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The fight is on. Thanks to the propagandists at ”Save Our Sound,” it’s a dirty war of attrition and paperwork. Here the Q.T.:

A private company, Cape Wind, proposed the construction of ‘America’s first offshore wind farm’ in 1999. The project is expected to regularly cover 3/4 of Cape Cod’s energy needs.

Save Our Sound was quickly formed to stop the project in any way possible: legal snowballs, altering public opinon, etc. Interestingly, most environmentalists (including the infamous Massachusetts Audubon Society) support the project — SOS would probably argue otherwise. They are a group that famously represents rich landowners, taking any argument neccesary to flimflam the project, to ‘protect the view from their shoreline mansions. As ‘Clean Power Now!,’ an advocating organization proclaims, ”It’s not the view, it’s the vision!” Right now, it looks pretty good for Cape Wind. It’s still a clash (probably the most violent public opinion schism the Cape has ever seen), but Cape Wind has a growing majority and represents progressivism, reason, and sustainability.

Cape Wind (home)
Cape Wind (wikipedia)
Clean Power Now!

Save Our Sound
NIMBY (wikipedia)

The highest tip of each windmill would reach 417 feet, more than 100 feet higher than the Statue of Liberty. SOS uses a diagram of this comparison to make people scared of the size. In my opinion, the use of this comparison in a bad light is ironic. Just as the Statue of Liberty commemorates America’s freedom from oppression, the windmills would be monuments to the dawn of a new level of independance and freedom from external (and unclean) energy sources.