"Wind turbines are the ultimate in environmental consequence, wasting and contaminating land, water, and vistas, as well as harming wildlife and people. And all for nothing, wind energy is at once too expensive and unneeded.
Eco-harms? Ask the real environmentalists who live in the country only to find their pristine lives compromised by some of the biggest machines in the world.
Having plundered large areas of pristine forests, mountain tops, and farm land, the foreign multinationals have now arrived at coastal areas, arranging permits for shore substation and cable transmission insertions.
This string of effort stretches from Maine to Virginia. Even the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) admitted it had not anticipated the rush, and some of the consequences.
“We are in an incredible growth period,” adds the American Wind Energy Association, which see as much as a $70 billion offshore wind ‘pipeline’ by 2030."