| Ending of fuels and lack of energy
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| | In a legal sense everything three
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| Over the past 100 years many new
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| | nautical miles out are under the
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| electrical appliances such as
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| | management of the State Of Massachusetts.
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| dishwashers, microwaves, and air
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| | Beyond three miles, where the project is
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| conditioners have been invented. Because
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| | proposed, is managed by the Federal
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| of these inventions, we are using more
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| | Government. However, to the residents of
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| energy than ever before. It is predicted
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| | the Cape and the Islands, the project is
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| that the fossil fuels we currently use
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| | seen as being built in their back yard.
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| for sources of energy will be used up
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| | In fact, opposition to the project has
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| within 50-200 years. When this happens,
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| | been extensive and public opinion polls
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| cities all over the world will need
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| | on Cape Cod have consistently shown the
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| alternative sources of energy.
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| | population evenly divided on Cape Wind.
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| Fortunately there are several renewable
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| | There are several reasons for the extent
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| energy sources being developed and used
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| | of the opposition to the project. The
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| all over the world.
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| | tourist trade on the Cape accounts for
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| It is the year 2080, and Electric City is
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| | about nineteen thousand jobs and if the
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| in the midst of an energy crisis. Recent
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| | sight of the wind turbines hurts tourism
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| power outages have left outraged citizens
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| | on the Cape, jobs would be lost and the
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| without the use of computers, home
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| | economy and property values would become
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| entertainment centers, light, and
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| | depressed. While the initial
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| cordless phones. Outages are blamed on
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| | environmental draft study said damage to
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| the lack of fuel to run the Electric City
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| | wildlife in the area would not be
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| Power Plant, which generates all
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| | significant, many people remain concerned
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| electricity for the city. Up until now,
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| | about the effect of wind turbines on the
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| coal has been the city's only source of
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| | marine environment of the area. Concern
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| energy. It has always been cheap and
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| | for birds flying into the turbines is
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| easily accessible, but supplies are
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| | also an issue. Some would argue that the
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| dwindling quickly.
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| | solution is not wind power, but other
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| Wind energy in USA
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| | alternatives like hydrogen and those
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| Wind is the world's fastest growing
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| | solutions to energy problems will be
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| alternative energy resource. In the
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| | found in solar power or fuel cells, not
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| United States wind turbines in twenty
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| | in wind power.
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| seven states create enough power for more
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| | If you are an environmentalist and you
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| than one million families. The Altamont
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| | live on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard or
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| Pass in northern California is home to
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| | Nantucket, the proposed offshore wind
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| the country's oldest wind farm which is
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| | farm presents a real dilemma for you. The
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| also the world's largest inland
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| | project would provide clean energy but
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| installation with seven thousand
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| | would invade a pristine, natural ocean
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| turbines.
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| | area. It could be viewed as a way to
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| Cape Town wind energy
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| | reduce air pollution or a problem for
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| Several years ago, Cape Wind proposed
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| | marine and avian species. It can be
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| America's first offshore wind farm on
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| | viewed as a way to replace our dependency
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| Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound. Miles
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| | on foreign oil or another government
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| from the nearest shore, one hundred and
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| | financed equivalent to the Big Dig. It
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| thirty wind turbines that will reach a
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| | can be viewed as a progressive solution
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| height of two hundred and sixty three
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| | to problems in our environment or a way
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| feet would produce up to four hundred and
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| | for greedy developers to spoil the Cape
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| twenty megawatts of clean, renewable
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| | Cod area further.
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| energy. In average winds, Cape Wind will
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| | The project of wind turbines on Nantucket
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| provide three quarters of the Cape and
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| | Sound is unique in that it's an argument
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| Islands electricity needs. The wind
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| | of environmentalist against
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| turbines will be spaced six to nine
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| | environmentalist. There is no pure
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| football fields apart, allowing
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| | "green" solution to the issue. You can
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| navigational room for shallow draft boats
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| | see wind turbines as a progressive
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| that pass through or fish Horseshoe
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| | solution to the energy issues of our
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| Shoal. The turbines would be located in
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| | generation. However, wind turbines can
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| 24 square miles of Nantucket Sound.
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| | also be seen an ugly invasion by man into
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| General Electric wind generators designed
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| | an ocean where he does not belong with
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| for offshore use would be utilized. The
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| | the potential to create havoc (in ways we
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| site was chosen because it was highly
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| | do not yet understand) to marine and
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| favorable for wind development (maybe the
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| | avian species.
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| best in the East Coast). The area has
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| | These are the complex economic and
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| strong steady winds and is close to
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| | environmental issues for the residents of
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| onshore power lines while being protected
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| | Cape Cod and the Islands to consider
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| from high waves. The completion for
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| | concerning the Cape Wind proposal of
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| permitting is scheduled in 2008 and the
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| | America's first offshore wind farm on
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| project completion timeline is 2010.
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| | Nantucket Sound.
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