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The Kalamazoo Gazette ran an article yesterday touting the possibilities of real, large-scale power generation using wind turbines located in the eastern part of Lake Michigan. I'm all for it, myself. I know that some folks will complain about the towers obstructing their view (even several miles out, they would be quite visible), but you think about the alternatives, and it's got to happen. I actually don't mind the look of them -- I consider wind turbines to be far, far better neighbors than coal-fired plants or nuke plants.
People worry that turbines will kill birds, but what really kills birds are buildings and wild cats, and nobody talks seriously about getting rid of them.
(The picture with this post is a wintry image of the turbine currently providing power to Traverse City, MI.)
2 comments:
To reinforce a point you're making ---
Somewhere in my dismal past I read a story about two men standing on a hill near Pittsburgh, looking at the smoking factories, the gloomy over-hanging clouds, the noisy din from the plants. One fellow remarked on how ugly the landscape had become. The other said that it was beautiful. It was the picture of prosperity and power ... the future of America. It was the livelihood of millions of Americans.
Like the second man, we may have to look at Windmill Farms for what they are rather than what we might wish they were, and be thankful that they don't belch smoke or ruin the air and water.
Bud
Communications towers are also big killers of birds and disrupt migration patterns - all the people who will cry foul (no pun intended) about wind power wouldn't dream of living without their cell phones...
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