To the Editor:
Do we really need to destroy “life as it should be” to be “open for business”?
We think that is a false trade-off, which is why the Friends of Muscongus Bay has taken the position that the use of the test site off of Monhegan Island is the issue, not whether wind power is good or bad. (That can be left for another time.) The question is, is this the best place for this test to be performed?
Make no mistake — this is not an academic research program. It is about business. As Ralph Nader recently wrote, “Unlike academic science, the experiments of corporate science are neither peer-reviewed nor done openly. And this for-profit science is obviously a lot more connected to corporate political muscle in Washington, D.C., than what is produced in the academies.”
Just note the number of documents that have been redacted, and the number of times the answers to questions keep changing. You can see that this is a commercial enterprise for which the people of Bristol, Monhegan Plantation, and up and down Muscongus Bay are being asked to bear the brunt of the costs.
The special Bristol Town Meeting is on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Bristol Consolidated School.
Two 576 foot tall turbines with a 15 mile long, 6 to 7 inch wide cable having a potential life span of 20 years, situated 2.5 miles off of Monhegan Island: is this really the best place for this commercial research project to be performed? Do we really need to destroy “life as it should be” to be “open for business”? Please come and vote “no” on the citizen’s petition.
