Wind Turbines

I know that this doesn't directly affect Philadelphia, but the Cape Wind Project was finally okayed by the government. 130 wind turbines will be put in Nantucket Sound, and this could become the nations first offshore wind farm. Some concerns about the project are the birds that fly in the area, the water life, and views of residents with shore homes. This idea could be useful however, it will generate power for the region and save money also. Atlantic City may also be getting some wind turbines, which would be about 17 miles off the coast. The master plan calls for 1000 megawatts of electricity to be generated by 2012 and triple that by 2020, which would be possible with the NJ, Massachusetts and Delaware projects that are being developed.

I personally don't understand why people think this is a bad idea, everyone always talks about helping the environment, but when it comes time to do it, people find reasons to halt the progress. I'm from the Midwest and there are wind farms every where, and nobody seems to mind them.

This is actually a picture of a wind farm about 2 hours from my house, there are hundreds of them, and it stretches on for miles, which you can kind of see if the picture was larger.

here's the article about the wind farms that will be put in off the Northeastern coast.