Wind Farm Off Cape Cod Clears Hurdle - NYTimes.com
Ah, yes, the magic and power of wind, that wonderful 'free' source of energy that requires years to obtain several permits, untold $millions in studies, consultants, lawyers, meetings, etc. Then, when/if permits are obtained, the developers can invest many more $millions to actually build the wind farm and sell electricity.
Yet, it's probably not as expensive as permitting a nuclear plant. But a nuke operates 7/24 producing baseload power, something a wind farm can never deliver. Why, oh why, do we insist in tying ourselves up in transaction costs that make energy more expensive than need be. It must be the American way to enrich consultants and lawyers.
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We have the power to controll our destany, and we are not doing very well with it, and are being tricked by money mongers. People in Atlanta were putting up there own private wind energy poles in their own yards , and a judge ruled they could not put them up!!If people eleminated their electric bill, they probably could keep making house payments with much less trouble, and help stop the 4saleforeclosier problems we are having !!!If we can have a car, boat, flag pole,most anything in our yards, why on earth can't we have a wind pole. Lets save the day and fight this. For more than one reason.
I agree that individuals and neighborhoods should have the easy, uncomplicated right to erect wind turbines on their property, or generators, or solar arrays to produce some of their their own electricity and sell any excess to the grid.
Will it happen easily in Vermont? No, unless special exemptions are made in law (such as that enabling the Vermont Telecommunications Authority to erect wind turbines also hosting antennas for cell services), average Vermonters will not find it easy to build premise-based turbines.
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