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Oh, yes, they're much higher than trees. And the blades are huge. An isolated windmill is attractive - as are big old barns and silos and the rest. The problem with the windmill farms is the number of acres they take. Turning a farm into a windmill farm isn't a lot different than just paving it over.
I think windmills would be nice as a small local form of power generation. If you could put one windmill on a farm and generate enough energy for that farm and backup power for a local community, that would be nice. But I don't think they are that efficient.

[#3Fan]

Oh, yes, they're much higher than trees. And the blades are huge. An isolated windmill is attractive - as are big old barns and silos and the rest. The problem with the windmill farms is the number of acres they take. Turning a farm into a windmill farm isn't a lot different than just paving it over. I think windmills would be nice as a small local form of power generation. If you could put one windmill on a farm and generate enough energy for that farm and backup power for a local community, that would be nice. But I don't think they are that efficient.

So you oppose them more because they take up acreage, and not because of the way they look. If you have one row, why not have 30 rows of them? I assume there are not going to be homes between them. So if you're going to spoil the horizon (according to the opponents) with one, why not put a bunch of them there since the damage (according to opponents) is already done? Also whose land is being used, is the government confiscating property for these? If so you have a point. But if the land is being developed by private entities, then it's their land and they should be able to with it as they please.