People will complain bitterly of not only sound, but visual effects such as strobing and Scenery degradation. I like the idea of loading up the windy great plains with wind turbines with the DC infrastructure to bring power to the East Coast Megalopolis corridor. Like you said: "Soybeans don't care."Still. I wouldn't put wind turbines in residential areas. Next to a major or even minor highway they would be unnoticeable.
More densely populated communities now know they need to negotiate proper setbacks, and not accept any excuses to diminish the proper levels of tax revenue for the community.
Perhaps new technologies will require increased setbacks... http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/ ... d=1549&a=f
Statistics: Posted by Helius — Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:14 pm