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I just don't get all the arguments that say wind farms are ugly. I just don't.

chiefofgxbxl 9y ago
Wind farms are a blight on the landscape, but suburban sprawl, massive parking lots, 6-lane highways still backed up with traffic, giant gas guzzling cars, coal power plants, and air pollution are beautiful. I'm not sure how you don't understand this. /s
corysama 9y ago
Some friends and I visited an wind farm just as a place to fly a kite. The area was rolling green hills, a few cows and these massive, clean, white towers up into the sky. It honestly struct me as a scene from an idyllic future sci-fi movie. It was like walking around in someone’s CG desktop background.
- api_or_ipa 9y ago
  In my hometown we built a wind turbine on the top of a mountain that overlooks the city. On clear days you can see the turbine poking out on top of the mountain and it looks absolutely gorgeous, like we're an advanced species intelligently harvesting energy from the planet. It's breathtaking in a way that's hard to describe.
eighthnate 9y ago
They are ugly and they are noisy hence why most people don't want them near them.
- api_or_ipa 9y ago
  My comment just mentioned the aesthetics of wind turbines and I still maintain they are no more ugly than a smokestack, city tower, bridge, radio antenna or even regular old suburban development that seldom get cancelled because of aesthetical concerns. What's so special about wind turbines that we hate how they look more than any other kind of development? This argument holds for noise too: all the references I could find suggest wind turbines are far quieter than other forms of development. In my experience wind turbines aren't obtrusively loud at all. In my city we've installed a wind turbine at the top of a popular mountain and I can't remember ever distinctly hearing it, even within a couple of km[0]. The same cannot be said about highways or other development. 0. Grouse Mountain, overlooking Vancouver. I even think the wind turbine looks incredibly beautiful when you see it peaking up from the top of the mountain. https://www.grousemountain.com/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMDEvMzAvMjIvMzAvMDgvODNlZGU1NzYtMDIxZS00YTk3LWE1NjktYjFhNThmN2M1MGNjL2Fib3V0LWFlcmlhbC13aW50ZXIuanBnIl0sWyJwIiwidGh1bWIiLCI5NjB4NDcwXHUwMDNlIl1d?sha=a2755dfdfcf13308 https://www.grousemountain.com/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMDEvMzA...

Wind farms are a blight on the landscape, but suburban sprawl, massive parking lots, 6-lane highways still backed up with traffic, giant gas guzzling cars, coal power plants, and air pollution are beautiful. I'm not sure how you don't understand this. /s

corysama 9y ago

Some friends and I visited an wind farm just as a place to fly a kite. The area was rolling green hills, a few cows and these massive, clean, white towers up into the sky. It honestly struct me as a scene from an idyllic future sci-fi movie. It was like walking around in someone’s CG desktop background.

api_or_ipa 9y ago
In my hometown we built a wind turbine on the top of a mountain that overlooks the city. On clear days you can see the turbine poking out on top of the mountain and it looks absolutely gorgeous, like we're an advanced species intelligently harvesting energy from the planet. It's breathtaking in a way that's hard to describe.

eighthnate 9y ago

They are ugly and they are noisy hence why most people don't want them near them.

api_or_ipa 9y ago
My comment just mentioned the aesthetics of wind turbines and I still maintain they are no more ugly than a smokestack, city tower, bridge, radio antenna or even regular old suburban development that seldom get cancelled because of aesthetical concerns. What's so special about wind turbines that we hate how they look more than any other kind of development? This argument holds for noise too: all the references I could find suggest wind turbines are far quieter than other forms of development. In my experience wind turbines aren't obtrusively loud at all. In my city we've installed a wind turbine at the top of a popular mountain and I can't remember ever distinctly hearing it, even within a couple of km[0]. The same cannot be said about highways or other development. 0. Grouse Mountain, overlooking Vancouver. I even think the wind turbine looks incredibly beautiful when you see it peaking up from the top of the mountain. https://www.grousemountain.com/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMDEvMzAvMjIvMzAvMDgvODNlZGU1NzYtMDIxZS00YTk3LWE1NjktYjFhNThmN2M1MGNjL2Fib3V0LWFlcmlhbC13aW50ZXIuanBnIl0sWyJwIiwidGh1bWIiLCI5NjB4NDcwXHUwMDNlIl1d?sha=a2755dfdfcf13308 https://www.grousemountain.com/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMTcvMDEvMzA...