Wind farms disfigure landscapes!

[Paladin]

Hopefully the development of the "Green" industry, or "Green-collar" jobs takes off...added jobs is always a good thing.

I get alot of catalogs from furniture places that started offering up eco-friendly furniture (stuff made of bamboo etc which is highly growable and renewable). It makes my heart warm.

I just bought a new house...I plan on getting some ceiling fans and a new digital thermostat. I hope to get ones that are Energy Star rated so they use less energy.

 

[sandraladeda]

I think they look cool.

I think they look cool too! We have some here in Alberta, and I just think that, when you get used to seeing them as part of the landscape, you get accustomed to it.

I think any form of clean energy looks cool!

 

[TheShadow]

The key to green is not to replace stuff with eco-friendly stuff, unless that stuff is truly worn out and not recycleable. If we reduce, re-purpose, recycle and simplify our lifestyles it can go a long way toward conserving what we've got and not generating waste or consuming additional power. Everything you buy required energy to produce, transport, and sell. It's mind boggling how much energy goes into bringing a product to the marketplace, advertising it, bringing it home. And then if it's an energy consuming device, how much does it use and for how long?

eta: Good job on the ceiling fans, they really reduce A/C use, you can set it several degrees higher or not turn it on at all until it gets very warm.

 

[luthersmama]

I think they look cool too! We have some here in Alberta, and I just think that, when you get used to seeing them as part of the landscape, you get accustomed to it.

I think any form of clean energy looks cool!

50 years ago folks thought nuclear energy looked cool too.

Mark my words - the environmental degradation that will result from widespread wind farms, placed in inappropriate places, will prove to be a disaster. They CAN be placed and operated appropriately to avoid problems, but the rush right now is to put up as many as possible, even though they may not actually be generating any significant amount of electricity.

In about 5 years we will hear how energy companies got tax credits that exceeded the cost of the energy generated and how turbines constructed quickly and cheaply are falling down, throwing blades and chopping up migratory birds.

I'm not saying not to have wind farms, but there should be safety and environmental protocols established and followed NOW.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

It still boggles my mind how they can pour so much money into an airplane...but cannot design one that won't suck a bird into the engine to down the thing!! (This happened here recently with 4 engineers of an airplane engine design firm!) I bring this up because it is a matter of design with the turbines and the situation with the birds. Something can and should be done to protect them from the wind farms and to protect us while on an airplane!!

I am all for wind farms, but I think their placement is important. They should not be disruptive to the overall environment and placed so they are not an eyesore on the landscapes of America. I have seen enough oil wells placed in horrific places that I am concerned about more damage to our beautiful lands.

 

[dingo]

I give in — you've all convinced me of how selfish i am about views. yep, we need 'em.

Floh, with egg on her face and well and truly put in her place.

Im on your side Floh.....coal is one of Australias exports and the industry employs thousands of miners.. my hubby included.