Reply #35: What would it take to convince you about a wind farm in Nantucket Sound?

[kristopher]

I've studied the topic closely, and the evidence is overwhelming that the single reason for opposition is the view. The sound isn't pristine; it is heavily used by humans - with all the resultant pollution that entails. If you want to remove fossil fuels from the power landscape, then the viewscape is going to be affected where ever there is a good wind resource. If that is acceepted as a valid reason for opposition in the case of the Kennedys, that means it is appropriate for anyone else to object for that reason. That, in turn, means that the only thing the fossil fuel/nuclear supporters need to do is stir up a crowd of people to complain about the view and they can close down the effort to go to renewables.

It is one thing to object to a use of local land because there is a real ecological impact; that can be measured. But when you legitimize something as subjective and non-measurable as 'the view', well that is a horse of a different color.

Kennedy is totally wrong.