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The must-read summary of Wendy Williams and Robert Whitcomb's book: “Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound”.
This complete summary of "Cape Wind" gives an overview of the authors' insight into the drama that arose when Jim Gordon proposed to build a 468 megawatt wind farm of the shores of Cape Cod. It highlights how money can hijack democracy and how privilege must be challenged for America to catch up with the rest of the world in terms of renewable energy.
Added-value of this summary:
• Save time
• Understand renewable energy and its political implications in the US
• Expand your knowledge of American politics and society
To learn more, read "Cape Wind" and discover the struggles of a private company to develop a renewable solution to America's energy problems.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017
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Book Presentation: Cape Wind by Wendy Williams & Robert Whitcomb
Book Abstract
Cape Wind chronicles the real-life drama that occurred when energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon proposed building a 468 megawatt wind farm off the shores of Cape Cod. The conflict that arose between his team and the wealthy landowners who opposed the project has spanned more than five years and moved from local town meeting halls to the floors of Congress. The conflict has included a cast from anonymous protestors to famous personalities like Walter Cronkite, Mitt Romney, and Ted Kennedy. The struggle is still going on.
About the Author
Wendy Williams has written for many major publications, including Science and Scientific American. She has been journalist-in-residence at Duke University, at the Hastings Center for Medical Ethics, and a fellow at the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado.
Robert Whitcomb is a vice president and editor of The Providence Journal. He has also served as editor for several books and as a writer and editor for The Wall Street Journal.
Summary of Cape Wind
Introduction
“Cape Wind” was the brainchild of a small group of innovative energy developers. In 2001, its president, Jim Gordon, had proposed erecting 130 towering wind turbines five miles off Cape Cod’s southern coast. The project’s “nameplate capacity” would have been 468 megawatts, quite large for a wind farm. Nantucket Sound’s winds often blow best when electricity is needed most, during winter when fossil fuel costs are high and in the height of summer when air conditioning is relied upon. Gordon’s thought was that an ocean-based wind farm seemed an obvious solution to New England’s power-generation dilemma.
Cape Cod’s elite saw things differently. Gordon and his team were interlopers. The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, a shadowy group backed by many of Nantucket’s rich (including mining and fossil-fuel baron Douglas Yardley) used its immense resources to disseminate misinformation and turn allegedly public forums like town meetings into grand spectacles.
