Offshore Wind Hostilities Increase in Long Island

The residents and mariners along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico have long since been putting up with the inconvenience of hundreds of oil and gas pumping stations and platforms. And Hurricane Katrina demonstrated to the entire U.S. what can happen when such facilities are compromised by severe conditions. Product cannot be moved to market or even secured without spillage and coastal damage. I believe the Northeast - largely "blue-states" - can and should demonstrate that alternative energy production equates to smart energy policy. Even wealthy Long Island landowners should see the long-term benefit for the nation - and therefore, for themselves.

But you see, that's just the problem. The "blue state" folks don't want the solutions in THEIR back yard. They want it sent "out west" and "down south" so they don't have to look at it. They also don't want the power lines to bring the power back in.

We need a little bit of ALL of the current and future energy technologies. No one or technologies will get us to the solar / hydrogen promised land.

Stu in New Mexico