull. It was used by Alliance to point to (innacurately)
how the wind farms would bang into a motorized petroleum barge...
Since that didn't stick, you are on to 40,000 gallons of lube oil.
FYI - lube oil for tankers comes in multiple 18 wheel tank trucks. Big difference...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: "Cape Wind", the book; Dirty politics, clean power on the Cape
In response to: "Cape Wind", the book; Dirty politics, clean power on the Cape
Barbara - If you are repeating it constantly, you either believe it or you are throwing chaffe up again.
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In response to: "Cape Wind", the book; Dirty politics, clean power on the Cape
In response to: "Cape Wind", the book; Dirty politics, clean power on the Cape
Barbara - I can't believe that you are still trying to pitch that 'oil spill' claim.
You obviously don't realize that more oil finds it's way into Nantucket Sound from parking lot run off and marine outboard engine exhaust in a week than Cape Wind could possibly discharge in it's lifetime.
Urban stormwater runoff is a major source of contaminants to southern the Cape's coastal waters.
You obviously don't realize that more oil finds it's way into Nantucket Sound from parking lot run off and marine outboard engine exhaust in a week than Cape Wind could possibly discharge in it's lifetime.
Urban stormwater runoff is a major source of contaminants to southern the Cape's coastal waters.
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In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
Is SOS/Alliance really headquartered above Hooters in Hyannis?
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In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
Jon Keller’s Spin-O-Meter
By Jon Keller/ Spin-O-Meter
Sunday, April 1, 2007
“We’re privatizing 24 square miles of public ocean.”
- State Rep. Robert D. O’Leary (D-Barnstable), decrying a state ruling green-lighting the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm
Oh no, not that! Let’s see, what are the current public uses of the shallow shoals where the windmills would go? An occasional private fisherman, a passing private boat or two, the pristine view from Ted Kennedy’s very private property. And the results of that despicable privatization? Clean, low-cost energy and the equivalent pollution of 175,000 cars removed from the public’s lungs. Thank goodness some public servants are willing to stand up against those evil private interests!
By Jon Keller/ Spin-O-Meter
Sunday, April 1, 2007
“We’re privatizing 24 square miles of public ocean.”
- State Rep. Robert D. O’Leary (D-Barnstable), decrying a state ruling green-lighting the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm
Oh no, not that! Let’s see, what are the current public uses of the shallow shoals where the windmills would go? An occasional private fisherman, a passing private boat or two, the pristine view from Ted Kennedy’s very private property. And the results of that despicable privatization? Clean, low-cost energy and the equivalent pollution of 175,000 cars removed from the public’s lungs. Thank goodness some public servants are willing to stand up against those evil private interests!
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
There is already precedent for siting offshore projects. The US Gulf oil platforms are a prime example. Why has a wind farm been subject to such prejudice? There has been far more innapropriate 'outrage' than has been visited on the LNG project for Fall River, MA.
Nantucket Sound just happens to be near the summer homes of the rich and famous.
What happened to the envrironmental activism of the 1960s? They grew up and have their summer homes now and have forgotten about how detrimental their lifestyles are to the environment.
Some folks find it very hard to afford to live on the cape and islands as well as pay for the rising fuel costs.
Meanwhile, the 1st class jetset is funding this lobbying effort to disenfranchise the majority of their rights.
Nantucket Sound just happens to be near the summer homes of the rich and famous.
What happened to the envrironmental activism of the 1960s? They grew up and have their summer homes now and have forgotten about how detrimental their lifestyles are to the environment.
Some folks find it very hard to afford to live on the cape and islands as well as pay for the rising fuel costs.
Meanwhile, the 1st class jetset is funding this lobbying effort to disenfranchise the majority of their rights.
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In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
The McNeil Station (Woodchip powerplant) in Vermont at peak produces 50mw of electricity, enough to power the city of Burlington, VT.
Cape Wind would produce 430+ mw at peak output.
Both projects make sense. One recycles waste wood and the other uses a renewable resource - wind.
Cape Wind would produce 430+ mw at peak output.
Both projects make sense. One recycles waste wood and the other uses a renewable resource - wind.
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In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
$100,000 in savings isn't supposed... it is fact. 1/2 price...!
Buy one get one free!
Buy one get one free!
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In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
If wind turbines have proved themselves in small scale installations, it is easy to understand that it will prove itself at full scale.
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In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
Ask the brothers in RI about their wind turbine...
Portsmouth Abbey School currently drops more than $200,000 on electricity per year -- a rate of 9 cents per kilowatt. The school consumes approximately 2 million kWh per year and the proposed wind turbine would supply half of that.
After more than a year, the following:
The town is considering installing turbines at Portsmouth High School, Portsmouth Middle School, or both, to save money on electricity costs. Officials are inspired by the success of the 164-foot-tall wind turbine installed last summer at Portsmouth Abbey School, where it is exceeding energy-saving expectations.
Portsmouth Abbey School currently drops more than $200,000 on electricity per year -- a rate of 9 cents per kilowatt. The school consumes approximately 2 million kWh per year and the proposed wind turbine would supply half of that.
After more than a year, the following:
The town is considering installing turbines at Portsmouth High School, Portsmouth Middle School, or both, to save money on electricity costs. Officials are inspired by the success of the 164-foot-tall wind turbine installed last summer at Portsmouth Abbey School, where it is exceeding energy-saving expectations.
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In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
I spoke with the President of Massachusetts Maritime Academy. 50% of their annual electricity requirement has been met by their wind turbine.
How about that?
How about that?
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In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
Neil - ok. Wind is unreliable. Let's give up on the whole idea...
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In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
Neil,
I wonder how Walter Cronkite and Ed Kennedy tool around on their 20+ ton sailboats with such unreliable winds. Wow, how did they ever have the America's Cup races off of Newport,RI with such fluxuating wind...
And how did world commerce get carried around prior to the invention of the steam engine aboard vessels?
I wonder how Walter Cronkite and Ed Kennedy tool around on their 20+ ton sailboats with such unreliable winds. Wow, how did they ever have the America's Cup races off of Newport,RI with such fluxuating wind...
And how did world commerce get carried around prior to the invention of the steam engine aboard vessels?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
Portugal to Host World's First Wave Farm
Lisbon, Portugal [RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
Various ocean, tidal, and wave energy devices have undergone spirited research, development and testing throughout the world. This week, however, saw the formation of the first commercial wave energy project to tap the power of the ocean of the Portuguese coast.
"This is a significant milestone for our company and for wave energy."
- Richard Yemm, Managing Director of OPD
The UK's Ocean Power Delivery (OPD) signing of an order with a Portuguese consortium, led by Enersis, to build the initial phase of a commercial wave-energy project. This first phase will consist of three "Pelamis" P-750 machines located 5 km off Portugal's northern coast, near to Povoa de Varzim.
Lisbon, Portugal [RenewableEnergyAccess.com]
Various ocean, tidal, and wave energy devices have undergone spirited research, development and testing throughout the world. This week, however, saw the formation of the first commercial wave energy project to tap the power of the ocean of the Portuguese coast.
"This is a significant milestone for our company and for wave energy."
- Richard Yemm, Managing Director of OPD
The UK's Ocean Power Delivery (OPD) signing of an order with a Portuguese consortium, led by Enersis, to build the initial phase of a commercial wave-energy project. This first phase will consist of three "Pelamis" P-750 machines located 5 km off Portugal's northern coast, near to Povoa de Varzim.
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In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
Portugal's Takeover of U.S. Wind Energy Giant an Opportunity for GE
Green Wombat is in Portugal today, where one of the biggest green tech deals of the year has just gone down: the $2 billion takeover of U.S. wind farm giant Horizon Wind Energy by Portuguese utility EDP. One potential beneficiary of the deal is GE Energy Financial Services (GE), the renewable energy dealmaking arm of General Electric. EDP's acquisition of Horizon from Goldman Sachs (GS) was all the buzz at the opening today of an 11-megawatt photovoltaic power plant - one of the world's largest - in Serpa, Portugal. PowerLight (SPWR) built the plant, which was financed and is now owned by GE Energy Financial Services.
Green Wombat is in Portugal today, where one of the biggest green tech deals of the year has just gone down: the $2 billion takeover of U.S. wind farm giant Horizon Wind Energy by Portuguese utility EDP. One potential beneficiary of the deal is GE Energy Financial Services (GE), the renewable energy dealmaking arm of General Electric. EDP's acquisition of Horizon from Goldman Sachs (GS) was all the buzz at the opening today of an 11-megawatt photovoltaic power plant - one of the world's largest - in Serpa, Portugal. PowerLight (SPWR) built the plant, which was financed and is now owned by GE Energy Financial Services.
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In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
Barbara thinks Worcester and/or Fall River is a great place for wind farms!
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In response to: Locals pols stampede to endorse Cape Wind; Vinick whacks Willy; Cape women rebel
In response to: Locals pols stampede to endorse Cape Wind; Vinick whacks Willy; Cape women rebel
Barbara - keep in mind that the 2nd largest oil spill in US history happened on Nantucket Shoals. Every wind farm developed means one less series of shipments of oil on the oceans.
It also means less reliance on foreign belligerent nations (Venezuala/Iran).
The men/women fighting for your freedom don't live in 4000sq summer homes abutting Nantucket Sound, even though they deserve to.
It also means less reliance on foreign belligerent nations (Venezuala/Iran).
The men/women fighting for your freedom don't live in 4000sq summer homes abutting Nantucket Sound, even though they deserve to.
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In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
In response to: State gives OK to Cape Wind
And now the SOS/Alliance response...
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In response to: Fighting the lost cause
In response to: Fighting the lost cause
Danes also 3x as much for their gas/petrol. Go figure.
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In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
The maritime industry has been doing it's part by tightening up it's practices, like here.
That being the case, it is still clear, to me at least, that wind farms pose a miniscule threat to the environment, especially when compaired to marine petroleum transport.
Folks can talk the talk all they want, but when an opportunity arises, you either take it or leave it.
These type projects have not come up before and the government has taken a 4 year look. What more do we want?
LNG in Fall River and off Gloucester is farther along the track than wind power. Why is that?
