Yeah, we recently drove through Ottawa in Canada and there were wind turbines everywhere. We loved it. They’re beautiful.
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tourist@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I never understood how wind turbines “ruin the view”. They look sick af, eat shit
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 years ago
LouNeko@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I think one of the main complains are the shadows of the blades. Imagine your whole house or office flickering for half the day. Thats why they are build further away from buildings.
tomi000@lemmy.world 2 years ago
So how is that the main complaint if it never affects anyone?
LouNeko@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Because we plan ahead and build them further away.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yes, they were all in rural areas. Which is fine. That’s why we have transmission lines.
overzeetop@lemmy.world 2 years ago
IMO they look pretty ugly and visually mar the landscape. They do so less than power plants and pollution and are a necessary evil for modern society to function. They look cool because of what they stand for and because they are novel (and because they’re new and clean, generally).
I do worry about what will happen when they are decommissioned, as there are currently no ways to recycle the blades due to the way they are manufactured.
Madison420@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Depends on the type, vertical spinning ones can be pretty short and look neat, like a bunch of alien pinwheel toys.
the_third@feddit.de 2 years ago
They are different from what people are used to and they are what their perceived enemy likes so they hate it. Easy and very unfortunate.