You Have Got To Be Kidding ---

This is absolutely crazy.

Readers should know by now that I am no fan of wind or solar energy based on "the math."

But with regard to the off-shore wind project in Massachusetts I support it. The developer has played by the rules, has gone through every permitting exercise, passed every judicial test, and when I last heard about the project, it appeared ready to go.

Now, this. It's just being reported -- 20 minutes ago that the project has been put on judicial hold.

Link here.

I haven't read any more than the headline and the first paragraph, so I will post this and then we can read the story together.

A federal court today rejected an FAA ruling that the project’s turbines present ‘‘no hazard’’ to aviation, overturning a vital clearance for the offshore wind farm.

So, it's the federal government. It's the Obama administration that has turned this upside down. I wonder what Massachusetts billionaire got the ear of the federal judge? Absolutely incredible. And folks wonder why the US economy has stagnated.

Mark Rodgers had this to say:

“The FAA has reviewed Cape Wind for eight years and repeatedly determined that Cape Wind did not pose a hazard to air navigation. The essence of today’s court ruling is that the FAA needs to better explain its Determination of No Hazard. We are confident that after the FAA does this, that their decision will stand and we do not foresee any impact on the project’s schedule in moving forward.  Really, today’s court decision doesn’t change things very much because our existing Determination of No Hazard (the 3rd we have received since we started with this project) was set to expire in just 90 days and we were going to have to re-apply at that time anyway, this lets us begin that process sooner.”

What a gentleman. He has the patience of a saint.

So, the "existing document" expires in 90 days -- and it's the third such document -- and now they begin the process anew. This is absolute insanity. No wonder the US is suffering from Carter/Obama malaise (COM). Or "carterobamamalaise."

As far as I know, no whooping cranes will be hurt by the Massachusetts Cape Wind project. Maybe an occasional seagull.