Objections to offshore wind farms are hot air | Sheneman – NJ.com

For years now, the sanctity of our scenic ocean vistas has been trotted out as reason enough to torpedo offshore wind farming. That is, unsurprisingly, nonsense.

Wind is a safe, clean and renewable energy source, but you know whats not? Fossil fuels. If you look closely at the sources of misinformation about renewables something tells me youll find the greasy tentacles of big oil, coal, etc. Their ability to peddle you more dinosaur juice is to convince people that renewables are either too cumbersome, too expensive or too erratic to meet our considerable energy appetite. They do this by convincing rubes that solar power causes rolling blackouts in Texas and windmills cause cancer.

Windmills do not cause cancer unless you happen upon one made of radium and lick it. Most wind farms are located so far out to sea you run a near-zero risk of having a turbine ruin your view. Climate change is no longer the issue of the future, climate change is here. Unless we get our act together Down the Shore is going to be Metuchen. You wont have to worry about smoking bans in Atlantic City because the Baccarat tables will have drifted into international waters. The technology around renewables is improving and costs are coming down. Investing in wind and solar are no brainers if, like me, you want to keep the ocean as close to its current location as possible.

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