In Response to Nikki Perry

Many opponents to this are arguing that it would “take away from the area of pristine beauty and change the region’s historic character.”  In my opinion the wind turbines would be slightly visible off the shores and not take away from the beauty of the ocean.  Even if they were more prominent in the view I would stand for them, if it meant lowering the use of fossil fuels.  I have heard many people say that wind turbines are ugly, recently there were 2 constructed at the community college in my hometown, and there was a lot of criticism.  I don’t understand how anyone could complain about how something looks when it is in fact providing energy and is overall good for the environment.  Would you criticize something because of how it looked?

I 100% agree with Nikki on the use of wind turbines. I think this is a resourceful thing thing, that the US should install these wind turbines in more places than we already have. A few years ago I went on vacation to California and saw wind turbines in-person for the first time. This is how lots of places in the beautiful state of California get their main source of energy. There are numerous large hills that are covered with them. I believe this is an ingenious way to save money and to lower the use of fossil fuels. In my hometown, Wrentham, MA, we have one wind turbine and it's great! It generates so much power. Personally, I don't understand why people think they are an eyesore; an added bonus is that they are pretty much silent when in operation. Another place that I have seen them in our area in on the drive to Sunapee Mountain.

I think wind turbines should be supported way more than they are currently. I don't buy in to them "ruining the view" or anything like that. Having these turbines would cut costs for many different things and could ultimately lower many citizen's costs on utilities in places that have wind turbines. Also, I think that they should go ahead with the wind farm off the coast of Nantucket. For those who disagree with it, they just need to see that there are many more positives that will come out of the wind farm than negatives.