{"id":14362,"date":"2012-06-20T13:17:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T17:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14362"},"modified":"2012-06-20T13:17:51","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T17:17:51","slug":"calling-for-sunlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14362","title":{"rendered":"Calling For Sunlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Boston Herald<\/a>\u00a0posted an article about the Cape Wind Farm<\/a> Project and the lack of transparency in the approval process.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

In a letter provided to the Herald, the alliance cited a trove of bombshell internal Federal Aviation Administration emails that suggest the agency buckled to political pressure<\/a> and downplayed fears that the 440-foot tall spinning turbines would interfere with radar and ensnare small, low-flying aircraft.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Herald reported Saturday that FAA documents obtained by Parker\u2019s group through a public records request contain repeated references to political support for the proposed 130-turbine project five miles offshore of Cape Cod.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got a very clear green agenda from the Obama administration<\/a>, and very clear agenda from the Patrick administration, wanting to have America\u2019s first offshore wind farm, seemingly at the expense of public safety,\u201d Parker has told the Herald. \u201cIt\u2019s like offshore wind at any cost.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article and the comments remind us of some of the problems with the Cape Wind Farm Project. Aside from the question of whether political pressure played a part in its approval, there is the fact that it will raise the cost of electricity significantly for Massachusetts<\/a> residents. There is also the fact that the life of a wind turbine<\/a> is approximately 25 years before it will need to be removed. What a mess! This will never be a practical project–it will never save consumers money, and we will still need carbon-based back-up electricity to ensure that Massachusetts residents have electric power 24 hours a day! It would make much more sense to refine the technology for natural-gas<\/a> generated electricity (which is extremely environmentally friendly) and save consumers money and generate jobs in America (America is the Saudi Arabia of natural gas).<\/p>\n

Man has been looking for the perpetual motion machine since the beginning of time (that is one of the few things I remember from high school physics!). Green energy is simply another reflection of that quest. At some point in the future,\u00a0there may be viable green energy, but the government will accomplish nothing by forcing the issue!<\/p>\n

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