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Fri Jun-20-08 01:55 PM
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| Can someone please explain to me exactly what is so ugly about |
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wind farms, off-shore or on-shore? I think the modern wind turbine is the ultimate in form fitting function. Is it the notion that anything man-made is ugly? Is it because anything associated with technology or industry is ipso facto ugly? Is it NIMBY run amok?
Mountain top clearing to get coal - that's ugly.
Exposing miners to uranium to power nuclear power plants, that's ugly.
Putting power plants in poor regions to ship the power to wealthier ones, that's ugly.
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| -Can someone please explain to me exactly what is so ugly about |
hedgehog |
Jun-20-08 01:55 PM |
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I wish I'd see more wind turbines. They look good to me. |
Eric J in MN |
Jun-20-08 01:56 PM |
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The wind farms out in the California desert are beautiful |
LSparkle |
Jun-20-08 01:57 PM |
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Agree with you, 100% . n/t |
ChazII |
Jun-20-08 01:59 PM |
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I thik it comes from the same attitude that bans the use of clothes lines |
hedgehog |
Jun-20-08 01:59 PM |
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Can't wait until people have to start digging up their lawns and planting veggies! |
LSparkle |
Jun-20-08 02:03 PM |
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I've already done that |
slackmaster |
Jun-20-08 02:15 PM |
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If I had a lawn (front or back), it'd be planted with tomatoes and basil |
LSparkle |
Jun-20-08 02:21 PM |
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I like them too.. BUT they DO make a very annoying noise |
SoCalDem |
Jun-20-08 03:41 PM |
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it isn't the looks that give me hesitation- it's the birds that |
Bluerthanblue |
Jun-20-08 02:00 PM |
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That's Unfortunate |
iamjoy |
Jun-20-08 02:11 PM |
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Yes, they are. Actually, |
emmadoggy |
Jun-20-08 04:44 PM |
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It's NIMBY run amok. n/t |
Captain Angry |
Jun-20-08 02:00 PM |
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I think the pollution obscuring the once lovely vistas is ugly. |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Jun-20-08 02:00 PM |
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Good complaint |
PATRICK |
Jun-20-08 02:04 PM |
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Wind turbines all over northwest Iowa -- they are like giant flowers in the landscape. Lovely. |
Idealist Hippie |
Jun-20-08 02:04 PM |
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ironically though |
hfojvt |
Jun-20-08 02:20 PM |
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I agree. |
emmadoggy |
Jun-20-08 09:00 PM |
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I like them a lot....They're quite pleasing to see when zipping across.... |
marmar |
Jun-20-08 02:05 PM |
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I live on the coast |
sandnsea |
Jun-20-08 02:06 PM |
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Not in my backyard |
DangerDave921 |
Jun-20-08 02:33 PM |
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I guess you can't read |
sandnsea |
Jun-20-08 02:43 PM |
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Eat crabs? You bet! |
DangerDave921 |
Jun-21-08 08:02 AM |
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If you don't want to see civilization, can I assume that you've given up all the benefit of |
hedgehog |
Jun-20-08 03:12 PM |
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It was just fine when backpackers closed the forests |
sandnsea |
Jun-20-08 03:15 PM |
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What would you like to close? |
cherokeeprogressive |
Jun-20-08 03:16 PM |
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Since everyone wants to be a shit |
sandnsea |
Jun-20-08 03:18 PM |
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Here's one adjustment for you: Stop thinking of it as "MY" coast line. |
cherokeeprogressive |
Jun-20-08 03:22 PM |
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lol. It's a protected coastline for the people of my state |
sandnsea |
Jun-20-08 03:32 PM |
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Insisting that land already set off as a nature preserve be off-limits to |
hedgehog |
Jun-20-08 03:18 PM |
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Who said whole sale opposition? Nobody. Nowhere. |
sandnsea |
Jun-20-08 03:30 PM |
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Sorry to jump the gun, but the phrase "last place to go and not see |
hedgehog |
Jun-20-08 04:47 PM |
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It does not look good when you are yachting |
AngryAmish |
Jun-20-08 02:06 PM |
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I think that watching clean energy being created is beautiful |
TexasBushwhacker |
Jun-20-08 02:09 PM |
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No problem with wind turbines. |
dems_rightnow |
Jun-20-08 02:13 PM |
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Man-made is not necessarily ugly... |
ColbertWatcher |
Jun-20-08 02:13 PM |
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They're a little rough on birds |
slackmaster |
Jun-20-08 02:14 PM |
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The first generation wind turbines were smaller, high speed models and were bad on the birds. |
hedgehog |
Jun-20-08 03:06 PM |
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I saw huge wind farms in England |
TrogL |
Jun-20-08 02:15 PM |
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When Railroads Were Being Built |
ribofunk |
Jun-20-08 02:15 PM |
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I think they are kind of pretty |
rox63 |
Jun-20-08 02:20 PM |
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Maybe you should be asking people like Ted Kennedy, RFK Jr. and Walter Cronkite |
cherokeeprogressive |
Jun-20-08 02:31 PM |
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T o be fair to the folks at Hyannis Port, there is just as much opposition from people leaving in |
hedgehog |
Jun-20-08 03:05 PM |
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Yes but wouldn't you say that the folks at Hyannis Port have had their share of "fair"? n/t |
cherokeeprogressive |
Jun-20-08 03:08 PM |
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The folks at Nantucket are the poster kids for the "preserve the vista" |
hedgehog |
Jun-20-08 03:16 PM |
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Closing a coal fired plant doesn't necessarily sound like a bad thing. n/t |
cherokeeprogressive |
Jun-20-08 03:18 PM |
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I love them! They remind me of Don Quixote and Rosinante and |
lonestarnot |
Jun-20-08 03:18 PM |
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Sancho Panza -- "panza" translates to "belly," says Wiki. |
Idealist Hippie |
Jun-20-08 03:32 PM |
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Sancho del pan! Woooppeee! |
lonestarnot |
Jun-20-08 03:42 PM |
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Mountain tops are perfect for turbines and much better than clearing them |
Cleita |
Jun-20-08 03:25 PM |
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When I drive through West Texas |
Horse with no Name |
Jun-20-08 03:33 PM |
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From another thread: |
hedgehog |
Jun-20-08 03:59 PM |
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