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Originally Posted by likwid
State waters is 3 miles....
Even on a clear day you'll never see these.
Eff the long liners. They can all sink for all I care.
And the trawlers don't drag that area much anymore.
Check whats open and whats closed.
Jungledog: the problem with Jimney as a model is they buy their electricity in bulk.
Its a "use it or lose it" situation.
I honestly doubt they've cut back how much electricity they buy yet with the windmill on location as if they go over their allowance they get hit VERY hard with huge fees.
Also forgot to add about Jimney is most (if not all) ski resorts the lifts/snowmaking and buildings power supply are off seperate feeds.
Lifts are getting bulk since well, they're all electric, and they use ALOT of electricity.
They're most likely feeding the lodges and ops buildings from the windmill.
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I don't now about not seeing them. On a clear day I can see Nantucket from the Vineyard and that is 18 or 20 miles. 300 to 400 foot wind turbines I think will be visible.
I am less against them than what I used to be? Are they needed ya, no doubt. But I have a very serious problem about paying for them by giving free land to build them on, allowing for tax credits for up something like 700 millions dollars, which means the cost of building them is coming directly out of our pockets, and then I have to pay for the priviledge of receiving the energy the windmills generate down the road.
If I want to build a gas station I have to buy the land. If I want to own a grocery store I have to buy the land. This happens in every geo-political arena, be it conservative or liberal. That is the sponsership in some form or another of a business.
I would like to see a new law introduced that bars anyone who is trying start up a new business, such as windmills farms, but any new business be barred from donating money to anyone's campaign, hiring any consultants, (other than those who can literally help build the project, such as engineers), and hiring anyone connected to any elected official (hacks) in Massachusetts until the company has been up and running for five years from its completion date. Then we would see just how fast this type of venture would get done. If it is worthwhile then it would get put up quickly. If it wasn't worthwhile it would fall off the edge of the earth never to be heard from again. In other words keep the corruption/payoffs out of the process.