The Little Brown Reader

Here, the windmills are seen as a graceful gateway to a historic harbor and a proud symbol for an environmentally conscious country that has put itself at the cutting edge of one of Europe's fastest-growing energy sectors: wind power.

So where, Cape Wind executive Jim Gordon might ask himself, did he go wrong in selling his project to build a similar offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound off Cape Cod? And why, the vocal opponents to Cape Wind might ask themselves, are offshore wind farms in Denmark regarded as environmentally sound and even beautiful -- while they are eyed suspiciously in Massachusetts as a threat to serenity and wildlife?

Perhaps both sides in the intensifying Cape Wind debate could learn valuable lessons from Denmark's success in the wind industry.