Nantucket, MA

PDF of print edition MYVIEW:CAPE WIND SEND YOUR VIEWS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: DON@NANTUCKETINDEPENDENT.COM       STEAMSHIPAUTHORITY OPPOSES WIND FARM By Wayne Lamson The wind farm currently being proposed by Cape Wind Associates in Nantucket Sound will create significant hazards to the safe navigation of the Steamship Authority's vessels and to other users of the waterways surrounding Horseshoe Shoal. More ... GREY MATTER by James Cennamo Read the Story... CAPEWIND FORUM SEND YOUR VIEWS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: DON@NANTUCKETINDEPENDENT.COM       THE SILENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS To the editor: Imagine, if you can, a 252 acre net, 328 feet high and 6.34 miles long, stretched across Nantucket shoals, the bottom edge of which is suspended a mere 89 feet above the water. And further, that the net is always deployed to face the wind. More ... Yea, or nay? What Nantucketers say on wind power in Nantucket Sound:       "It's a fine line. I do believe in looking for alternative energy, but is that the best place? I honestly don't have a dog in the fight. I've looked into a wind turbine in my back yard. More ...