Time for concessions on offshore wind

Editor,

Having owned a business in Ocean City for most of my life, I have trouble fathoming why the Mayor and city council are against offshore wind.

The argument against seems to be that tourists will object to the view out to sea. The actual site is so far offshore that most likely they will be invisible or just a ghostly image.

My husband and I travel to western Maryland several times a year and we wait for the view of dozens of wind turbines on the mountains.

It is a beautiful view, and a comforting one, knowing that the community has embraced the future of clean sustainable energy.

Instead of fighting this nonwinnable battle, the Mayor and Council should look to the benefits they can bargain for with the energy companies, grant providers, etc … but only if they embrace this technology.

These are funds and resources we must have to fight the most important issue at hand in our town: the impacts of sea level rise.

I urge our local leaders to research the pros of wind energy and revisit this issue in a positive light. This technology is coming, like it or not. We need to be on the right side of this argument.

Mary Ochse
Ocean City