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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman
Truth is, there's plenty of barren, windswept spots in this vast nation for those ugly turbine fields. It's true that seacoasts are windy, but they are also a vast natural treasure that should not be ruined so we can play Nintendo.
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The problem is that even though windmills are getting more effecient they still need to be placed reletively close to end users as they do create less power than other tradidtional means and the loss of power due to transport is more keenly felt. Also because they are still a dicey investment(its not always windy) in order to maximize production they have to be placed in the most windy places....often the most windy places are also the most picturesque.
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Originally Posted by innerspaceman
(Of course, if they learn to disguise the big turbines as quaint Dutch windmills of yore, then we may be able to plant them in picturesque locales.)
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That's not a bad idea but these new mills are quite imposing in size so the artistic task here will not be easy.