Folks like Kennedy, Koch, Don Young, Delahunt, etc are leading us down the wrong path.
That being the case, it is still clear, to me at least, that wind farms pose a miniscule threat to the environment, especially when compaired to marine petroleum transport.
Folks can talk the talk all they want, but when an opportunity arises, you either take it or leave it.
These type projects have not come up before and the government has taken a 4 year look. What more do we want?
LNG in Fall River and off Gloucester is farther along the track than wind power. Why is that?
Folks like Kennedy, Koch, Don Young, Delahunt, etc are leading us down the wrong path.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
Neill,
You are in the minority when it comes to opinion about the wind farm. Nantucket and Mashpee are not the entire cape.
You have all these wild claims that have been disputed by the major environmental advocacy groups (Greenpeace/Sierra Club) and WHOI, URI, who voice approval for the project.
"Let me hit you with a little bit of truth -- people, breathing human beings with souls, are not opposed to Cape Wind, politicians and political organizations are opposed to Cape Wind.
Normally I don't like to use profane language in my columns, but I'm going to say it: special interests. They're destroying our country one lobbyist at a time, but this time I think they'll come up short.
Opponents argue that Cape Wind will destroy ecosystems -- specifically that of fish and bird species -- that are already in place. It just boggles my mind to think that there could be people opposed to wind power, a clean energy, because it could have adverse effects on the environment. "
You are in the minority when it comes to opinion about the wind farm. Nantucket and Mashpee are not the entire cape.
You have all these wild claims that have been disputed by the major environmental advocacy groups (Greenpeace/Sierra Club) and WHOI, URI, who voice approval for the project.
"Let me hit you with a little bit of truth -- people, breathing human beings with souls, are not opposed to Cape Wind, politicians and political organizations are opposed to Cape Wind.
Normally I don't like to use profane language in my columns, but I'm going to say it: special interests. They're destroying our country one lobbyist at a time, but this time I think they'll come up short.
Opponents argue that Cape Wind will destroy ecosystems -- specifically that of fish and bird species -- that are already in place. It just boggles my mind to think that there could be people opposed to wind power, a clean energy, because it could have adverse effects on the environment. "
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In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
Neil - you missed it. Greenpeace is talking about protecting the beaches from Pollution as a result of vessel decommissioning. Obviously you aren't going to argue that wind farm decommissinings are 1/100th as harmful to the environment as ship decommissionings are.
Agreed?
Wealthy summer home owners DO NOT have a right to sabotage the political and permitting process and disenfranchise the majority of citizens who are for the project.
Agreed?
Wealthy summer home owners DO NOT have a right to sabotage the political and permitting process and disenfranchise the majority of citizens who are for the project.
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In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
This is where ships are 'recycled.' You can just imagine the massive environmental damage done by decommissioning supertankers.
Decommissioning Cape Wind would be like taking down your Christmas Tree after the holiday in comparison. See the photo here.
Decommissioning Cape Wind would be like taking down your Christmas Tree after the holiday in comparison. See the photo here.
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In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
See the story here.
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In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
If we are going to talk about decommissioning wind farms, we are going to talk about deccomissioning tankers and power plants:
See the story here.
See the story here.
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In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
The 'environmentalists' ought to stay out of this. They pushed for lower power cell phones in order to reduce the number of cell towers. Look what happended. Now there are many many more towers.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
Alliance/SOS has intruded on my rights as a citizen. They have subverted the political system and made a farce out of the permitting process.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
Neil - 100% of the folks who don't have waterfront property don't find wind farms obtrusive.
If all the waterfront property owners left the alliance/SOS, there wouldn't be enough of a constituency there to keep the lights on.
If all the waterfront property owners left the alliance/SOS, there wouldn't be enough of a constituency there to keep the lights on.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
Neil,
So if they move out to Nantucket Shoals, all of a sudden the issues like supposed bird kills, fishing grounds, etc all go away?
That goes to the point that this is all about view not all the other junk SOS is throwing up into the air. This includes your arguments as well.
We have had true environmentalists like Thor Heyerdahl who would actually sail past sight of land and study the environment where the current batch of SOS/Alliance 'environmentalists' can't see past their sweeping lawn/view of nantucket sound.
As long as an oil spill doesn't cover the beach, not a problem, right?
So if they move out to Nantucket Shoals, all of a sudden the issues like supposed bird kills, fishing grounds, etc all go away?
That goes to the point that this is all about view not all the other junk SOS is throwing up into the air. This includes your arguments as well.
We have had true environmentalists like Thor Heyerdahl who would actually sail past sight of land and study the environment where the current batch of SOS/Alliance 'environmentalists' can't see past their sweeping lawn/view of nantucket sound.
As long as an oil spill doesn't cover the beach, not a problem, right?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
SOS ought to put their money where their mouth is, see
like here.
like here.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
Neil - transporting oil over the water is inherently a bad thing for the environment. One less tanker is a good thing in that regard.
Tanker decommissioning is far more destructive to the environment than decommissioning wind farms.
I use petroleum as well as you do. I think this a great way to showcase a technology which will benefit the country. Windy day today, isn't it?
How do you think Ted Kennedy and Chronkite sail around the sound? Blowing their hot air into the sails?
So offshore spills are ok as long as they don't touch the shore?? How is that good in any way? A spill that happened 20 years ago is as relevent as one that happens today. Cape Wind will not have a negligible effect on the environment and you know it.
Have you changed out any of your lightbulbs for the flourescent type? I have.
Tanker decommissioning is far more destructive to the environment than decommissioning wind farms.
I use petroleum as well as you do. I think this a great way to showcase a technology which will benefit the country. Windy day today, isn't it?
How do you think Ted Kennedy and Chronkite sail around the sound? Blowing their hot air into the sails?
So offshore spills are ok as long as they don't touch the shore?? How is that good in any way? A spill that happened 20 years ago is as relevent as one that happens today. Cape Wind will not have a negligible effect on the environment and you know it.
Have you changed out any of your lightbulbs for the flourescent type? I have.
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In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
In response to: Times reports Cape Wind a big win for area; CG rescues another seaman
This SOS opposition group is going to have to answer for their mis-information.
This book is well timed and is a great way to capture and solidify the absurd attempt by the powerful and well-heeled.
This book is well timed and is a great way to capture and solidify the absurd attempt by the powerful and well-heeled.
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In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
Neil - I guess you've forgotten where the 2nd largest oil spill in US history occurred?
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In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
In response to: Booklist raves about new "Cape Wind" book debut
I'm lining things up for a signed copy!
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In response to: Kinetic art, or ugly?
In response to: Kinetic art, or ugly?
Barbara - Nantucket Sound is not a major transportation and commercial route. Hardly any commercial traffic transits the sound.
That's why the Steamship Authority is not interested in investing in AIS which is a way to abate any supposed RADAR interference.
Zoning of federal waters is already well managed and a perfect example is the thousands of oil platforms in the US Gulf.
If you thinl decommissining of a wind farm is an issue, you'll reallty love how 3rd world countries provide for decommissioning of commercial vessels!
So let all the 3rd world countries deal with our refuse but let our jet-set 1st class citizens keep their multiple homes and massive electricity bills.
Wouldn't want to inconvenience these waterfront polluters.
Federal vs. States rights? You should be outraged then that the USCG sued Massachusetts and won to strike the Massachusetts Spill Bill which came as a result of the Bouchard Spill. (the tug/barge bringing the Sandwich powerplant it's fuel so you can keep your lights on?)
"threat to heritage trades-aboriginal fishing rights" - this translates to allowing commercial fishing interests to over-fish and contribute to the collapse of world fishing stocks.
Best thing for Nantucket Sound will be for the 24sq miles to be off limits to fishing and create a marine sanctuary under the wind turbines.
"Today, the Conservation Law Foundation and World Wildlife Fund-Canada will release a report recommending that marine reserves be created in about 20 percent of the ocean from Cape Cod to Eastern Canada's Scotian Shelf, and extending 10 to 200 miles from shore. The protected areas would probably include some of New England's most productive fishing areas."
Nantucket Sound should be included...
I think the homes on the waterfront are the detractors to view and habitat.
That's why the Steamship Authority is not interested in investing in AIS which is a way to abate any supposed RADAR interference.
Zoning of federal waters is already well managed and a perfect example is the thousands of oil platforms in the US Gulf.
If you thinl decommissining of a wind farm is an issue, you'll reallty love how 3rd world countries provide for decommissioning of commercial vessels!
So let all the 3rd world countries deal with our refuse but let our jet-set 1st class citizens keep their multiple homes and massive electricity bills.
Wouldn't want to inconvenience these waterfront polluters.
Federal vs. States rights? You should be outraged then that the USCG sued Massachusetts and won to strike the Massachusetts Spill Bill which came as a result of the Bouchard Spill. (the tug/barge bringing the Sandwich powerplant it's fuel so you can keep your lights on?)
"threat to heritage trades-aboriginal fishing rights" - this translates to allowing commercial fishing interests to over-fish and contribute to the collapse of world fishing stocks.
Best thing for Nantucket Sound will be for the 24sq miles to be off limits to fishing and create a marine sanctuary under the wind turbines.
"Today, the Conservation Law Foundation and World Wildlife Fund-Canada will release a report recommending that marine reserves be created in about 20 percent of the ocean from Cape Cod to Eastern Canada's Scotian Shelf, and extending 10 to 200 miles from shore. The protected areas would probably include some of New England's most productive fishing areas."
Nantucket Sound should be included...
I think the homes on the waterfront are the detractors to view and habitat.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Kinetic art, or ugly?
In response to: Kinetic art, or ugly?
Also, SOS should take a crack at opposing bottom fishing: see here.
Seems like SOS is in bed with all the fishing associations in Massachusetts so this probably won't happen.
Why is it that the alliance is keen to ally itself with fishing fleets whose overfishing (recreational and commercial) contribute to the collapse of the fishing stock which is expected to happen by 2050?
Seems like SOS is in bed with all the fishing associations in Massachusetts so this probably won't happen.
Why is it that the alliance is keen to ally itself with fishing fleets whose overfishing (recreational and commercial) contribute to the collapse of the fishing stock which is expected to happen by 2050?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Kinetic art, or ugly?
