I remember reading somewhere (probably my high school textbook) that one of the reasons people don’t like wind power being built is they cause visual pollution.
In my opinion, I think it would be pretty cool to just look out my window and see a giant windmill there, the opposite of visual pollution.
Hmm…Nah, they are cool.
A little bit, in the same way that any man made structure does. But they’re quite peaceful to look at and compared to a nuclear or coal plant they’re way better to look at.
I wouldn’t like to see them in an area of outstanding beauty, but I’m cool with them anywhere else.
Slight nitpick: they’re wind turbines, not windmills. Windmills are used to grind things down, like wheat into flour.
Like with anything, too much of it will look/taste/smell/sound bad.
Is that a reason in and of itself to not build wind power plants? No.
Personally I find wind power plants to look cool, a bit sci-fi and futuristic.
The argument that they are ugly is dumb, using a term like “visual pollution” is just a way to try and make a subjective oppinion sound like objective fact.
They look better than smoke stacks
And in all honesty they remind me of like a leisurely creek or small waterfall in that they kinda just keep going on in a pleasant consistent kind of way ya know?
Basically what I’m saying is that they’re pretty IMO
They look better than pump jacks and oil derricks.
Let alone power plants billowing steam and smoke
And they don’t damage the environment as much as a hydro dam
And nowhere as ugly as giant farms of solar
Honestly its probably the BEST looking power source
This complaint about wind power has always come across as the kind of thing people say because they heard somebody else say it. imo, it’s just stupid people who desperately want to have an opinion on the topic weighing in with the only piece of criticism they’ve overhead some Sky News host parrot at some point in the past, and because that host had authority on the matter in their minds, it gives them some kind of false confidence to then go forward and proclaim the visual pollution argument, as if it has any real basis in anything.
Windmills (yeah, turbines, whatever) are beautiful. I think they enhance the view.
No, I like the rhythmic visual quality. And on a conscious level they make me feel happy about clean electricity. I see windmills every single day and they do not get old for me.
I’ve never seen a wind turbine in person but I’d imagine no more than buildings and a lot less than most other power sources.
I find them comforting in a reassuring, kinda awe inspiring way. Like, they’re a visual sign of at least trying to address climate change, and there’s something about having a giant, obviously artificial moving structure towering over the landscape that just gives me a sense of thrill and wonder that we are capable of building that. Those things are pretty massive if you get anywhere close to one, after all.
What, you don’t find them strangely unnerving?
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/alternative_energy_revolution.jpg
There is a beautiful lake close to where I live and if you are there in late evening you can see lights from the nearest wind farm blinking on the horizon. You can also see them on top of historical castle mounds my region is famous for which cheapens the experience of visiting them. I am all for renewable energy, but I understand the argument.
