Well, Warner is stopping wind energy at least. When one of my friends explained this to me the other day, it seemed outrageous, given the state of energy in the country. But, it's true. Warner inserted language in to a defense bill that is seriously hampering wind energy in the country. Warner took the action in January, but the ramifications are now being felt.
Despite all the claims of looking for new energy sources, the Senator from Virginia has actually prevented wind energy projects from moving forward. If there was a real policy reason, it would be one thing. But, it's really about his own personal interest.
Congress ordered the study about wind farms and their effects on military radar in a last-minute amendment to a national defense bill in January.This is government at its worst. Another petty Senator putting his private interests before the interests of the country. And it's despicable the way they use the military like this.
The language apparently was added because of a wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts. Some residents of the Cape Cod area oppose the project on grounds that the machines will spoil their views and kill migrating birds.
The author of the amendment was Sen. John Warner, R-Va., who, the Chicago Tribune reported, has tried previously to block the cape project.
In March, the departments of Defense and Homeland Security issued an interim policy that they would contest any new windmill farms "within radar line of sight of the National Air Defense and Homeland Security Radars" until the study is completed.
