Again on a reed ship across the pacific in 67, two
decades later,crossing the atlantic on a raft ship of papyrus...I quote.
"We
woke up off the coast of North Africa sailing in a soup of glittering oil and
asphalt lumps.We sailed out of the oil soup and I told my men that we passed the
wake of an oil tanker flushing it's tanks before entering port.
1970-equipped
with a dip net we picked up oil clots on 43 out of 57 days.
Thor Heierdahl was known as the father of marine environmentalism. His submissions to the UN predated the formation of Greenpeace by 2 years.
If one of national's most well-known environmentalist is against wind power, we've got problems.
Commercial fisherman, Marine and boat owners do not rank at the top of the friends of the environment list, in my view.
Supposed privatization of the commons? Let's look at the requirement for LNG in fall River which means dredging the
Another concern raised Underwater cables. According to CapeWind, cables will be buried 6 feet. This is similar to what has project recently been done to bring an additional shore power line to Nantucket. Recreational fisherman, Marinas...
sounds good on paper but according to the EPA - "dont xxxx in your backyard..." similar to the Dave Matthews incident
where human waste was dumped from his tour bus onto a sightseeing boat on the Chicago River...
Federal law ALLOWs dumping of human waste from a vessel more than 3 miles from shore. The... don't xxx where you eat...
That's a lot of Dave Matthew tour buses. Commercial fisherman, marina operators,
and small boaters are a concern to the Environmental
Protection Agency and my opinion is that they should not be
considerered on the list of the most environmentally friendly groups. Kennedy's
concern about commercial fishermen snagging their cables is
unfounded.
Similar to the $41 million dollar project to bring additional shore power to
Nantucket, wind farm cables will be buried under the ocean floor,
according to the CapeWinds web site.
| Cape Wind Project | LNG Weaver's Cove | ||
| Ocean Floor requirement | 24 sq miles | 220 Sq miles | |
| Safety Hazard | Explosion, Bridge Collision | ||
| Dredging | None | 200 Sq miles - remove 7 feet of ocean floor & dump in Rhode Island Sound |