Air Sick

VT is suffering from a hangover. We have been over served. What are we over consuming? Wind. Wind news. Wind blogs. Wind regulations. If only there were some way to harness all the hot air being blown around by both sides...Oh, wait, maybe we are just suffering from Wind Turbine Syndrome!

So, the Ocean Management Plan is out and everyone is happy. Whenever both sides of a political debate walk away happy, you are likely to be left with a castrated piece of legislation. But, the Conservation Law Foundation is happy. In fact they called it a "milestone for Massachusetts and the country." Thay are smart people, let's trust them.

No comment yet from Let Vineyarders Decide, the ragtag bunch of scrappy urchins who stood up, on the internet, to say that local control must be in place. Because, you know, nothing inspires confidence like the Martha's Vineyard Commission. Maybe LVD has been unavailable because they are too busy focusing their sights on their next NIMBY propaganda mission, namely Wind Turbine Syndrome. Seriously.

LetVineyardersDecide.org has posted a link to the home of WTS, as it is affectionately known by its creator, Dr. Nina Pierpont MD PhD. The three or four people who seem to be suffering from this "syndrome" sure seem convinced that wind turbines are to blame. But, it's the subtitle to Dr. Pierpont's book that gives away the ending, A Report on a Natural Experiment, as opposed to a scientific one.

VT is not going into the symptoms because the list is so bland and, really, generally describes what it feels like to be American. You know who else isn't buying the "Natural Experiment"? Well, the American Wind Energy Association, of course. They put together some scientists who put together a paper that told WTS sufferers to shut up.  Well, that settles that.

VT could go on but that nauseous feeling is returning. And we thought a little hair of the dog would help bring us around. Happy New Year.