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Are there areas off the coast of Massachusetts where this style of offshore wind farm can be implemented that aren't proximal to the most popular and picturesque vacation destinations in the area? I'm sure most people can get behind the idea of offshore wind but this wasn't the best thought out location for this project.

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This has nothing to do with the landscape. I've driven by the pilot windmills. You can barely see them. This is about filthy rich white hypocrites throwing a tantrum over nothing. Most people in Massachusetts (or America for that matter) would probably have a hard time affording to vacation anywhere near these things.

Given the Koch's involvement it's probably more about throwing a tantrum over things that threaten their other investments than "nothing".

What does their being white have to do with it?

That's literally almost all you'll find on either of the islands, to the point that it sticks out if there's a POC there. I'm a white upper middle class guy myself, but let's call a spade a spade. They tried to build this in the rich white guy's back yard and they didn't like it.

Edit: These are also the same people that claim to be progressives and for the POC(I'm liberal) in politics but when it comes to actually doing something that would have cleaner air, their first reaction is to NIMBY it. These are exactly what these people are. It's a definition.

As a relatively poor, white eastern European I feel somewhat offended that I'm thrown in the same bin as these people solely because of something over which I have no control - the tone of my skin.

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