In response to: Kinetic art, or ugly?
Here's an effort that SOS should look like...
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In response to: Kinetic art, or ugly?
In response to: Kinetic art, or ugly?
It seems to me that most of the SOS (Save our Sound / Alliance) opponents are point and non-point source polluters.
(http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Po-Re/Pollution-Sources-Point-and-Nonpoint.html)
Marinas (boats) with environmentally unfriendly outboards and anti fouling paint, homes set close to the waterfront with lawn fertilizer run-off, etc.
The folks who have the cash are the opponents to the cape wind project.
These are the Al Gore types which use 20x the average amount of electricity as the average home.
They want to preach to the rest of us that sailing grounds and recreational fishing needs to be 'preserved.' Meanwhile their recreational fishing, living, sailing etc has a far greater negative impact on the environment than a wind farm could ever have.
(http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Po-Re/Pollution-Sources-Point-and-Nonpoint.html)
Marinas (boats) with environmentally unfriendly outboards and anti fouling paint, homes set close to the waterfront with lawn fertilizer run-off, etc.
The folks who have the cash are the opponents to the cape wind project.
These are the Al Gore types which use 20x the average amount of electricity as the average home.
They want to preach to the rest of us that sailing grounds and recreational fishing needs to be 'preserved.' Meanwhile their recreational fishing, living, sailing etc has a far greater negative impact on the environment than a wind farm could ever have.
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In response to: Kinetic art, or ugly?
In response to: Kinetic art, or ugly?
Windmills are a beautiful sight to see.
Regarding how our country is operated, it is a beautiful thing that Cape Wind is proposing to develop in federal rather than state waters. Nantucket and Mashpee residents can vote all they want but the area in question is in federal waters.
Regarding how our country is operated, it is a beautiful thing that Cape Wind is proposing to develop in federal rather than state waters. Nantucket and Mashpee residents can vote all they want but the area in question is in federal waters.
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In response to: The Alliance takes on another target
In response to: The Alliance takes on another target
Two-Stroke Pollution
The engines that most commonly power outboard motors, snowmobiles, lawnmowers and chainsaws are called “two-stroke” engines. Although two-stroke engines are relatively light and powerful they are very noisy and extremely polluting. Anywhere from 30 to 50% of the fuel that passes through the combustion chamber of a two-stroke engine remains unburned. And in the case of outboard motors, this unburned fuel (and oil) is exhausted directly into the water. Considering that there are about three million watercraft in Canada and that one litre of oil can contaminate up to two million litres of water, this is serious pollution! Old two-stroke engines are also known to exhaust nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and a mix of cancer-causing aromatic hydrocarbons
The engines that most commonly power outboard motors, snowmobiles, lawnmowers and chainsaws are called “two-stroke” engines. Although two-stroke engines are relatively light and powerful they are very noisy and extremely polluting. Anywhere from 30 to 50% of the fuel that passes through the combustion chamber of a two-stroke engine remains unburned. And in the case of outboard motors, this unburned fuel (and oil) is exhausted directly into the water. Considering that there are about three million watercraft in Canada and that one litre of oil can contaminate up to two million litres of water, this is serious pollution! Old two-stroke engines are also known to exhaust nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and a mix of cancer-causing aromatic hydrocarbons
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In response to: The Alliance takes on another target
In response to: The Alliance takes on another target
The so called 'sound keepers' aka Allaince (SOS) should focus their efforts on cutting outboard engine oil emissions which certainly account for more oil in the water on a daily basis than Cape Wind could possibly spill in it's lifetime!
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In response to: Cape Wind's president too nice of a guy?
In response to: Cape Wind's president too nice of a guy?
Barbara - How many primary & vacation houses do you and your husband own? How much money have you both contributed to the Alliance. How much have you both spent in opposition to the Cape Wind project?
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In response to: Gambling Offshore
In response to: Gambling Offshore
"Will we need new oil spill trajectory maps? The current oil spill maps show a greater than 90% chance of this unnamed toxic substance reaching the shorelines, in some places, in less than four hours. " - Ummm... do you ask the same of Hyline Ferry which doesn't man it's ferries during refueling operations, when a fuel truck operator suffered a heart attach and died while 2000 gallons ran into the sea?
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In response to: Gambling Offshore
In response to: Gambling Offshore
Barbara -
"Mass Fishermen's Partnership is also concerned about fishing rights threatened by Cape Wind's proposal for Nantucket Sound. " - What? So that they can overfish the stocks which are expected to collapse by 2050?
"Where would the 40,000 gallons of toxic transformer oil be relocated with this Cape Cod Today proposed reconfiguration?"
Does the rustbucket "great gull" (which is a 1969 single hull motorized barge with a USCG rap sheet as long as my arm) continue providing Nantucket Summer/Winter residents with fuel or will the folks on the island rise up and demand safer transport of their petroleum products through the environmentally sensative nantucket sound?
"Mass Fishermen's Partnership is also concerned about fishing rights threatened by Cape Wind's proposal for Nantucket Sound. " - What? So that they can overfish the stocks which are expected to collapse by 2050?
"Where would the 40,000 gallons of toxic transformer oil be relocated with this Cape Cod Today proposed reconfiguration?"
Does the rustbucket "great gull" (which is a 1969 single hull motorized barge with a USCG rap sheet as long as my arm) continue providing Nantucket Summer/Winter residents with fuel or will the folks on the island rise up and demand safer transport of their petroleum products through the environmentally sensative nantucket sound?
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In response to: The hypocrisy of power
In response to: The hypocrisy of power
Barbara and Save Our Sound are a club of multi-home owning wealthy folks who care more about their view than the environment.
They preach about environmentalism, but like Al Gore's electric bill, they have a far greater negative impact on the environment than the average 'joe.'
One of the preeminent members of the Alliance is Bill Koch, an oil/coal magnate.
Let's not forget that these people are all talk....
Rather than spend their millions fighting wind farm development, they should channel their money to more appropriate causes, like providing housing for the homeless and poverty stricken on cape cod.
They preach about environmentalism, but like Al Gore's electric bill, they have a far greater negative impact on the environment than the average 'joe.'
One of the preeminent members of the Alliance is Bill Koch, an oil/coal magnate.
Let's not forget that these people are all talk....
Rather than spend their millions fighting wind farm development, they should channel their money to more appropriate causes, like providing housing for the homeless and poverty stricken on cape cod.
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In response to: Sierra Club Executive Director backs Cape Wind process
In response to: Sierra Club Executive Director backs Cape Wind process
Barbara - I think you are getting way out on a limb. It is clear that you are going to call into doubt anyone with a viewpoint other than your own.
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In response to: Cape Cod Chamber ad scares away visitors
In response to: Cape Cod Chamber ad scares away visitors
Did the Chamber take a vote? I would not join a chamber with an anti wind farm position.
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In response to: Patrick, Gordon at Apollo Alliance Summit; Was King Philip a betting man? Monomoy sunrise video
In response to: Patrick, Gordon at Apollo Alliance Summit; Was King Philip a betting man? Monomoy sunrise video
It is great to see that the current Massachusetts Governor is backing Cape Wind.
Patrick gave his support early in his campaign and Massachusetts voters acted accordingly.
Patrick gave his support early in his campaign and Massachusetts voters acted accordingly.
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In response to: Cape Wind president receives warm welcome
In response to: Cape Wind president receives warm welcome
Neil - there are a lot of people out there without vision.
Way back when the first cars appeared, people would joke around and say "get a horse."
I'm sure folks didn't see the benefits from petroleum. Do you think the Nantucket Whalers saw the real threat to their business in the 1850s?
Way back when the first cars appeared, people would joke around and say "get a horse."
I'm sure folks didn't see the benefits from petroleum. Do you think the Nantucket Whalers saw the real threat to their business in the 1850s?
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In response to: Cape Wind Files Final Environmental Impact Report with state
In response to: Cape Wind Files Final Environmental Impact Report with state
Some of washington's most important political figures are making fools of themselves.
Can't they at least make sure that all ships are being tracked in US waters to avoid oil spills?
They were interested in stopping wind farms in Nantucket but had no interest in making sure the federal government knows where ships are in the same way the FAA knows where planes are?
Can't they at least make sure that all ships are being tracked in US waters to avoid oil spills?
They were interested in stopping wind farms in Nantucket but had no interest in making sure the federal government knows where ships are in the same way the FAA knows where planes are?
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In response to: Interior Department report coming within days
In response to: Interior Department report coming within days
AIS has EVERYTHING to do with 'our' fisherman and shipping lines being able to see each other in fog.
Maverick - I highly recommend you invest in the technology. It may save your life one day ...
Maverick - I highly recommend you invest in the technology. It may save your life one day ...
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In response to: Interior Department report coming within days
In response to: Interior Department report coming within days
Some neighbors...
NIMBYISM on Nantucket means more that wind farms...
NIMBYISM on Nantucket means more that wind farms...
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In response to: Interior Department report coming within days
In response to: Interior Department report coming within days
Oil on our back yard...
(SDee WHOI site Oceanus area)
Nantucket Shoals - 2nd largest oil spill in U.S. history
(See Wikipedia)
(SDee WHOI site Oceanus area)
Nantucket Shoals - 2nd largest oil spill in U.S. history
(See Wikipedia)
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In response to: Interior Department report coming within days
In response to: Interior Department report coming within days
AIS is going to be required on smaller vessels in the next few years. Once this is required, it will supercede the effectiveness of RADAR. AIS 'sees' around corners and allows the mariner to have a better situational awareness.
Noone is saying that RADAR will be rendered useless by wind farms.
In actuality, the wind turbines would be great places to site RADAR and AIS installations as they would have an extended line of sight.
This would allow the tracking of fishing vessels out to hundreds of miles and assist in search and rescue missions.
Noone is saying that RADAR will be rendered useless by wind farms.
In actuality, the wind turbines would be great places to site RADAR and AIS installations as they would have an extended line of sight.
This would allow the tracking of fishing vessels out to hundreds of miles and assist in search and rescue missions.
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In response to: Interior Department report coming within days
In response to: Interior Department report coming within days
The 2nd largest spill in US history happened on Nantucket Shoal and there still isn't a way to monitor ships in those waters!
