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Analysis of an III Wind off Cape Cod “ by Robert F. Kennedy Jr

Environmental assemblies have been tempted by Cape Wind, but they should be wary of lending support to power businesses that are seeking to privatize the commons -- in this case 24 rectangle miles of a very powerfully utilised waterway. And because offshore breeze charges two times as much as gas-fired electrical power and considerably more than onshore breeze, the task is financially feasible only because the government and state authorities have pledged $241 million in subsidies. (Kennedy, 48)

Cape Wind's suggestion engages building of 130 monster turbines whose windmill arms will come to 417 feet overhead the water and be evident for up to 26 miles. These turbines are less than six miles from seashore and would be glimpsed from Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Hundreds of blinking lights to alert airplanes away from the turbines will rob the stars and nighttime views. The disturbance of the turbines will be audible onshore. A transformer substation increasing 100 feet overhead the sound would dwell monster helicopter pads and 40,000 gallons of possibly dicey oil. According to the Massachusetts Historical Commission, the tasks will impairment the outlooks from 16 historic sites and lighthouses on the cape and closes by islands. The Humane Society approximates the whirling turbines could every year murder thousands of migrating songbirds and ocean ducks. (Kennedy, 48)

 

Cape Wind is Sound for the sound" Francis Broadhhurst 

According Francis Broadhhurst Historical Commission, the tasks will impairment the outlooks from 16 historic sites and lighthouses on the cape and closes by islands. The Humane Society approximates the whirling turbines could every year murder thousands of migrating songbirds and ocean ducks. (Francis, 116)

Nantucket Sound is amidst the most densely traveled boating corridors in the Atlantic. The turbines will be perilously ...