Hi
I don't think the benefits of wind turbines outweigh the pollution they create in the aesthetic common. On a recent trip to UK I was sadened by the number of wind generators perched high above tree, hill or mountain lines, and could not understand why locals had let this happen. I don't think communities should be tricked into agreeing to or accepting this intrusion into their culture or environment by offering them financial benefits or making them feel guilty about supply of energy. We should be putting our efforts into helping people reduce power usage, rather than encouraging the pollution of beautiful places just to generate more.
Georgie Bull,
Queensland, Australia.
Wind Farm Aesthetics
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Hi,
I've also just returned from Britain (where I was born and raised) and was DELIGHTED to see wind turbines decorating the hills. Thing is, aesthetics is a matter of personal opinion, not scientific reality (like chemical pollution, say), and I love their surrealism and grace. Also, for me, there's an added significance: near my parents house they tower over the defunct nuclear power station which blights the coast and was a menacing presence throughout my youth. Culture evolves. Scotland's hills and mountains were once covered in forest - over 4000 years 99% of it was destroyed. Scots grew to accept the ravaged, deforested landscape as beautiful (and lots of tourists travel to admire it!). Given this reality, how can you say that putting turbines on these denuded hills is despoiling them? They were never meant to be bare. They are marginal for food production. Landowners need to raise a living from their land.
Lorna