Where are the RADAR stations? Where are the ship tracking systems like the ones in the English Channel?
Where are the RADAR stations? Where are the ship tracking systems like the ones in the English Channel?
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In response to: Interior Department report coming within days
In response to: Interior Department report coming within days
Ed Kennedy is against Cape Wind on navigation safety grounds? Why hasn't he looked into the USCG's lack of progress on ship tracking nationwide?
$200 Million project to take till 2014?
We can do it now...
$200 Million project to take till 2014?
We can do it now...
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In response to: Dr. Strangelove
In response to: Dr. Strangelove
Maverick,
Hey there. Nice talking to you on the phone.
I'm responding to your post about Cape Wind and the offshore environment/ecosystem.
The commercial fishermen and recreational boaters are the culprits and have caused major damage to the environment.
Hey there. Nice talking to you on the phone.
I'm responding to your post about Cape Wind and the offshore environment/ecosystem.
The commercial fishermen and recreational boaters are the culprits and have caused major damage to the environment.
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In response to: The sky is falling, the sky is falling, windmills in the briny !
In response to: The sky is falling, the sky is falling, windmills in the briny !
I just spoke to one of the employees of the largest maritime advocacy groups (www.bimco.dk) with offices about 10 kilometers from the Copenhagen waterfront.
In a nutshell, he doesn't even notice the wind farm when he looks out over the harbor. The wind farm is just part of the seascape he says.
In the maritime industry will voice it's concerns if there is opposition to new regulations or new offshore projects. No opposition to wind farms have been noted.
The folks from SOS who oppose the project ought to check with the professional maritime organizations as they will find little/no concern about wind turbine siting.
In a nutshell, he doesn't even notice the wind farm when he looks out over the harbor. The wind farm is just part of the seascape he says.
In the maritime industry will voice it's concerns if there is opposition to new regulations or new offshore projects. No opposition to wind farms have been noted.
The folks from SOS who oppose the project ought to check with the professional maritime organizations as they will find little/no concern about wind turbine siting.
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In response to: Audubon endorses wind power nationally
In response to: Audubon endorses wind power nationally
Capri & Barbara,
Are you two out there herding cats or are you going to answer my question?
Are you two out there herding cats or are you going to answer my question?
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In response to: London to get 1/3 power from new wind farm
In response to: London to get 1/3 power from new wind farm
This project is receiving approval from the same government that had concerns about false radar targets.
Sounds as though their concerns have been addressed.
Wind power is gathering momentum.
Sounds as though their concerns have been addressed.
Wind power is gathering momentum.
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In response to: Audubon endorses wind power nationally
In response to: Audubon endorses wind power nationally
Save our Sound should shorten their name to SOS.
Their ship is truly sinking.
Their ship is truly sinking.
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In response to: Audubon endorses wind power nationally
In response to: Audubon endorses wind power nationally
I'd like Capri & Barbara to comment on the house cat issue.
Just from personal experience, I've seen birds brought to the doorstep by house cats. Not many as I'm not a cat lover but I know it is commonplace.
It is bogus to argue that the wind turbines will kill thousands of bird when far more are killed by house cats.
It is nice for folks to have their house pets but to stop a project from generating 78% of Cape Cod's electric needs annually seems a bit out of hand on this lame claim?
Just from personal experience, I've seen birds brought to the doorstep by house cats. Not many as I'm not a cat lover but I know it is commonplace.
It is bogus to argue that the wind turbines will kill thousands of bird when far more are killed by house cats.
It is nice for folks to have their house pets but to stop a project from generating 78% of Cape Cod's electric needs annually seems a bit out of hand on this lame claim?
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In response to: Audubon endorses wind power nationally
In response to: Audubon endorses wind power nationally
Virtually all of the state and national environmental preservation organizations
have endorsed Cape Wind and wind power. Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Audubon Society to name a few.
have endorsed Cape Wind and wind power. Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Audubon Society to name a few.
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In response to: Which state produces the most wind power?
In response to: Which state produces the most wind power?
Capri - stop being such a luddite.
California believes in it:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/wind/index.html
California believes in it:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/wind/index.html
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Jakeskid - Horseshoe Shoal is in federal waters...
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In response to: Which state produces the most wind power?
In response to: Which state produces the most wind power?
Capri - a few less tankers filled with foreign oil is fine by me.
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Capri - does Bill Koch have a geothermal system on any of his properties like George W. Bush does??
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Capri - so Bill Koch should have a special voting priviledge because he has a house on the water and he'd be affected by this project?
How about Kelo vs. New London where this homeowner has lost her house so that High End Condos could be built and provide New London with higher tax revenues...?
How about Kelo vs. New London where this homeowner has lost her house so that High End Condos could be built and provide New London with higher tax revenues...?
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
"And my hat is off to Koch and others that have the means to protect it, for all of us."
So if he has the "CASH" to pay off politicians, you are happy, in this case? So if he has the "CASH" to fund a group in opposition, you are happy with that?
What happens if ExxonMobil decides to do the same thing to open up the Alaskan reserves for drilling? How about the Grand Banks?
So if he has the "CASH" to pay off politicians, you are happy, in this case? So if he has the "CASH" to fund a group in opposition, you are happy with that?
What happens if ExxonMobil decides to do the same thing to open up the Alaskan reserves for drilling? How about the Grand Banks?
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In response to: Which state produces the most wind power?
In response to: Which state produces the most wind power?
Carriage of petroleum by ships is inherently dangerous and spills will continue to happen. It is just a matter of where and when it will happen next.
Cape Wind is environmentaly benign and would benefit the area by providing clean renewable energy and offering the nation a way forward in terms of reduced reliance on foreign oil.
Cape Wind is environmentaly benign and would benefit the area by providing clean renewable energy and offering the nation a way forward in terms of reduced reliance on foreign oil.
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In response to: Which state produces the most wind power?
In response to: Which state produces the most wind power?
Friedman should look no further than Ed Kennedy,Bill Koch, Willam Delahunt, Ted Stevens, and Wayne Kurker...
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Capri - the second largest oil spill in US history happened where and when?
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Capri - Koch,Mihos, and Kurker were not elected to represent Cape Cod residents.
All they have is deep pockets to differentiate themselves from you and I.
A small group has raised a lot of money to dissassociate us from our government.
All they have is deep pockets to differentiate themselves from you and I.
A small group has raised a lot of money to dissassociate us from our government.
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Neil - wind power is what carries explorers/pilgims to this country. Up until the early 1900s, sail power is what allowed most international commerce to exist.
For example, the Nantucket Whaling ships used sail power to decimate the whale stock until steam engines and Petroleum came into wide use in the early 1900s for heating/electricity and vessel propulsion. (along with coal)
So you can imagine why coal/oil magnate Bill Koch is concerned on two fronts. One is his view from one of his summer residences and the other is the effect on his various businesses.
For example, the Nantucket Whaling ships used sail power to decimate the whale stock until steam engines and Petroleum came into wide use in the early 1900s for heating/electricity and vessel propulsion. (along with coal)
So you can imagine why coal/oil magnate Bill Koch is concerned on two fronts. One is his view from one of his summer residences and the other is the effect on his various businesses.
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Maverick - www.mgn.com
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Neil - this link is propoganda...
http://www.windaction.org/news/6462
http://www.windaction.org/news/6462
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Neil - a company is out there actively marketing sails to increase vessel fuel efficiency. As you can imagine, crews are not trained for this and some types of vessels (container ships/LNG tankers) are ill-suited for this type operation.
No, clipper ships will not be returning.
Shipping is the most cost effective and environmentally friendly mode of transportation.
The amount of exhaust from a ship to carry 20,000 tons of freight is far less than the exhaust from the many tractor trailers needed to haul the same freight...
Make sense?
No, clipper ships will not be returning.
Shipping is the most cost effective and environmentally friendly mode of transportation.
The amount of exhaust from a ship to carry 20,000 tons of freight is far less than the exhaust from the many tractor trailers needed to haul the same freight...
Make sense?
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
It came from Greenpeace
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
the above post is for Capri who feels that fisherman can police themselves...
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
As you read this, the Japanese fleet has already started its journey toward Antarctica, where it plans to kill 945 whales - including 10 endangered fin whales - all in the name of 'scientific research.'
I'll be there too, fighting to help the whales escape. But getting to the Southern Ocean, and placing ourselves between a grenade-tipped harpoon and a helpless whale takes more than just courage. It will cost $247,000 to put our ship and crew on the high seas. To stop the Japanese hunting fleet we urgently need YOUR support now. Every dollar you donate means another hour, day or week that we can stay in the Southern Oceans, working tirelessly to confront the Japanese whaling fleet. How successful we'll be - and how many whales will survive - depends on your help. Please take action immediately to help stop the killing.
I am making a commitment to journey to the Southern Ocean and do everything I can to protect whales from a senseless hunt. Will you commit to help save these whales too?
Chasing the Japanese fleet is what the Greenpeace crew and I can do to help protect the oce
I'll be there too, fighting to help the whales escape. But getting to the Southern Ocean, and placing ourselves between a grenade-tipped harpoon and a helpless whale takes more than just courage. It will cost $247,000 to put our ship and crew on the high seas. To stop the Japanese hunting fleet we urgently need YOUR support now. Every dollar you donate means another hour, day or week that we can stay in the Southern Oceans, working tirelessly to confront the Japanese whaling fleet. How successful we'll be - and how many whales will survive - depends on your help. Please take action immediately to help stop the killing.
I am making a commitment to journey to the Southern Ocean and do everything I can to protect whales from a senseless hunt. Will you commit to help save these whales too?
Chasing the Japanese fleet is what the Greenpeace crew and I can do to help protect the oce
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Capri - think about it. The powerplant in fall river is one of the most polluting plants in the northeast. OK?
They now want to add an LNG storage facility right next to it and dredge up 200 sq miles down 15 feet just to heat your little home on cape cod and keep your lights on.
Compare that to boring minescule holes
(in comparison) on Horseshoe shoal in order to set up the wind farm.
I guess you don't believe the folks from Denmark and the positive report which states ZERO/NADA impact on the environment.
