Winds are stronger at higher altitudes, allowing for twice as much energy to be produced.

  • DrunkenPirate@feddit.org
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    5 days ago

    This ugly tall wind turbine is build between existing ugly small wind turbines. There’s no need to make it pretty.

    People are used to the ugly small ones already.

    Besides this, it’s built at an old open-pit lignite mining. If you ever have seen such a spot - which I doubt - you will be happy to see this wind turbine. It looks much better than the pit.

    • Madagaskar_sky@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      How dare you! The small wind turbines look cute! They are NOT ugly!

      Hah, you must not have dealt with NIMBYs. They will say better to just have an empty pit rather than an ugly wind turbine that looks like a horror show character.

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        4 days ago

        As someone who lived close to an active open lignite pit, I’m happy to live near wind turbines now.

        They may or may not be ugly, you get used to them.

        What I care for more is the fact that I don’t have lung problems and cough half the year.

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            4 days ago

            Yeah but where do you want to get your electricity from? Wind&Solar is the only option without massive climate and environmental pollution, dependence on autocrat countries and international shipping, nuclear waste and danger of critical sabotage and possible terrorist attacks.

            Getting used to wind turbines is kinda worth the upside of having clean, reliable, cheap and independent energy.