Guantánamo & Cape Cod

What better symbol to fight terrorism,
domestic wind power vs. foreign oil power

By Walter Brooks

A small item buried the Reporter's Notebook column in section one of the March 27th. Sunday New York Times tells us that Pentagon is installing wind turbines at the United States base on the southeastern shore of Cuba. The turbines will supply 25% of the power for our troops stationed there.  It's the second item in the column reprinted here:

Harnessing Trade Winds
Officials at Guantánamo will soon have a new image to contrast with the images of hooded and shackled detainees. Four graceful white windmills now soar 270 feet above John Paul Jones Hill, the base's highest point, and can be seen by ships miles away in the Windward Passage. Officials said that when the northerly trade winds that skitter over the base are at their most robust in July, the recently installed three-bladed windmills will supply 25 percent of the base's power needs.

Readers of the New York Times story might wonder why our trophy homes owners who are spending million to block Cape Cod's leap into renewable energy don't see the irony in their efforts.

After all, if wind turbines are good enough for our soldiers, sailors and marines at Guantánamo, why aren't they good enough for the rich people who live along Nantucket Sound ?