Reply #12: People who paid a million dollars for the view

[Warpy]

don't want a bunch of windmills cluttering it up. Mass. is one of the states that gives them a deed to the whole beach down to the low tide mark. The last thing they want is something offshore they can't own.

Yachstsmen, especially those with sailboats, don't want another hazard to avoid in the area, since they already have shoals, currents and speedboats to contend with.

That's it, in a nutshell. This is a rich man's protest. Most tourist places that are on the water are no where near the proposed windfarm. Tourists would likely gravitate to those that are within sight of it, though, just for the novelty.

Conservative rich people hate being reminded they don't own it all, and conservative rich people hate change. This one affects them very deeply since it does both these things.

Trust me, the "environmentalists" who are opposing this thing are being well paid to do so.