The State House News Service (MA) reports on Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s energy policies for that state as detailed in a recent press conference:
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, AUG. 11, 2006….By investing in renewable energy and encouraging conservation, the state can rein in its appetite for fossil fuel consumption, Gov. Mitt Romney said Friday, rolling out a 10-year plan he said could net the state $575 million, shield ratepayers from federal surcharges, and protect the environment.The plan relies on wind and biomass power for new energy sources, and reduction measures like pricing techniques that reward consumers for avoiding peak hours of electricity use.
Well, it relies on some wind power, but not the really big project at the Cape– one that could make a real contribution due to the size of the project- as the report further notes:
Romney opposes the most visible wind power proposal, a 130-turbine development off Cape Cod. Cape Wind is supported by environmentalists, but opposed by many Cape residents.
That should read SOME environmentalists. A story in the August 21st print edition of the Union Leader (NH) entitled, "Cape wind farm plans hit a snag" notes that the Massachusetts governor has effectively stopped the project for now, winning the day for the liberal hypocrites down at the Cape and the islands (Kerry country) who profess their disdain for fossil fueled power and love of "sustainable, clean energy":
Plans for a wind farm off of Buzzards Bay may need to be revised after a report from the Romney administration finds the project would violate state law and may threaten an endangered bird species.
Great- another politician offering "conservation" as a solution to our energy woes. While that might work for a state with little or no industrial growth like Massachusetts, it doesn’t work on a national level. Romney’s call for "investment in renewable energy" would be believable if he was helping the would-be builders of the giant wind farm work around the legal obstacles the state has in place. Instead, he joins hands with Ted Kennedy… that’s right TED KENNEDY -and has pretty much killed the offshore wind generating project for the time being.
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Here we have yet another example of "big wind" being thwarted by the environ-mental whackos and their allies in government. What’s painful about this particular incident is that they’re being aided and abetted by a supposed conservative- one who has presidential aspirations.
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Click here, here, and here for previous postings covering the ongoing obstacles faced by those attempting to make renewable wind power a reality on a large scale. America’s "addiction" to foreign oil continues…