You need to get back into your environmental trenches and do your homework. And learn how to herd cats while you are at it...
They now want to add an LNG storage facility right next to it and dredge up 200 sq miles down 15 feet just to heat your little home on cape cod and keep your lights on.
Compare that to boring minescule holes
(in comparison) on Horseshoe shoal in order to set up the wind farm.
I guess you don't believe the folks from Denmark and the positive report which states ZERO/NADA impact on the environment.
You need to get back into your environmental trenches and do your homework. And learn how to herd cats while you are at it...
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Capri - convervation is the key and that means conserving fishing stock. One way is to ban fishing on Horseshoe Shoal and use the area to regenerate fish stock by creating the artificial reefs as a result of turbine bases.
Fisherman rely on regulation because they can't police themselves. It is not only US fisherman but fishermen from other countries which affect the stock...
Oil companies, shipping companies, wind farm operators all have to deal with regulations Capri.
You throw out all this BS about how Cape Wind needs to do this and that but protect the folks who are having a direct impact on the environment.
Do you own a cat Capri? Do you realize that a vast number of birds die as a result of cats? So what do you say to cat owners? If you are going to go freakly on us about Cape Wind and your screwed up ideas about possible bird kills?
Fisherman rely on regulation because they can't police themselves. It is not only US fisherman but fishermen from other countries which affect the stock...
Oil companies, shipping companies, wind farm operators all have to deal with regulations Capri.
You throw out all this BS about how Cape Wind needs to do this and that but protect the folks who are having a direct impact on the environment.
Do you own a cat Capri? Do you realize that a vast number of birds die as a result of cats? So what do you say to cat owners? If you are going to go freakly on us about Cape Wind and your screwed up ideas about possible bird kills?
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Capri - if you know nothing about bottom trawling and the effect of overfishing on the fishing stock, you haven't earned your stripes.
Get off your butt and get out on the water.
Get off your butt and get out on the water.
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Looks like Boston is getting into the Wind Turbine act:
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2006/12/13/city_vies_to_host_giant_wind_turbine/
Capri - shipping is now deviating around known right whale ships in cooperation with NOAA....
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2006/12/13/city_vies_to_host_giant_wind_turbine/
Capri - shipping is now deviating around known right whale ships in cooperation with NOAA....
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In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
In response to: What Cape Wind most assuredly won't do
Capri -
OVERFISHING - what don't you understand?
http://www.un.org/events/tenstories_2006/story.asp?storyID=800
http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_of.asp
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/11/13/missing.fish/index.html
http://oceans.greenpeace.org/en/our-oceans/overfishing
Artificial Reefs - what don't you understand?
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/rigs-to-reefs/artificial-reefs.html
http://www.ag.auburn.edu/aaes/communications/highlights/summer00/reef.html
http://www.exploreuw.com/sc04008.htm
http://www.indiana.edu/~scuba/artificial.html
OVERFISHING - what don't you understand?
http://www.un.org/events/tenstories_2006/story.asp?storyID=800
http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_of.asp
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/11/13/missing.fish/index.html
http://oceans.greenpeace.org/en/our-oceans/overfishing
Artificial Reefs - what don't you understand?
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/rigs-to-reefs/artificial-reefs.html
http://www.ag.auburn.edu/aaes/communications/highlights/summer00/reef.html
http://www.exploreuw.com/sc04008.htm
http://www.indiana.edu/~scuba/artificial.html
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In response to: Christie Todd Whitman at Kennedy School
In response to: Christie Todd Whitman at Kennedy School
Libby - rather than asking Alan Dershowitz about Cape Wind, you should have asked him if he thought OJ did it.
Maybe then you would have gotten a straight answer out of him!
Maybe then you would have gotten a straight answer out of him!
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In response to: Christie Todd Whitman at Kennedy School
In response to: Christie Todd Whitman at Kennedy School
Capri - So now there's "BIG WIND" to go along with "Big Oil?"
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In response to: Christie Todd Whitman at Kennedy School
In response to: Christie Todd Whitman at Kennedy School
Libby - it seems to me that a minority of residents are against the project. And those residents are mostly upper class and have the shoal in their direct line of site.
How do you see this opposition in comparison to the plans for LNG storage in Fall River which will require the removal of 200 sq miles of seabed to a depth of 15 feet?
Also, what do you make of the recent study suggesting the collapse of commercial fish stock by 2050, and the opposition's arguement that the project will harm commercial and recreational fishing interests?
How do you see this opposition in comparison to the plans for LNG storage in Fall River which will require the removal of 200 sq miles of seabed to a depth of 15 feet?
Also, what do you make of the recent study suggesting the collapse of commercial fish stock by 2050, and the opposition's arguement that the project will harm commercial and recreational fishing interests?
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In response to: Groups seek to create huge Atlantic marine reserves
In response to: Groups seek to create huge Atlantic marine reserves
Freight rates for shipping to/from the Northeast will go up as vessels will have to deviate around this area.
It is a small price for consumers to pay in order to preserve the environment.
Horeshoe Shoal is a great place for the wind towers. With the area designated as a marine reserve and the towers in place, the consumers will get the best possible use while preserving the environment.
This as opposed to the plan to dredge Fall River's shipping channel to remove 15 feet of soil and dump it in Rhode Island Sound which will cause some real environmental issues.
It is a small price for consumers to pay in order to preserve the environment.
Horeshoe Shoal is a great place for the wind towers. With the area designated as a marine reserve and the towers in place, the consumers will get the best possible use while preserving the environment.
This as opposed to the plan to dredge Fall River's shipping channel to remove 15 feet of soil and dump it in Rhode Island Sound which will cause some real environmental issues.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Groups seek to create huge Atlantic marine reserves
In response to: Groups seek to create huge Atlantic marine reserves
This is a great idea.
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In response to: Fishing foes cast aside differences
In response to: Fishing foes cast aside differences
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/opinion/14tue3.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Bottom trawling, long lining and gill netting are harmful to the marine environment.
Bottom trawling, long lining and gill netting are harmful to the marine environment.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Fish stock faces collapse in 50 years
In response to: Fish stock faces collapse in 50 years
According to the study, a way to increase fish stock is to create marine reserves.
I would suggest that the 24sq miles within the Cape Wind project be used as both a wind farm and a marine reserve.
Banning fishing on the shoal would help sustain and increase fish stocks.
I would suggest that the 24sq miles within the Cape Wind project be used as both a wind farm and a marine reserve.
Banning fishing on the shoal would help sustain and increase fish stocks.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: The Voter's Guide to Candidate Views on Energy
In response to: The Voter's Guide to Candidate Views on Energy
Barbara - Why should we be concerned about 6000 bird deaths per year?
You are backing the Massachusetts Fishermans Partnership which hauls in $1 Billion per year by decimating the fish stocks.
Why the concern for one species over another?
You are backing the Massachusetts Fishermans Partnership which hauls in $1 Billion per year by decimating the fish stocks.
Why the concern for one species over another?
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In response to: Wind Farm
In response to: Wind Farm
http://www.cleanpowernow.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=545&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Maverick - you are going to wake up one day (in the next 43 years) walk down to the water, and wonder where all the fish are...
You are going to look at your electric bill and wonder why it costs so much to power your house.
It would be better if you started wondering right now but you are a bit too intellectually lazy.
You are going to look at your electric bill and wonder why it costs so much to power your house.
It would be better if you started wondering right now but you are a bit too intellectually lazy.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Capri - Thor Heyerdahl was one of the founding fathers of today's environmental movement.
He was in the business before Greenpeace.
As opposed to wannabe environmentalists like you, he actually made it out into the field and acted on his findings.
The shipping industry made changes as a result of his findings.
Folks like you who sit on the shore and spout about the marine environment don't have a clue what's happening on the water.
Maverick - sounds like you are an over-fisherman?
He was in the business before Greenpeace.
As opposed to wannabe environmentalists like you, he actually made it out into the field and acted on his findings.
The shipping industry made changes as a result of his findings.
Folks like you who sit on the shore and spout about the marine environment don't have a clue what's happening on the water.
Maverick - sounds like you are an over-fisherman?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
With all this stuff swirling around, you've got folks out of their mind in opposition to a clearly benefitial & environmentally friendly project.
Who would have thought that people would be against wind power? Come on, be honest. It's been touted for years as the way to go.
Now it is here and you folks don't want it.
Same folks who say they have a long track record in environmentalism and can't figure out why marshes are dying off and commercial fishing populations are collapsing.
Great job. Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound has spent millions opposing this project. Not money well spent at all.
Those funds could/should be used to solve some of the marine environment issues right here on cape cod.
But no.. can't do it. Gotta focus on wind farms...
Foolishness.
Who would have thought that people would be against wind power? Come on, be honest. It's been touted for years as the way to go.
Now it is here and you folks don't want it.
Same folks who say they have a long track record in environmentalism and can't figure out why marshes are dying off and commercial fishing populations are collapsing.
Great job. Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound has spent millions opposing this project. Not money well spent at all.
Those funds could/should be used to solve some of the marine environment issues right here on cape cod.
But no.. can't do it. Gotta focus on wind farms...
Foolishness.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Neil - A lot of folks made it their issue of the day. There is good reason there aren't many nuclear power plants today. The China Syndrome/Jane Fonda/Mainstream Media all combined to oppose nuclear power.
Now here comes wind power and the elite and many in the media are against it. Even the most trusted name in news...
How short sighted is that?
At the same time, the mainstream media is pushing global warming, mass species decline etc.
Go figure.
Now here comes wind power and the elite and many in the media are against it. Even the most trusted name in news...
How short sighted is that?
At the same time, the mainstream media is pushing global warming, mass species decline etc.
Go figure.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Neil - are you a baby boomer? Did you oppose Nuke plants in the 70's?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Dona - According to the journal 'Science', most fish stocks will have collapsed by 2050. So Barbara's heritage trade will join whaling in the history books. (Except for Finland)
Dona - you say you are a well known environmentalist. Well the real ones like Thor Heyerdahl actually ventured out into the oceans rather than making proclamations from land.
You need to take a ride on a bottom trawler, long liner, or 'recreational' fishing head boat.
