To the Editor:
The Audubon Society estimates that the whirling blades of wind turbines kills hundreds of thousands of birds annually. The underwater cables carrying the power from the windmills, through Barnegat Inlet to Oyster Creek will emit magnetism which, like a dog fence, will disturb and repel underwater life.
Electric rates will increase, not decrease, due to massive project costs. Each of the 357 windmills will be four times higher than “Old Barney” lighthouse – visibly blotting out the horizon from…
September 7, 2023
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