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> the only thing that could make them even less pleasant to have around Do you actually live near an installation of wind turbines? I don't, but I drive past m
by denkmoon 4y ago
> the only thing that could make them even less pleasant to have around
Do you actually live near an installation of wind turbines? I don't, but I drive past many wind farms fairly regularly. I just can't wrap my head around this "they're so unpleasant" argument. They are aesthetically neutral at worst.
Seems to be the outcome of existing bias that is entirely unrelated to the aesthetic "pleasantness" of the wind farms. Trotted out by politicians that have a vested interest in subsidising fossil fuels, whose extent of suffering through the unpleasantness of wind farms is looking down at them from 30,000 ft.
- zdragnar 4y agoI drove past some rather large fields of them- perhaps it was the angle of approach, but seeing many large rotating blades just over the horizon while driving actually made me a bit nauseous. Similar to seasickness / motion sickness, I suppose. I also have a strong dislike for the aesthetic, though my wife doesn't mind it much, so I guess it's a purely subjective take. Assuming that everyone who disagrees with you is blindly shilling for politicians and oil companies is a bit extreme, though.
- googlryas 4y agoIf you're within a few hundred meters of one, the noise as well as the constant flickering shadows at certain points of the day can be maddening - but, very, very few people live that close to a wind turbine.