I would think Don Quixote would be foaming at the mouth to defeat the windmills, not denying they exist? Do I remember the story wrong? Whatever, they are gorgeous photos!

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    you seem to have trouble understanding written text. neither this thread, the photos or my comment is about fossil fuels.

    and there are other options than your false dichotomy presents.

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      What are these effects on the environment you speak of? From the pictures you posted it seems like you are talking about aesthetics, which is completely different and subjective. A metal pole in the ground has virtually 0 environmental impact, as evidenced by the very pictures you’ve shared. They’re still beautiful, pristine places - now imagine if each of them had an oil refinery or coal burning plant instead.

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        What are these effects on the environment you speak of?

        the effects are destroying the environment so you can place a wind turbine there. most of these places are not some brownfields, but rather cool and unique locations that were devastated and changed for a turbine placeholder. like this one:

        A metal pole in the ground has virtually 0 environmental impact,

        of course. because it just magically spawned there without any effect on the landscape whatsoever. it absolutely did not require cutting the top of the mountain, transporting tons of the soil from there and replacing it with tons of concrete so they can anchor the turbine in it.

        They’re still beautiful, pristine places

        oh really? the word subjective does some heavy lifting here 😂

        now imagine if each of them had an oil refinery or coal burning plant instead

        suuuure… https://learn.academy4sc.org/video/fallacy-of-relative-privation-all-problems-are-relative/

        now imagine if that island had neither an oil refinery nor wind turbines. how cool would that be?

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      You seem to have trouble understanding critical sarcasm. Which I used because being “worried” about the environmental impact of renewable energy is extremely disingenuous - almost to a parody level when combined with the pictures you provided.