I was watching Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel.
One location shot somewhere in the Mid West caught a wind farm in the background.
Windmills as far as you could see.
I can see where migrating birds would be decimated trying to negotiate them.
Plus they are an extreme eyesore.
Economy of scale and a need for lots of ‘em to create any significant large amounts of power, like solar panels that also require lots of space to develop levels of power that can sustain loads.. better to build a nuke.
The trade-off ,, as you mentioned.