All this BS about bird kills pales in comparison to the overfishing that goes on daily by the folks you say are 'legitimately' concerned.
What are they concerned about?
Dona - you say you are a well known environmentalist. Well the real ones like Thor Heyerdahl actually ventured out into the oceans rather than making proclamations from land.
You need to take a ride on a bottom trawler, long liner, or 'recreational' fishing head boat.
All this BS about bird kills pales in comparison to the overfishing that goes on daily by the folks you say are 'legitimately' concerned.
What are they concerned about?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Neil,
Where were you when there were no-nuke protests?
Moses
Where were you when there were no-nuke protests?
Moses
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Neil - if it wasn't for you 60's child baby boomers watching the China Syndrome & Jane Fonda, we'd have nuke plants all over the place.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Dona - You said a while back that fisherman are against Cape Wind but they are not focusing on it because they have their work to do??
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/02/seafood.crisis.ap/index.html
Sounds like they are cleaning up...
You say you are an avid environmentalist?
What's up with that? Sounds like you have a large hole in your knowledge set.
You and Barbara have this idea that you understand the marine environment and it is clear that you do not.
Wind towers would provide shelter for marine species. They would act as habitat, allowing barnacles and other
species to attach and would draw in fish and provide a source of food.
And the towers would have an added benefit of providing the energy to power 75% of the houses on the cape.
And it would be an example for the nation.
Check out what is happening to Cheseapeake Bay and other areas. Overfishing....
You guys and the Alliance quote all kinds of junk like bird kills and fishing industry loss of revenue but what the heck... you are missing the BIG picture...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/02/seafood.crisis.ap/index.html
Sounds like they are cleaning up...
You say you are an avid environmentalist?
What's up with that? Sounds like you have a large hole in your knowledge set.
You and Barbara have this idea that you understand the marine environment and it is clear that you do not.
Wind towers would provide shelter for marine species. They would act as habitat, allowing barnacles and other
species to attach and would draw in fish and provide a source of food.
And the towers would have an added benefit of providing the energy to power 75% of the houses on the cape.
And it would be an example for the nation.
Check out what is happening to Cheseapeake Bay and other areas. Overfishing....
You guys and the Alliance quote all kinds of junk like bird kills and fishing industry loss of revenue but what the heck... you are missing the BIG picture...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Getting Things Straight
In response to: Getting Things Straight
The controversy is due to folks like Walter Cronkite, Ted Kennedy, Romney, Rielly, Delahunt, Ted Stevens, Don Young, and others to oppose a clearly beneficial project.
Most if not all of the above would have proudly stated their support for wind power 5 years ago, but now that it affects areas where most have a real estate or political interest, it all of a sudden is a no-no.
The folks who run this country have done such a fine job with our energy independence and our environment.
I'm sure they can handle the following:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/02/seafood.crisis.ap/index.html
"For more than 1 billion people, many of whom are poor, fish is their main source of protein, he said."
So let's keep over fishing, keep driving SUVs, taking the 40knot trip to Nantucket, and let a billion people starve in 2050.
Most if not all of the above would have proudly stated their support for wind power 5 years ago, but now that it affects areas where most have a real estate or political interest, it all of a sudden is a no-no.
The folks who run this country have done such a fine job with our energy independence and our environment.
I'm sure they can handle the following:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/02/seafood.crisis.ap/index.html
"For more than 1 billion people, many of whom are poor, fish is their main source of protein, he said."
So let's keep over fishing, keep driving SUVs, taking the 40knot trip to Nantucket, and let a billion people starve in 2050.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Getting Things Straight
In response to: Getting Things Straight
Ok. Let's haul a bunch of fat,lazy,ignorant,A.D.D. americans to/from Nantucket at 40 knots but not try and address the issue of energy independance, and the environment.
Let's let the rich and famous have their neck of the woods ontouched but spout about the need for renewable projects anywhere else.
SOUNDS LIKE A FINE PLAN TO ME!
Let's let the rich and famous have their neck of the woods ontouched but spout about the need for renewable projects anywhere else.
SOUNDS LIKE A FINE PLAN TO ME!
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Wind Farm
In response to: Wind Farm
CNN reporting "Seafood gone by 2050?"
So how does fishing relate to the wind farms?
The opponents & some politicians use fishermen/heritage trade/recreational fishing industry/marina operators as examples of industries which would be adversely affected by the wind farm.
These folks in the commercial/recreational fishing business are going to have to take ownership for the fix we are in.
So how does fishing relate to the wind farms?
The opponents & some politicians use fishermen/heritage trade/recreational fishing industry/marina operators as examples of industries which would be adversely affected by the wind farm.
These folks in the commercial/recreational fishing business are going to have to take ownership for the fix we are in.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Wind Farm
In response to: Wind Farm
CNN reporting "Seafood gone by 2050?"
So how does fishing relate to the wind farms?
The opponents & some politicians use fishermen/heritage trade/recreational fishing industry/marina operators as examples of industries which would be adversely affected by the wind farm.
These folks in the commercial/recreational fishing business are going to have to take ownership for the fix we are in.
So how does fishing relate to the wind farms?
The opponents & some politicians use fishermen/heritage trade/recreational fishing industry/marina operators as examples of industries which would be adversely affected by the wind farm.
These folks in the commercial/recreational fishing business are going to have to take ownership for the fix we are in.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
so what?
Did you see that CNN is talking about a report from the Journal of Science that shows a trend which indicates the collapse of the fish stock by 2050?
Dude, who cares if you have to pay a bit more. It's not all about the money.
It is about finding better ways to light/power our homes.
Did you see that CNN is talking about a report from the Journal of Science that shows a trend which indicates the collapse of the fish stock by 2050?
Dude, who cares if you have to pay a bit more. It's not all about the money.
It is about finding better ways to light/power our homes.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Wind Farm
In response to: Wind Farm
Jamie - Dude, are you smoking crack?
Two things, first why do you need to go 40 knots on a steamship authority fast ferry just to get to/from the island faster? What about the cost in terms of extra fuel?
Second: How/where would you slalom though wind towers? Do the ferries go over the shoal now?
Is this all about economics? Are you more concerned about your electricity bill going down than you are about the possibility to head in a positive direction?
About the blowhards against the wind farm who are talking about the 1 billion dollar fishing industry (Barbara Durkin EGAN/EMC) do you know that a Journal of Science report just came out saying that many species will be extinct by 2050?
Without fish, what are the birds going to eat?
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/302/5649/1359
http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?article_id=218392689&cat=2_7
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4166849
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s336471.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/25/coral.threat.ap/index.htm
Two things, first why do you need to go 40 knots on a steamship authority fast ferry just to get to/from the island faster? What about the cost in terms of extra fuel?
Second: How/where would you slalom though wind towers? Do the ferries go over the shoal now?
Is this all about economics? Are you more concerned about your electricity bill going down than you are about the possibility to head in a positive direction?
About the blowhards against the wind farm who are talking about the 1 billion dollar fishing industry (Barbara Durkin EGAN/EMC) do you know that a Journal of Science report just came out saying that many species will be extinct by 2050?
Without fish, what are the birds going to eat?
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/302/5649/1359
http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?article_id=218392689&cat=2_7
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4166849
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s336471.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/25/coral.threat.ap/index.htm
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Dona - all a few minority Denmark residents know is how to complain about something that 86% of their countrymen support.
http://www.scandinavica.com/culture/nature/wind.htm
By the way, the Journal of Science is coming out with a report about fishing stocks and the harm caused by over fishing.
Barbara ought to read up on this as she currently supports the fisherman and heritage trade without regard for the facts.
http://www.scandinavica.com/culture/nature/wind.htm
By the way, the Journal of Science is coming out with a report about fishing stocks and the harm caused by over fishing.
Barbara ought to read up on this as she currently supports the fisherman and heritage trade without regard for the facts.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
The following sounds just like the folks from the Alliance...(the dark side)
Describing turbines as "poorly located, noisy and unsightly", a number of local authorities, backed by grass-roots campaigners, are rejecting plans for new wind farms.
Describing turbines as "poorly located, noisy and unsightly", a number of local authorities, backed by grass-roots campaigners, are rejecting plans for new wind farms.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Neil - that's like saying Walmart wants to have a store on the main road. Why would that be?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Neil - In this area, Naragansett Bay & Mt. Hope Bay have shoal areas...
(Ten Foot Shoal, Gould Island Shoal near Newport)
http://www.palletmastersworkshop.com/lightship.html
http://www.history.noaa.gov/stories_tales/wiredrag.html
There are other shoal areas on the US Atlantic Coast.
Sure. Cape Wind could build elsewhere. And the America's Cup could have been held elsewhere for 100+ years. However, the conditions were right for the America's Cup to be held off of Rhode Island and the wind conditions are right for Nantucket Sound.
(Ten Foot Shoal, Gould Island Shoal near Newport)
http://www.palletmastersworkshop.com/lightship.html
http://www.history.noaa.gov/stories_tales/wiredrag.html
There are other shoal areas on the US Atlantic Coast.
Sure. Cape Wind could build elsewhere. And the America's Cup could have been held elsewhere for 100+ years. However, the conditions were right for the America's Cup to be held off of Rhode Island and the wind conditions are right for Nantucket Sound.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Welcome to the premier edition of the Man from Nantucket Blog
In response to: Welcome to the premier edition of the Man from Nantucket Blog
Jamie - hi there. What is your position on Cape Wind?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Neil,
No. There are other shoal areas of the Atlantic Coast.
Moses
No. There are other shoal areas of the Atlantic Coast.
Moses
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Barbara - Can we agree on just one thing, that bottom-trawling is bad news?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Barbara -
Do you represent the ignorant NIMBY'ers of Cape Cod or something?
Wind farms and aquaculture/fishing can co-exist.
You don't understand what type of fishing occurs on Horseshoe Shoal.
AND - you totally don't understand how destructive bottom trawling is. Do you know what you pick up when bottom trawling and what it does to the marine environment?
Obviously not.
It isn't quite as pretty as the depictions in a Legal Seafood commercial.
Again - you have a shallow,superficial view on all of this. For you and a few people in Denmark, it is all about the view.
Honestly, I could care less about your view.
