the Windmills are a digrace

[localguy]

they look like a disaster up there, a nice uninterrupted mountain range now reminds me of a mini golf course.
what is the utility of these really, i'd love to know in hard numbers what these are putting to the grid.
I was indifferent about them passing by in searsbrug, i hope they fall down

[localguy]

im generally not a busy body, but you really cant escape the sight of them from north adams proper, they are garish in my opinion, and dilute one of the few defining characteriscs of our area.
i can't be the only one who feels this way.

[Wondering 1]

What is uglier than telephone poles, wires, transformers and hacked up trees to accommodate them? We've lived with these eyesores for years and don't even notice them now. Make a point of noticing them. You might think the windmills look good by comparison.

[localguy]

i understand your point but these are far more prominent

[chbpod]

Wondering 1 wrote:

What is uglier than telephone poles, wires, transformers and hacked up trees to accommodate them? We've lived with these eyesores for years and don't even notice them now. Make a point of noticing them. You might think the windmills look good by comparison.

the uglies you mention don' t rotate--and destroy the asthetics of the ridge line

[Wondering 1]

chbpod wrote:

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the uglies you mention don' t rotate--and destroy the asthetics of the ridge line

Correct. They remain still unless toppled by storms or vor ehicles crashing into them. Then they cause fires, electrocutions and power outages. They destroy the aesthetics of neighborhoods where people actually live.

[chbpod]

Wondering 1 wrote:

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Correct. They remain still unless toppled by storms or vor ehicles crashing into them. Then they cause fires, electrocutions and power outages. They destroy the aesthetics of neighborhoods where people actually live.

what a maroon--go live in a cave

[Wondering 1]

chbpod wrote:

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what a maroon--go live in a cave

What does my living in a cave have to do with the question at hand? For an intelligent man, you give up awfully easily. 7416

[fed-up45]

Wondering 1 wrote:

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Correct. They remain still unless toppled by storms or vor ehicles crashing into them. Then they cause fires, electrocutions and power outages. They destroy the aesthetics of neighborhoods where people actually live.

how in the hell a vehicle crash into one them when they are high in the mountains? I really would like you to answer this one.

[fed-up45]

how in the hell can a vehicle .

[chbpod]

fed-up45 wrote:

<quoted text>how in the hell a vehicle crash into one them when they are high in the mountains? I really would like you to answer this one.

wondering is talking about the trees and telephone poles on her street--which are ugly not the wiondmills which are sooooooooooooooooooooooo bootiful

[sher01247]

I am in awe of windmillls and any other alternative energy source. Go to Stamford to see those windmills. They overlook the valley. We won't complain when our electric bills go down. Windmills and solar collectors are our future....get used to them.
One more thing, drive up rt 43 towards Jiminy and you will see 10 more windmills.

[sher01247]

chbpod wrote:

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wondering is talking about the trees and telephone poles on her street--which are ugly not the wiondmills which are sooooooooooooooooooooooo bootiful

Stop that! I'm with the pro- windmill people. Ya know, people don't realize the beauty of the area unless it changes. It changed. Windmills are here to stay.

[Section4x2]

localguy wrote:

they look like a disaster up there, a nice uninterrupted mountain range now reminds me of a mini golf course.
what is the utility of these really, i'd love to know in hard numbers what these are putting to the grid.
I was indifferent about them passing by in searsbrug, i hope they fall down

I'm sure you one of those who is against fracking, nuke's, solar and forgein oil, all while you are driving around in your BMW with a Change bumper sticker, living in a house that could house a third world nation and bringing your resuable cloth bag to the supermarket because you do your part to help the environment.

[localguy]

sher01247 wrote:

I am in awe of windmillls and any other alternative energy source. Go to Stamford to see those windmills. They overlook the valley. We won't complain when our electric bills go down. Windmills and solar collectors are our future....get used to them.
One more thing, drive up rt 43 towards Jiminy and you will see 10 more windmills.

sorry not really impressed with 13th century technology and color me skeptical that we will see any significant benefit to our utility bills, i know of the ones along by Jiminy, i dont live there

[localguy]

Section4x2 wrote:

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I'm sure you one of those who is against fracking, nuke's, solar and forgein oil, all while you are driving around in your BMW with a Change bumper sticker, living in a house that could house a third world nation and bringing your resuable cloth bag to the supermarket because you do your part to help the environment.

eh ok.
how about trolling another thread or perhaps contributing?
too much to ask?

[chbpod]

Wondering 1 wrote:

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What does my living in a cave have to do with the question at hand? For an intelligent man, you give up awfully easily. 7416

so you won't have to see the ugliness on your street--i didn't give up-you are too obtuse to understand what i was saying

[Wondering 1]

chbpod wrote:

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so you won't have to see the ugliness on your street--i didn't give up-you are too obtuse to understand what i was saying

Your subtle humor is what is obtuse. Forgive me for not getting it.

[Wondering 1]

The King Of Zylonite wrote:

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You don't know what you are talking about. The windmills are subsidized by tax money and are allowed to sell power back into the grid at a higher rate than other generators.We could be getting clean low cost power from our neighbors at Hydro Quebec but the windmill craze seems to over shadow that,

You raise a different issue than how they look.

[chbpod]

i learned from clint eastwood at the rnc