VOTE NO QUESTION 7 – What it says and what it means could be very different:
- Do you think this has nothing to do with your town? Think again. Voting yes could mean the 1,000 wind turbines off Cape Cod National Seashore, transmission cables landing in Seashore towns, substations in Seashore towns and massive transmission lines above ground; and any future industrial wind turbine project.
- The ‘Commonwealth Wind’ project with transmission cables landing proposed at the controversial Dowses Beach location has already changed its name.
- This ballot question only in two districts on Cape Cod, is not a legal question and therefore non-binding and
non-enforceable. - Ask yourself, is this question worded deceptively? If you have any questions about voting NO on Question 7, please continue to read the information on this website.
Question 7: Shall the State Representative from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that would support the development of SouthCoast Wind and Commonwealth Wind and other possible future offshore and onshore wind power developments in Massachusetts?
Protect our Seashore,
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Welcome to SaveCapeCod.com, a dedicated hub for active citizens who cherish the unique beauty and historic and cultural significance of Cape Cod National Seashore and Cape Cod. Our mission is to rally community action against the proposed Atlantic Wind Lease Sale 11 (ATLW-11) by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which threatens the integrity of our marine and coastal environments.
Approximately 1,000 experimental skyscraper tall (1,200 foot high, or 84 stories high) wind turbines will be visible from Cape Cod National Seashore ocean beaches and near uplands both day and night, stretching for 40 miles from Provincetown to Chatham, extremely powerful (16 – 18 MW each) and 10 GW or 10,000MW, floating and tethered to the ocean floor with possibly 12 transmission cables with 833 MW of power each (more power in one cable than generated at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant) landing in CCNS towns; and substations (the Barnstable substation already caught on fire) with toxic fluids that could contaminate our sole source aquifer. All called “The Gulf of Maine” Wind Energy Area not Cape Cod. Transmission cables costing one and a half to eight billion dollars according to BOEM expert. It will be paid for by the Massachusetts electric rate payers.
Outer Cape Industrial Wind Turbines from Highland Light.
Simulation from the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management.