This link is from the project's official website. It has a bunch of links which are good primary sources. For instance: the Lowell town letter of approval, a testimony from a wetlands expert about the environmental impacts of the project, and more. The long list of sources speaks to how thoroughly the project was talked about and studied; it was not done in a back handed, zero transparency way, it was brought to the public and voted in favor of. This is fair in a democratic sense (everyone got their say and most people are happy) but what about the 25% of people who voted against? That's a quarter of the population of the town. In such a small community, that has the potential of causing great disagreement and disturbance.
Although it seems too idealistic and time consuming, I believe in these situations, a consensus is necessary. Rifts should not be caused in a community by an outside project. Having a large portion of the population hesitant about wind power is also a side effect which we should avoid. So, taking all of this into account, my newest question is: why are all these projects happening in rural areas? Why are there no sky-scrapers with windmills on them?
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