Also a cape wind proponent here, I got carried away with my comment below reminiscing about the "just one more year" feeling for cape wind for the past 20 years.
My wind energy professor[1] assigned everyone the task of arguing against cape wind as one of our assignments (and later, for it). Of course, we found a few valid arguments for and against, but enormous reasons for it. The professor had a despondent take on utility scale wind, even though it was environmentally + economically viable, partially from the decades of fighting against the often irrational public perception.
Example homework:
"Wind turbines will block our sunset"
> no, dune grass will block more of the sunset for you, many turbines won't even be visible (insert math)
"Wind turbines will be too loud"
> no, they're so far away from shore that even your breathing is louder (insert math)
"They won't make energy cheap enough to reduce costs"
> no, even using conservative payback plans and limited life, it still works (insert math)
"The native's sunset ritual will be ruined by the wind turbines"
>no, see above, are you serious?
[Yes, this was proposed- https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/environment/article/tribes... ]
It's less about a conspiracy against renewables, you start to feel this conspiracy for pro foreign fossil fuels in the Boston area.
The iconic Citgo sign, core to Boston's image [2]-> maybe
The iconic Rainbow tank for liquid natural gas[3] -> maybe maybe
The fact that Boston receives tanker ships of LNG from Russia[4]-> maybe maybe maybe
[1]I have a Wind Energy Certificate from my university education, but this was not my focus
[2]https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/how-century-old-citgo-...
[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Swash
[4]https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/why-is-lng-coming-4500-miles-...
My wind energy professor[1] assigned everyone the task of arguing against cape wind as one of our assignments (and later, for it). Of course, we found a few valid arguments for and against, but enormous reasons for it. The professor had a despondent take on utility scale wind, even though it was environmentally + economically viable, partially from the decades of fighting against the often irrational public perception.
Example homework:
"Wind turbines will block our sunset"
> no, dune grass will block more of the sunset for you, many turbines won't even be visible (insert math)
"Wind turbines will be too loud"
> no, they're so far away from shore that even your breathing is louder (insert math)
"They won't make energy cheap enough to reduce costs"
> no, even using conservative payback plans and limited life, it still works (insert math)
"The native's sunset ritual will be ruined by the wind turbines"
>no, see above, are you serious? [Yes, this was proposed- https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/environment/article/tribes... ]
It's less about a conspiracy against renewables, you start to feel this conspiracy for pro foreign fossil fuels in the Boston area. The iconic Citgo sign, core to Boston's image [2]-> maybe The iconic Rainbow tank for liquid natural gas[3] -> maybe maybe The fact that Boston receives tanker ships of LNG from Russia[4]-> maybe maybe maybe
[1]I have a Wind Energy Certificate from my university education, but this was not my focus
[2]https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/how-century-old-citgo-...
[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Swash
[4]https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/why-is-lng-coming-4500-miles-...