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WIll the economy collapse??

Talking about the economy, here is something that could save millions of gallons of oil in America. But, no that boil on the butt of America Ted Kennedy does not want it because his Hyannisport view might have to see one.
But he wants to force us to let 3rd world slums come to your neighbor hood.

Congress near blocking Mass. offshore wind farm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Opponents of a plan to build the first offshore U.S. wind farm in Nantucket Sound off Massachusetts were a step closer on Friday to blocking the $900 million project.

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Negotiators in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate agreed late on Thursday to give Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney the power to block a plan by Cape Wind Associates LLC to put 130 giant wind turbines near the resort islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

Romney, a Republican sometimes touted as a potential presidential candidate, is an outspoken opponent of the plan, and U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, a leading Democrat, also opposes it.

Backers say the project could generate enough electricity for most of Cape Cod and nearby islands. Opponents include wealthy residents with yachts and shorefront property near the proposed site.

An odd alliance has formed to block the project, including Kennedy and two Alaska Republicans -- Sen. Ted Stevens (news, bio, voting record) and Rep. Don Young (news, bio, voting record), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

The blocking provisions were included in the $8.7 billion Coast Guard reauthorization bill that House and Senate negotiators approved late on Thursday.

Young's spokesman said the senator opposed the project out of concerns it would be unsafe for ships trying to navigate off the Massachusetts coast.

Jim Gordon, President of Cape Wind, accused Alaska's Young of cutting a backroom deal with project opponents including wealthy island residents.

"This eleventh hour move to change the rules ... is unjust and contravenes our regional and national energy policy interest," Gordon said.

Project opponents say the plan could endanger tourism and fishing, while promoters say it could provide 75 percent of the electricity needs of Cape Cod and nearby islands.

Studies show the area has some of the strongest, most consistent wind in the eastern United States. At peak output, the project would generate more than 400 megawatts of electricity, enough to meet the needs of some 400,000 homes on Cape Cod and the nearby islands.

On a clear day, the windmills would be visible from many of the area's resort homes, including the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport six miles away.

The top lawmakers on the Senate Energy Committee -- chairman Pete Domenici and ranking Democrat Jeff Bingaman, are worried that the measure could set a dangerous precedent and chill U.S. investment in renewable energy projects.

"It would be folly for us in Congress to talk about breaking our addiction to foreign oil and, at the same time, pass laws that stymie our own production of clean and renewable energies here at home," Domenici said in a statement.

The House and the Senate could still amend that legislation before hammering out a final version to send to President George W. Bush to be signed into law.

The Cape Wind project is being developed by privately held Energy Management Inc. of Boston
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That's exactly the problem, the ELITE aren't going to allow anything to impact their personal or financial life. We will stay dependent on oil as long as BIG oil is raking in BILLIONS. Gas prices here jumped another dime yesterday. It's back where is was after Katrina. How to they explain this?? What the flip do Alaskans care about Cape Cod?

....Alaska's Young of cutting a backroom deal with project opponents including wealthy island residents.

Everytime some terrorist "burps" in the Mid-East, they raise the price.

It's all most Easter they HAVE to jack the prices up. Here on the beach they have jacked it up to $2.75 yesterday, 2 miles off the beach it's $2.65 drive 35 miles to SC it is about 13 cent cheaper than that.