Your mentioning of the banning of bottom trawling and "kind of sanctuary" sounds great to me. You have a problem with that for some strange reason, like it is a bad thing.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6967527/
http://www.doc.govt.nz/Conservation/Marine-and-Coastal/Fishing/120~Bottom-trawling-strategy.asp
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/save-our-seas-2/save-deep-sea-life
Do you represent the ignorant NIMBY'ers of Cape Cod or something?
Wind farms and aquaculture/fishing can co-exist.
You don't understand what type of fishing occurs on Horseshoe Shoal.
AND - you totally don't understand how destructive bottom trawling is. Do you know what you pick up when bottom trawling and what it does to the marine environment?
Obviously not.
It isn't quite as pretty as the depictions in a Legal Seafood commercial.
Again - you have a shallow,superficial view on all of this. For you and a few people in Denmark, it is all about the view.
Honestly, I could care less about your view.
Your mentioning of the banning of bottom trawling and "kind of sanctuary" sounds great to me. You have a problem with that for some strange reason, like it is a bad thing.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6967527/
http://www.doc.govt.nz/Conservation/Marine-and-Coastal/Fishing/120~Bottom-trawling-strategy.asp
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/save-our-seas-2/save-deep-sea-life
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
You and I are not going to decide this. I'm just happy I can keep plugging away talking to people on-cape and getting the word out.
Kennedy, Stevens & Young can keep on doing their thing.
In the end you are going to be looking at wind towers from your bay window.
Kennedy, Stevens & Young can keep on doing their thing.
In the end you are going to be looking at wind towers from your bay window.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Barbara - Sure. Right. You've got a handle on it.
Your constant myopia is not going to do anybody on the cape any good.
Your constant myopia is not going to do anybody on the cape any good.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Neil - if it's good anywhere else on the coast, it is good on Horseshoe Shoal.
All that changes is the people involved.
All that changes is the people involved.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Mr Mihos and Mr Bill Kock are the upper class and so are the folks at the Wianno Yacht Club in Osterville. What's your point?
Didn't/don't they fund the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound from renewable energy?
Didn't/don't they fund the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound from renewable energy?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
ahh... so you are for wind farms just not in your backyard.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
This arrogance of the upper classes, of the privileged classes, towards renewable energy is just so hypocritical.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
Neil - Nantucket's historic charm includes the slaughter of whales for lamp oil.
We've progressed just a bit where we now use petroleum to power our houses and keep the lights on.
Nantucket's historic charm and old whaling captain's homes sounds good in marketing brochures but I don't think it is a good argument to say we need to preserve the sound the way it looked when Nantucket was in it's hayday.
At that time, you'd see whale guts in nantucket sound and slaves aboard the ships.
We've progressed just a bit where we now use petroleum to power our houses and keep the lights on.
Nantucket's historic charm and old whaling captain's homes sounds good in marketing brochures but I don't think it is a good argument to say we need to preserve the sound the way it looked when Nantucket was in it's hayday.
At that time, you'd see whale guts in nantucket sound and slaves aboard the ships.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
??
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0843766.html
Do you know who Thor Heyerdahl is? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1938294.stm
His quote...
"We seem to believe the ocean is endless... we use it like a sewer "
We literally do on Cape Cod. (leaching of septic in to environment) Boats discharge directly over the side when 3 miles from shore ie.. Nantucket Sound...
Tankers bring us our oil with the potential for spills, including the 2nd largest in US history, which happended on Nantucket Shoal.
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0843766.html
Do you know who Thor Heyerdahl is? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1938294.stm
His quote...
"We seem to believe the ocean is endless... we use it like a sewer "
We literally do on Cape Cod. (leaching of septic in to environment) Boats discharge directly over the side when 3 miles from shore ie.. Nantucket Sound...
Tankers bring us our oil with the potential for spills, including the 2nd largest in US history, which happended on Nantucket Shoal.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
As usual you just don't get it. Fall River will get it's LNG. They have far more to complain about that you do.
Why is it that Kennedy,Stevens & Young are totally out to get Cape Wind but haven't lifted a finger to stop the LNG project in Fall River?
Why is it that Kennedy,Stevens & Young are totally out to get Cape Wind but haven't lifted a finger to stop the LNG project in Fall River?
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
What about the historical character of Fall River Massachusetts? They'll dredge 200 square miles (rather than pinprick 24 on horseshoe shoal) down 15 feet and remove all that soil to Rhode Island Sound.
Then they'll drive large LNG tankers into Narragansett & Mt. Hope Bay under two bridges (stopping traffic) and then park them next to on of the poorest and most populated cities in the state.
Just so we can keep the historic character and 'charm' of old cape cod?
You are so arrogant.
Then they'll drive large LNG tankers into Narragansett & Mt. Hope Bay under two bridges (stopping traffic) and then park them next to on of the poorest and most populated cities in the state.
Just so we can keep the historic character and 'charm' of old cape cod?
You are so arrogant.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
AND the USCG has the same type system so there will be no doubt about what's going on in the sound.
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
AND BEST THING OF ALL, WE'RE GOING TO DONATE OUR REPORT TO MMS AND ANYONE WHO WANTS IT!
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
In response to: Cape Wind Voters Guide
capri - you folks are the ones with all the off-the-wall claims.
Bogus fishing issues, bogus bird kills, bogus environmental issues. You can come up with all the junk you want throw it out there and see if it sticks.
I'm saying that I can easily report on commercial traffic and tell what vessels are doing what in the sound.
That means that one of your claims of commercial fishermen having issue/problems is bogus.
Bogus fishing issues, bogus bird kills, bogus environmental issues. You can come up with all the junk you want throw it out there and see if it sticks.
I'm saying that I can easily report on commercial traffic and tell what vessels are doing what in the sound.
That means that one of your claims of commercial fishermen having issue/problems is bogus.
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If anyone wants to check, they should set up a web camera at the closest point to shore. 6 miles.... and see what vessels are out there...
That's the low tech way. However, I hear it gets hazy/foggy often so it may be hard to get an exact count...
Our system is a bit more automated and will do the job once we have full/complete coverage and once the USCG makes it's rules change.
That's the low tech way. However, I hear it gets hazy/foggy often so it may be hard to get an exact count...
Our system is a bit more automated and will do the job once we have full/complete coverage and once the USCG makes it's rules change.
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Neil - I'm not 100% certain who is using the shoal. Noone is. Commercial draggers are not. They'd loose their nets. Ferry vessels are not, they'd risk grounding.
Maybe sport fisherman in gas guzzling boats with tourists with $$ to spend depleting the fish stock are, I'm not sure.
We'll find out about the commercial traffic soon enough...
Maybe sport fisherman in gas guzzling boats with tourists with $$ to spend depleting the fish stock are, I'm not sure.
We'll find out about the commercial traffic soon enough...
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Neil - Shoal:
. a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
2. a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, esp. one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide.
–adjective 3. of little depth, as water; shallow.
–verb (used without object) 4. to become shallow or more shallow.
–verb (used with object) 5. to cause to become shallow.
6. Nautical. to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel).
Seems to me that this means that the shoal is a place a mariner woudn't want to visit?
Who is using the shoal? Sport fisherman or commercial fisherman? Ferry companies??
If/when all commercial vessels are required to carry AIS, we will all know exactly what vessels are steaming over the shoal.
. a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
2. a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, esp. one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide.
–adjective 3. of little depth, as water; shallow.
–verb (used without object) 4. to become shallow or more shallow.
–verb (used with object) 5. to cause to become shallow.
6. Nautical. to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel).
Seems to me that this means that the shoal is a place a mariner woudn't want to visit?
Who is using the shoal? Sport fisherman or commercial fisherman? Ferry companies??
If/when all commercial vessels are required to carry AIS, we will all know exactly what vessels are steaming over the shoal.
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Barbara - Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association is against Cape Wind.
They also are concerned that the Seals are cutting into 'their' fish stock. Don't you think that the MA fisherman are cutting into the seal's fish stock??
There are 6000 seals and millions of MA residents, what's up with that!
I know you back the heritage traders and local fisherman so you should be aware that once this study is completed and it appears that seals are eating fish, there's going to be an effort to stear seals away from the fisherman's catch.
Right?
They also are concerned that the Seals are cutting into 'their' fish stock. Don't you think that the MA fisherman are cutting into the seal's fish stock??
There are 6000 seals and millions of MA residents, what's up with that!
I know you back the heritage traders and local fisherman so you should be aware that once this study is completed and it appears that seals are eating fish, there's going to be an effort to stear seals away from the fisherman's catch.
Right?
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Neil - right now, we've got a running report showing vessel traffic in the sound. We have gaps in this info but at some point in the near future, we'll be able to more clearly see all commercial vessels transiting the sound (SOLAS class).
In the near future, the USCG may require all 65+ foot vessels and all 10+ passenger vessels have AIS installed.
Fishing vessels would be included.
So as a result of new regulations set for 2007-2008, we will 'see' all the vessels in question and know where they go...
In the near future, the USCG may require all 65+ foot vessels and all 10+ passenger vessels have AIS installed.
Fishing vessels would be included.
So as a result of new regulations set for 2007-2008, we will 'see' all the vessels in question and know where they go...
lmc035@gmail.com [Member]
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Neil - right now, we've got a running report showing vessel traffic in the sound. We have gaps in this info but at some point in the near future, we'll be able to more clearly see all commercial vessels transiting the sound (SOLAS class).
In the near future, the USCG may require all 65+ foot vessels and all 10+ passenger vessels have AIS installed.
Fishing vessels would be included.
So as a result of new regulations set for 2007-2008, we will 'see' all the vessels in question and know where they go...
In the near future, the USCG may require all 65+ foot vessels and all 10+ passenger vessels have AIS installed.
Fishing vessels would be included.
So as a result of new regulations set for 2007-2008, we will 'see' all the vessels in question and know where they go...
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Barbara - so sport fishing isn't that bad but kill a bird and we've got problems?
What about Chatham's fishermen and their 'study' about seals eating 'their' fish?
http://www.capecodchronicle.com/chatnews/chat101906_2.htm
So basically, what will happen when they decide that seals are eating 'their fish?'
