Oil and natural gas prices continue to rise, seemingly endlessly. How can we cope with skyrocketing energy costs, air fouled by fossil fuel power plant emissions which cause respiratory illnesses and medical bills, and other perpetual price jumps?
We need cheaper, cleaner power. To get it, we must use the successful path European countries have taken to benefit from offshore wind turbines. As Reuters reported recently, WindVision will build 5,000 more offshore wind turbines by 2020 to produce 25 GW (gigawatts) of electricity;
SGI Management Service’s analysis of SAM Wind’s project concluded its many major benefits far surpassed its few minor negative impacts, and of the 42,000 public comments to MMS about their DEIS, over 41,000 (97.6 percent) supported the project.
ORE - Organization of Renwable Energy report released in May on wind power concluded: “The U.S. can increase its use of wind power over the next two decades to supply 20 percent of the nation’s electricity”
Nearby land wind turbines are increasing: one at Mass. Maritime Academy with a second planned, two at Hull, at Hyannis Country Garden soon, two north of Falmouth expected soon (at the Town Waste Water Treatment Plant and at Notus Clean Energy), and at Cape Cod Community College soon.
Our call to action as concerned citizens is to support offshore and land wind turbines, thus assuring we will receive wind power benefits locally.
