. >> reporter: audra parker is the passionate spokesperson of the alliance to protect nantucket sound. that's the group that has been fighting cape wind, along with local native american tribes and many others, for more than a decade. why are you against the wind farm? >> because it absolutely doesn't make sense for nantucket sound. this was a site that was picked to maximize profit with no regard for the tribes, no regard for the public, no regard for the fishermen here. >> reporter: for the developer's side of the story, we talked to mark rodgers. he says wind power is an idea whose time has come again. >> the cape and islands have a long history of using windmills back in the day. there were once 1,000 windmills here. and by using today's modern wind turbines to make electricity, we can have cleaner air, we can create good jobs for the young people here that pay well and also mitigate climate change. >> reporter: after the gulf oil spill disaster, the need for cleaner energy sources became even more urgent. that's something we all can agree on. >> we really need more clean energy a