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Fisherman’s Energy: Less Chum, More Power
by The Green A-TeamIt’s the wave-making winds that matter more than the monk fish to the biggest names in commercial fishing.
Wind power is rushing to the forefront of America’s race for clean energy and dry land is becoming scarce for use as wind farms. Small, densely populated coastal states like Rhode Island and New Jersey have availed the use of ocean plots which, until now, has been vehemently opposed by commercial fisherman.
Former commercial fishing tycoon turned wind power proponent, David Cohen, is President of Fisherman’s Energy, a partnership of the biggest commercial fishing outfits dedicated to developing offshore wind farms designed to power over 90,000 homes by 2013. The plan benefits the fisherman by allowing them to share in the energy profits and convert their skills on the high seas to erect the massive turbines.
With big fish behind America’s clean energy upgrade, change is soon to follow.
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