NIMBY
The storied U.S. clan exemplifying public conscience writ large has somehow made a bit of a diversion in its broad agenda.
Things get hot and uncomfortable when they strike too close to home. This is a human truth, and it is demonstrated more than amply by the years-long denial of the Kennedy clan to agree to the feasibility of installing a wind farm off Cape Cod, that fabled place where some of America's wealthiest adore disporting themselves and living the good life writ large.
Now, isn't that a surprise? And dreadfully disappointing. No? Well, obviously, you're a student of human nature.
An enterprising company, Cape Wind, has invested over $40-million in hopeful future plans to result in the installation of 130 wind turbines - each of which would be a whopping 134 metres in height, in a large area of water, which would also include the installation of a transformer to the Sound capable of holding 150,000 litres of oil.
This experiment in alternate energy sourcing hasn't caught the imagination of locals. They've formed a very well funded Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound.
Odd thing that; everyone is concerned about the environment, and everyone wants someone to do something about it, as long as it doesn't impact on them, personally. Before his demise, Senator Edward Kennedy, always prepared to fight the good fight, was one of the project's most high-profile, vocal adversaries.
The Kennedy family's huge compound of white clapboard buildings in Hyannis Port strategically overlooks Nantucket Sound, a view without parallel. Robert Kennedy Jr., an environmental activist of the first water declared himself at odds with the impact the turbines' installation would have on the majesty of the Sound.
"I do believe that some places should be off limits to any sort of industrial development. I wouldn't build a wind farm in Yosemite National Park", he wrote in 2005. Handily overlooking the fact that his family owns considerable property in the area in question, and the urgency recognized within the environmental fraternity of alternate energy sources.
Just too damn close to home and comfort.
Things get hot and uncomfortable when they strike too close to home. This is a human truth, and it is demonstrated more than amply by the years-long denial of the Kennedy clan to agree to the feasibility of installing a wind farm off Cape Cod, that fabled place where some of America's wealthiest adore disporting themselves and living the good life writ large.
Now, isn't that a surprise? And dreadfully disappointing. No? Well, obviously, you're a student of human nature.
An enterprising company, Cape Wind, has invested over $40-million in hopeful future plans to result in the installation of 130 wind turbines - each of which would be a whopping 134 metres in height, in a large area of water, which would also include the installation of a transformer to the Sound capable of holding 150,000 litres of oil.
This experiment in alternate energy sourcing hasn't caught the imagination of locals. They've formed a very well funded Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound.
Odd thing that; everyone is concerned about the environment, and everyone wants someone to do something about it, as long as it doesn't impact on them, personally. Before his demise, Senator Edward Kennedy, always prepared to fight the good fight, was one of the project's most high-profile, vocal adversaries.
The Kennedy family's huge compound of white clapboard buildings in Hyannis Port strategically overlooks Nantucket Sound, a view without parallel. Robert Kennedy Jr., an environmental activist of the first water declared himself at odds with the impact the turbines' installation would have on the majesty of the Sound.
"I do believe that some places should be off limits to any sort of industrial development. I wouldn't build a wind farm in Yosemite National Park", he wrote in 2005. Handily overlooking the fact that his family owns considerable property in the area in question, and the urgency recognized within the environmental fraternity of alternate energy sources.
Just too damn close to home and comfort.
Labels: Environment, Inconvenient Politics, United Nations
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