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And that's even if you believe the view is ruined by windmills. Personally I don't mind seeing them at all, but there have been protests here against installing

by Doxin 7y ago

And that's even if you believe the view is ruined by windmills. Personally I don't mind seeing them at all, but there have been protests here against installing them off the beach. By now that windmill park is complete and all you can see from the beach is some toothpicks on the horizon on an exceptionally clear day. I really wonder what causes this split among people, why do some people not mind at all and other people mind so much when they are looking at the same things.

acomjean 7y ago
I wondered the same thing. In Massachusetts there were protests that help scuttle the cape wind project.. Wealthy opponents (Koch/kenedey et al) litigated it to failure, after raising 40 million to “protect Nantucket sound” Plus Massachusetts. (generally has trouble getting anything done.) [1]https://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1462962/cape-wind-requiem-dream https://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1462962/cape-wind-r...
willvarfar 7y ago
The biggest problem with nearby wind turbines is not the view but the _noise_. They make an extremely annoying continuous whumping sound. Source: am a big fan of renewables, don't mind seeing windmills, but know and visit 'green' people who live near them. Nobody near them loves them, no matter how 'green' they aspire to be. Of course, offshore makes the whole sound problem go away. I've seen plenty of near-shore farms, big stacks of the things laid out in a grid, and they are not even bad looking.
julio3fv 7y ago
I normally love how they look. However, I specifically remember one time when I went to Dolly Sods Wilderness in West Virginia, and I actually disliked what they did to the view in the area. I do believe we should look at them as development. Areas like national parks or reserves should be off limits to any sort of development, to include wind turbines.

by Doxin 7y ago

acomjean 7y ago

I wondered the same thing. In Massachusetts there were protests that help scuttle the cape wind project.. Wealthy opponents (Koch/kenedey et al) litigated it to failure, after raising 40 million to “protect Nantucket sound” Plus Massachusetts. (generally has trouble getting anything done.) [1]https://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1462962/cape-wind-requiem-dream https://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1462962/cape-wind-r...

willvarfar 7y ago

The biggest problem with nearby wind turbines is not the view but the _noise_. They make an extremely annoying continuous whumping sound. Source: am a big fan of renewables, don't mind seeing windmills, but know and visit 'green' people who live near them. Nobody near them loves them, no matter how 'green' they aspire to be. Of course, offshore makes the whole sound problem go away. I've seen plenty of near-shore farms, big stacks of the things laid out in a grid, and they are not even bad looking.

julio3fv 7y ago

I normally love how they look. However, I specifically remember one time when I went to Dolly Sods Wilderness in West Virginia, and I actually disliked what they did to the view in the area. I do believe we should look at them as development. Areas like national parks or reserves should be off limits to any sort of development, to include wind turbines.