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COMMENTARY... CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:12 oil burned at the Canal plant of $52 per barrel, according to the USEnergy Information Agency. Knowing the heat rate (the efficiency) of the oil-firedboil- ers at Canal or other similar plants, one can calculate that the fuel cost alone of generat- ing electricity by oil is about eight cents a kilowatt-hour. This oil-generated electricity is now the most expensive form of electrical energy pro- duced. Compare it to the fuel cost alone of modern natural gas turbine power plants, which is about five cents a kWh, and to coal and nuclear plantsthat areeachbelowtwo cents/kWh. The renewable alternative, wind pqjAJHgenerated by the Cape Wind project ,willbe bid intotheISONewEnglandsys- tem at zero fuel cost or it will be sold on competitive long- term fixed price contracts. In either case, it will always knock off the top of the bid stack the most expensively generated electricity, whichis that from oil. One impact of this wind power is to reduce the cost of electricity to all of us. More importantly, the ex- pected 1.5 million megawatt- hours of energy developed from wind will avoid the dispatch of the equivalent oil- generated electricity because of oil'shigh cost. It willthere- fore avoid the consumption of about two million barrels (84 million gallons) of imported oil each year. And that is not an insignificant amount of oil avoidance for the first offshore windfarm in America. By low- ering our use of oil, it will also begin to put downward pres- sure on the price of gasoline as well. Although one offshore wind farm will not solve the total problem of dependence on imported oil and increasing gasoline prices, we feel the Cape Wind project will be the flagship of the nation and will serve to encourage the further development of this most benign source of renewable energy from a fuel that is free and forever. It is not unrealistic that 20 per- cent of our nation's electrical energy could come from wind power in the reasonably near future. On the other hand, if the Cape Wind project iskilled by the unscrupulouslast-minute amendment to the Coast Guard bill that changes the rules,it willcertainlydiscour- age any further offshore wind development inour countyfor many years. We feel the outrageous tactic of Senator Kennedy in aiding and abetting the shamefulamendment of Sena- tor Stevens' effort to kill the first offshore windfarmistruly an American tragedy. If we want oil independence and reasonable energy prices,the federal permit process for the Nantucket Wind Farm now in place bytheMineralsManage- ment Service should proceed without the veto power of any governor resulting from Senator Kennedy's nefarious action. The miter, a retired engineer, is vice president of Clean Power Now. COUNTY CUPPINGS CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:3 first meeting next month. It will have six months from that date to hold hearings and submit a report. Forum for immigrants elicits problems The turnout was small, but the problems -getting and keeping a driver's license, employers refusing to pay for work - were significant. The Barnstable County Human Rights Commission held an Immigrants Forum at the Hyannis campus of Cape Cod Community College Monday, introducing itself and helping to tie together resources. Representatives of Legal Services and the Cape Cod Immigrant Center joined chairman Ernie Hadley and other members of the commission in listening to complaints and concerns. "At the moment, we have virtually no staff and budget for the committee," Hadley said. "We've had some en- couraging news lately, some hope that as of July 1 we'll have funding for a part-time staff person. Until we get that staff person, there's very little the commission can do in dealing with complaints." One attendee noted problems receiving a Taxpayer Identification Number from the InternalRevenue Service, while another said more education is required so people can determine when they are facing discrimination. The latter speaker said she had been turned away when she attempted to get a learner's permit, even though she had a green card. She was told to come back with her birth certificate , then was told it had to be translated from French before it could be accepted. She appealed to someone higher up the chain and got her permit. Hadley said the human rights commission had decided its "very first research project will be to study and document problems of immigrants -both temporary and permanent - on the Cape. He said he expected a report would be ready in the fall. Have your say on the Pilgrim plant The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will take comments on the license renewal application for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth May 17 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and again from 7 to 10 p.m. The session will be held at the Radisson Hotel at 180 Water St. in Plymouth. Something new for Otis Asreported in the April7Patriot , the newmission of the 102nd Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard will involve a transformation of the Otis base on the Upper Cape into an intelligence gathering and analysis unit. In a press statement released May 9, the Guard announced the formation of a Distributed Ground Station unit that would provide "real-time intelligence processing, exploitation and dissemination for commanders." TOWNNOTES CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:2 said. The work went through the town as two separate projects, both just under the threshold for Commission review. In January, however, the land-use agency ruled that it was one and began its review. The conditions include in- stallation of catch basin in- serts to improve stormwater management and a commit- ment to limituse of hazardous materials. I want my BEDC-TV The Barnstable Economic Development Commissionwill joinother town boards inhav- ing its meetings recorded for showing on the government channel, Channel 18. Buy Bayview Farm and enjoy yourself Barnstable Land Trust is hosting a dinner and raffle at Barnstable Restaurant and Tavern June 8 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Object: raise part of the $190,000 needed before the end of next month to buy Bayview Farm, described as an "essential part" of West Barnstable 's character. The dinner event includes jazz played by the Peter West Trio.Tickets are $50; for more information,call508-771-2585 and visit www.SaveBayView- Farm.org Do the Sandy Neck Shuffle Nina Coleman,park ranger, will lead a 1.5-mile hike over deep sand at Sandy Neck Saturday at 10 a.m., stepping off from the gatehouse at the end of Sandy Neck Road in West Barnstable. It'sfree,but don't forget water and your binocs. Let's hazard a guess Oven cleaner.Mercury ther- mometers. Paint thinner and remover, Insecticides: you've got some of this stashed in your cellar or garage, and you'd love to get rid of it. The town transfer station in Marstons Mills will take this and more at household hazardous waste collections May 27,June 24,Aug. 26, Sept. 23 and Oct. 28 from 9 a.m. to noon. Advice on what can and cannotbe includedisavailable by calling 508-420-2258 or by going to www.capecodexten- sion.org. Crocker Neck expedition The Crocker Neck Conser- vation Area of Cotuit -not all 97 acres, we assume -can be explored May 20 at 10 a.m in the company of Gil Newton of the Barnstable Land Trust. Park at the northern gate of the property on Santuit Road. LETTERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:7 As we looked at the exhibit, we were reminded of a won- derful book we read this past year entitled , The Accidental Masterpiece - On the Art of Life and Vice Versa written by Michael Kimmelman, chief art critic for The New York Times. His premise is that "art provides us with clues about how to live our own lives more fully ... (it is) about how creating, col- lecting and even just appreciating art can make living a daily masterpiece." We hope that all your readers will enrich their own fives by stopping by to see this lovely exhibit. Mindflow will run until May 20 at the Center. 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