Congress May Block Plan for a Wind Farm in Nantucket Sound

Nantucket Island (NI) use to supply in the 1800's all the oil for lamps for the USA as Whaling was then what Oil is to Iraq and Alaska today. It's main income source.
Now, 200 years later, new generation, but same old issue, a need for more energy!

History says Ben Franklin's father produced candles on Nantucket Island. Ben would be proud for the Quakers of NI if they would become QUACK-ERS and make a lot of noise in Washington about this silly Amendment.

Alaska maybe afraid that windpower will wipe out the need for Oil. Oh Yea! Just like Solar Power has eliminated the need for Oil.

I'd like to know what the political payoff is for this guy. He's scratching someone's back,that gave him a vote on something he wanted.

I think that representative, need his head examined for all the holes that the wind is blowing through. What the heck does he got to do with the east coast, when he does not even live on the west coast, persae. Turkeys, turkeys, everywhere and you can't even get a cheap one for thanksgiving!!!!....T...

I am puzzled as to how an offshore wind farm should be prohibited within 1.5 nautical miles from a shipping lane or ferry route. Captains do not drink on the job and it would be strange if they needed such great clearences to steer a vessel safely. Don't tell me that the ships in Alaska are not allowed to come within 1.5 nautical miles of icebergs which may be much less visible than well marked and lighted wind generator towers. What a shame.

I think that this ammendment serves no purpose except as an attempt to get rid of the Nantucket Sound wind farm proposal. We need ammendments like this as much as we need a hole in the head.

adrianakau@aol.com

By now (12/23) the Energy Bill has been passed, in some form. I wonder if this rediculous ammendment passed with it?