A proposals to build the first major wind farm in the ocean off the Massachusetts coast ran into some heavy opposition. The opponents seemed to be people who made their living from the sea, worried that the cables and the turbines would interfere with fishing. Ads were made with guys with New England accents.
It turns out that the opposition to the windmills was financed by the Texas Public Policy foundation, an organization backed by oil and gas companies and Republican donors, who obviously are willing to sacrifice the future of the planet for some short term profit. It does get discouraging.
Info for this post is from David Gelles, “Offshore Power Finds Rich Foe In Oil Country,” New York Times, (Dec. 4, 2022), pp. 1, 18.
But of course. Son of a ….
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