The fact that the senator is travelling to the windfarm site as Cape Winds guest should tell everyone which direction his loyalties lie. This is nothing but grandstanding on his part as there is nothing to see but open water and one small bird-dropping covered tower.
For once lets move past the "not in my back yard"
argument to the real fact that Cape Wind will be using public land, our land, to make large sums of money off of. Wrapping themselves in the "enviromentally friendly, end foreign oil dependence" flag to look good is nothing short of hipocracy. THIS IS ABOUT MONEY! It is about how much they can make for themselves on our property rent free. If they could get a site on dry land for free, don't you think they would rather do that? It would be so much easier.
Could the money be why the senator is suddenly interested in a project outside of his immediate jurisdiction?
Mr.Chafee should either look at this arguement without influence from either side or stay out of the fray altogether so he does not look like he is in anyone's camp.
The "Patriot" party boat is a great boat to fish from, especially on Horseshoe Shoals where the proposed site is to be. The senator should take some time and drop a hook in the water and just admire the beauty of the area. Then close his eyes and picture the same place with 130 gigantic turbines littering the site as far as the eye can see. Then think what it will look like in 20 years when all the turbines have broken down and are rusting away, and Cape Wind disappers off to the next bonanza.