Wind Farm Approved In MA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/us/29wind.html

"The tip of the highest blade of each turbine would reach 440 feet above the water."

" Supporters say the $1 billion Cape Wind project would provide a clean, renewable source of energy that could meet up to 75 percent of the power needs on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket."

"Opponents say it would be an industrial blot in an area of pristine beauty and change the region’s historic character." Translation - The super rich don't want to look out of their 2 million dollar beach front homes and see spinning windmills. Too bad for them.

I like how it has taken 9 years for clean windmills to be approved because of environmental concerns. At the same time oil rigs out in the gulf of Mexico that explode, sink, and leak 42,000 gallons of oil per day (for the foreseeable future) are approved in short order. I guess the poor people in Louisiana don't have the same clout as the super rich in Martha's Vinyard.