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Cynitha Stead Op Ed on Cape Wind
Thursday, August 21, 2008
They say that everybody has their price, and it turns out that ours is four dollars.

For the first time in decades, the American public is driving less due to the rise of gas over that four-dollar mark. Last year, after the fourth Clean Power Now (CPN) annual meeting, I wrote this in order to explain my long standing support for the wind farm: "I support the wind farm as a matter of national defense. Burning oil is fouling our air, politics and economy. As I write this, oil is $93 a barrel, Turkey is preparing to attack Iraq while Iran is building a nuclear bomb for Tel Aviv, and childhood asthma is a national epidemic. The United States needs to become energy independent to maintain its ultimate independence, and we have a chance to contribute right here with the wind farm. It's the vision, not the view."

When I wrote that, gas was at $2.97 per gallon. Until this week, on Cape the price was as high as $4.50, although it's dropped back to just under $4. Unless bad things happen in Georgia. Or Nigeria. Or a hurricane hits the Gulf. Or just about anything. Now the world situation is even less stable and the Nantucket Sound wind farm makes more sense than ever.

Long term opponents have begun to change their minds.

Note: Click here to read this column in the Cape Cod Times

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