Jed wrote: <snip> > Strictly > from an aesthetic point of view, I would prefer to see a thousand nuclear > power plants rather than a million wind turbines. But the wind turbines > would probably be cheaper and safer, and less polluting when you take into > account pollution from uranium mining and processing.
Jed a NIMBY? A synchophant with Walter Cronkite, who did not want his view of the ocean horizon spoiled with an off shore wind farm? Is the end near? :-) A mere million wind turbines will become invisible. When I first moved to south Jersey from Iowa I was aware of the pervasive untility poles and wires along streets and highways; now I hardly notice them. As for cell phone towers, the ploes aren't that bad. I'm amused by one along a section of the PA turnpike that is pretending to be a tree but looks like an oversized bottle brush. As much as I'm an advocate for BLP, if the available wind energy is that great, it is as worth going after as building hydroelectric dams which wipe out wild life and homesteads. Mike Carrell
