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I think the whole point is that in cases of aesthetics, we built a bunch of eyesores for utilities and industries in the past anyway. Also I'm sure the next guy
by TheGRS 2y ago
I think the whole point is that in cases of aesthetics, we built a bunch of eyesores for utilities and industries in the past anyway. Also I'm sure the next guy is going to say "does my land-ownership not mean anything? Why could my neighbor build an oil field in the past but I can't put up a big wind farm?"
It's not black and white like that and trade-offs get made all the time.
- gibolt 2y agoMost of a city is ugly. It doesn't mean we ban alleys, dumpsters, worn paint, trashy vehicles/houses, and most commercial buildings. We accept all of these and yet a beautiful, slow rotating turbine in some farmer's remote land or the middle of the ocean is unacceptable...
- amadeuspagel 2y agoThere was never a time when an oil field faced less opposition then a wind farm.
- TheGRS 2y agoReally? Not even in the early oil rush?
- p51-remorse 2y ago[dead]
- genocidicbunny 2y ago> It's not black and white like that and trade-offs get made all the time. Exactly. My point wasn't that we should sacrifice everything for the sake of aesthetics, as many replies to my comment seem to have taken. It's that for some people, aesthetics will matter, and you cannot just dismiss that without running into pushback -- pushback which will be even stronger if you're making people feel ignored. That also directly translates to things being more expensive.