Not to mention dear old Don Quixote de la Mancha's windmills. The
windmills still remaining near Seville are inundated by itinerant
mobs of tourists every summer.
Carl Clifford
On 16/05/2006, at 8:40 AM, John Leonard wrote:
I think we do have to get it right as regards design and siting to
make sure
that wind farms don't kill large numbers of birds, and aren't built
on sites
that are of ecological importance. Ditto noise pollution.
However I agree with the British commentator who pointed out that the
sort
of people who object to windfarms on aesthetic grounds are the sort of
people who are likely to get in their cars and drive 50 miles to see a
historical windmill, or go on a 'Tulip and Windmills' coach-trip
around the
(wholly artificial) low-lying areas of the Netherlands.
John Leonard
On 5/16/06, Bill Stent <> wrote:
I totally disagree. I find them very aestethic. I like minimalism in
architecture, and this is a fine example.
It's funny that the first large scale wind farm I saw was in Denmark,
the home of minimalist architecture.
Anyway, compare them with the alternative...
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of michael hunter
Sent: Monday, 15 May 2006 5:10 PM
To: Terry Bishop; Birding-aus
Subject: Re: [birding-aus] Re wind farms
Windfarms ARE unsightly except to the aesthetically impaired or
blind,
the residents of Cape Cod know it, they don't just "fear" that the
turbines
would be unsightly.
Jerome Collins of the Sierra Club wants a bit each way, wants to
protect birds and landscapes, but supports wind-power!
The difference windfarms can possibly make to reducing global
warming
is hugely offset by their visual pollution and the wildlife fatalites
and
injuries they cause.
It's all very depressing. Please pass the Prozac.
Michael
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