Windmills. Well, wind turbines. The local news tonight had a story about how residents of a rural area are unhappy about the 19-turbine wind farm being built in their town. They feel the farm spoils their view of the landscape.
Solar roof panels. The HOA I'm with in Phoenix bans them. They are too ugly.
I don't get it. Highways are ugly. Most of the old factories I see here in MA are ugly. Utility poles and lines (all over MA) are ugly. Oil drills and strip mining are ugly.
WTH? Most of what we do to obtain the energy we use, and the ways we use that energy are ugly.
So people use "ugly" as their primary reason to dislike practical, but different ways of harvesting energy.
Well, the anti-turbine people are afraid that bats will confuse turbines for trees or avoid the area completely, since they are looking for the tallest trees. I suppose the bats also avoid the acres of corn and hayfields, too.
Solar roof panels are too ugly in the desert. But a zillion tons of stucco and concrete look great. Must. fight. the. sun!
/end rant/
Solar roof panels. The HOA I'm with in Phoenix bans them. They are too ugly.
I don't get it. Highways are ugly. Most of the old factories I see here in MA are ugly. Utility poles and lines (all over MA) are ugly. Oil drills and strip mining are ugly.
WTH? Most of what we do to obtain the energy we use, and the ways we use that energy are ugly.
So people use "ugly" as their primary reason to dislike practical, but different ways of harvesting energy.
Well, the anti-turbine people are afraid that bats will confuse turbines for trees or avoid the area completely, since they are looking for the tallest trees. I suppose the bats also avoid the acres of corn and hayfields, too.
Solar roof panels are too ugly in the desert. But a zillion tons of stucco and concrete look great. Must. fight. the. sun!
/end rant/