What about Chatham's fishermen and their 'study' about seals eating 'their' fish?
http://www.capecodchronicle.com/chatnews/chat101906_2.htm
So basically, what will happen when they decide that seals are eating 'their fish?'
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Capri - about our system. Nope...! Wrong. No benefit to us by having the wind farm except that we can create reports showing that no commercial vessels use the horseshoe shoal.
That's kinda nice as we can easily dispute all the BS you guys put out.
That's kinda nice as we can easily dispute all the BS you guys put out.
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Capri - how about deballasting in the canal and or in the sound? Do you know that San Francisco Bay has 250 foreign species now?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/19/BAGQ1L899F1.DTL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/19/BAGQ1L899F1.DTL
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Barbara - enough about the habitat degredation and wildlife mortality.
What are you going to do when cape cod fishermen start clubbing baby seals because they are eating too many fish?
Wildlife degredation? Wind towers would act as artificial reefs and provide habitat.
Jorgen Elgaard (Nystadd) can use all the four letter words he wants. He's the elite of Denmark. He owns a boat and is in the sailing club. Most folks in Denmark don't own boats. Just like on Cape Cod. He's not the majority, just a weekend warrior.
Capri - the USCG will not judge this wind farm to be a navigation safety problem/issue.
Ever heard the phrase think globally, act locally? Why do you recycle? (or do you?) Do you think all your bottles, glass,and paper are processed on-cape? How do you get your fuel/heating oil, electricity? Is it all generated on cape?
No. You can't judge/decide on Cape Wind locally. You can certainly be ignorant locally.
What are you going to do when cape cod fishermen start clubbing baby seals because they are eating too many fish?
Wildlife degredation? Wind towers would act as artificial reefs and provide habitat.
Jorgen Elgaard (Nystadd) can use all the four letter words he wants. He's the elite of Denmark. He owns a boat and is in the sailing club. Most folks in Denmark don't own boats. Just like on Cape Cod. He's not the majority, just a weekend warrior.
Capri - the USCG will not judge this wind farm to be a navigation safety problem/issue.
Ever heard the phrase think globally, act locally? Why do you recycle? (or do you?) Do you think all your bottles, glass,and paper are processed on-cape? How do you get your fuel/heating oil, electricity? Is it all generated on cape?
No. You can't judge/decide on Cape Wind locally. You can certainly be ignorant locally.
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Neil,
here's more food for thought:
http://www.greenpeaceweb.org/shipbreak/
Try compare the hundreds of ships scrapped annually to the wind farm decomissionings annually.
Petroleum tankers bring crude to the US to be refined. Additional ships bring the product to the northeast. It is then burned in highly polluting powerplants like the one in Sandwich.
These ships serve out there useful lives burning fuel and exhausting it into the atmosphere and then are scrapped in places like Alang in India.
So how can you say that wind farms are not a win-win as compared to conventional oil/coal fired plants without including the cost and environmental issues involved with transportating, refining, and transporting to final destination?
here's more food for thought:
http://www.greenpeaceweb.org/shipbreak/
Try compare the hundreds of ships scrapped annually to the wind farm decomissionings annually.
Petroleum tankers bring crude to the US to be refined. Additional ships bring the product to the northeast. It is then burned in highly polluting powerplants like the one in Sandwich.
These ships serve out there useful lives burning fuel and exhausting it into the atmosphere and then are scrapped in places like Alang in India.
So how can you say that wind farms are not a win-win as compared to conventional oil/coal fired plants without including the cost and environmental issues involved with transportating, refining, and transporting to final destination?
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Neil - you are trying to compare apples to oranges.
Greenpeace (who backs Cape Wind) is against ship breaking as it is extremely harmful to the workers and the environment.
Not the case for wind farms. Yes, they might rust but they don't have asbestos pipes, toxic solutions, etc (if at all)
in any quantity close to one supertanker or cargo ship being decomissioned.
Give me a break. When you look at spills like the Argo Merchant or the
small Bouchard spill, you see the light...
Greenpeace (who backs Cape Wind) is against ship breaking as it is extremely harmful to the workers and the environment.
Not the case for wind farms. Yes, they might rust but they don't have asbestos pipes, toxic solutions, etc (if at all)
in any quantity close to one supertanker or cargo ship being decomissioned.
Give me a break. When you look at spills like the Argo Merchant or the
small Bouchard spill, you see the light...
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Barbara/Capri - this is what is done on a regular basis to decomissioned (old) ships used to bring fuel/crude to the US and keep your lights on:
http://www.uss-bennington.org/shipbreakers/shipbreakers-5.html
http://www.uss-bennington.org/shipbreakers/shipbreakers-5.html
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Here's an article talking about the oil companies. When Cape Wind gets going, MA will obtain taxes from the $$ generated from the electricity supplied to the grid.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/business/31royalties.html?hp&ex=1162357200&en=00cf853d0bfa8d10&ei=5094&partner=homepage
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/business/31royalties.html?hp&ex=1162357200&en=00cf853d0bfa8d10&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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Good article - It does say that wind power should be part of a portfolio...
That means it has it's uses and should/can be a part of the grid.
Clipping below...
It does, however, see wind turbines as part of a portfolio of generating sources, "with clean conventional [fossil-fuel-based] providing base load, and a range of renewables contributing different proportions at different times."
That means it has it's uses and should/can be a part of the grid.
Clipping below...
It does, however, see wind turbines as part of a portfolio of generating sources, "with clean conventional [fossil-fuel-based] providing base load, and a range of renewables contributing different proportions at different times."
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Neil Good - My mistake.
Ok. So the report says that is group is concerned that the emissions are going to be the same regardless due to the fluctuation of wind energy generation, etc.
The UK is moving towards a goal of providining x% of their energy via wind power. So are they confused as well?
Sticking 135 wind towers in Horseshoe Shoal is a good idea if it will offset some of the coal fired plants even if doesn't offset the emissions. This is the BEGINNING. It is a START.
You have to START SOMEWHERE.
There are senators/representatives that want this shut down before it can even prove/disprove itself.
So what if they don't work out? THey decomission tankers in India all the time at a huge cost to the environment.
This is a minor pinprick in the offshore environment and will be a proving/testing ground for future projects.
Ok. So the report says that is group is concerned that the emissions are going to be the same regardless due to the fluctuation of wind energy generation, etc.
The UK is moving towards a goal of providining x% of their energy via wind power. So are they confused as well?
Sticking 135 wind towers in Horseshoe Shoal is a good idea if it will offset some of the coal fired plants even if doesn't offset the emissions. This is the BEGINNING. It is a START.
You have to START SOMEWHERE.
There are senators/representatives that want this shut down before it can even prove/disprove itself.
So what if they don't work out? THey decomission tankers in India all the time at a huge cost to the environment.
This is a minor pinprick in the offshore environment and will be a proving/testing ground for future projects.
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Stopcapewind - I have nothing against you. The arguments against this project are bogus and unreasonable.
I don't benefit in any way by supporting the project. I know what I know and have my opinion.
The main legislative argument against the project is based on navigation safety. This is an argument totally without merit.
I don't benefit in any way by supporting the project. I know what I know and have my opinion.
The main legislative argument against the project is based on navigation safety. This is an argument totally without merit.
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I think the whole opposition to Cape Wind is a bunch of bull.
Come up with original arguments. Try not to be so superficial and bigoted.
Come up with original arguments. Try not to be so superficial and bigoted.
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StopCapewind - even after oil was discovered in the hills of Pennsylvania, it took YEARS for the folks on Nantucket to stop killing whales.
I know you are one of those 'instant gratification' type people. If it isn't 100% it's not for you....
Sorta like the fast ferries taking toursists out to the islands. A slow boatride isn't enough, they've got A.D.D. and can't be on board for more than an hour so they zip down the sound at 40+ miles an hour.
And ya gotta have your sport fishing. Can't say it's really a 'sport.'
And don't get me started with commercial dragging (rape of the marine environment).
Did you wear a sweater in the 70's? Did you wait in queue for a shot at filling up your gas tank?
Like my friend's dad said, if you are going to be stupid, you better be tough.
I know you are one of those 'instant gratification' type people. If it isn't 100% it's not for you....
Sorta like the fast ferries taking toursists out to the islands. A slow boatride isn't enough, they've got A.D.D. and can't be on board for more than an hour so they zip down the sound at 40+ miles an hour.
And ya gotta have your sport fishing. Can't say it's really a 'sport.'
And don't get me started with commercial dragging (rape of the marine environment).
Did you wear a sweater in the 70's? Did you wait in queue for a shot at filling up your gas tank?
Like my friend's dad said, if you are going to be stupid, you better be tough.
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Stopcapewind - If you can figure out how I could possibly profit from this, let me know and I'll dedicate our profits to your favorite charity.
There are a lot of people in this 'space' that throw out all kinds of facts and figures out of context.
Also, folks of the 'blame america first' party underestimate the entrepreneurial spirit.
If Bill Kock would just invest his $$$ into a more productive effort like the following, we'd all be better off:
http://www.calstart.org/aboutus/EPAYardHostlerRelease.pdf
There are a lot of people in this 'space' that throw out all kinds of facts and figures out of context.
Also, folks of the 'blame america first' party underestimate the entrepreneurial spirit.
If Bill Kock would just invest his $$$ into a more productive effort like the following, we'd all be better off:
http://www.calstart.org/aboutus/EPAYardHostlerRelease.pdf
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OHHH -- and by the way, which two senators/representatives have been most active in their efforts to stop cape wind??
Ahh-- Senator Stevents and Representative Young, of ALASKA....?
Why is that?
Ahh-- Senator Stevents and Representative Young, of ALASKA....?
Why is that?
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Frank Iarossi of Exxon Valdez fame? He was the president of Exxon Mobil's shipping group...
http://www.adn.com/evos/stories/T99032119.html
So what does that indicate to you? That somehow ABS is biased in favor of oil companies?
YES...
The USCG even thinks so. Which brings up an i
http://www.adn.com/evos/stories/T99032119.html
So what does that indicate to you? That somehow ABS is biased in favor of oil companies?
YES...
The USCG even thinks so. Which brings up an i
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