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In a recent broadcast, Comedy Central's Daily Show covered the proposed Cape Wind project to be located in Nantucket Sound. Daily Show correspopndent Jason Jones takes a humorous look at the issues surrounding the controversial wind power project.
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Minority communities continue to suffer from exposure to air pollution emitted from natural gas and coal power plants sited in their communities. Yet when it is time for a wealthy community to share in energy production, one with no toxic pollution, it still objects. Maybe a 1000MW nuclear plant would be preferred. At least it could be built in the middle of Nantucket and not block any ocean view.
This would be funny if it wasn't so sad. If they don't like the impact on the views with the windmills (what us mortals wouldn't do for a view like that - with or without windmills), why don't they pool their vast sums of money and invest in research for wave and tidal energy technology that we all could benefit from. That's a win-win. I also didn't notice any solar panels on the mansions (but maybe I missed it). Bottom line: worse case of hypocrisy and NIMBY I've ever heard. For shame.
But what is Bush doing now? Instead of a "war time effort" for renewables and their best electrical storage potential, he.. well not not doing much good. Perhaps in the last decade, he rode the RE ulterior motive bandwagon?
As a make believe political stratigest, I suggest, can't he denounce the dems and make cape wind happen for (nothing else) a gain in popular acceptance?
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