A mighty wind

Boston Globe: "Block Island embracing offshore wind farm plan." Without a direct line from the mainland (like Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard), Block Island relies on diesel generators for power.

This summer, electricity prices on the island reached a record of 65 cents per kilowatt hour - at one point, the highest rate in the continental United States and more than four times the rate paid on the mainland 12 miles away.

Some on nearby Nantucket, including Ted Kennedy, have blocked a proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound because of the fear it will hurt home values, um, I mean the "aesthetic quality" of the Sound.



Keep on burning that diesel, Block Island: we have unfettered horizons to consider. For the children.