From the Sarampus Falls Rest Area:
Well, this is a timely subject to post about, with Laura's recent climb to the top of a wind turbine in Samsø.Xkcd recently had a hilarious comic about wind turbines:
The Tripods may be the least familiar of the four literary references in the comic. They are a great set of books that I read some years ago. It's nice to encounter someone else who appreciated them.Speaking of references, the title of this post comes from the Bob Dylan song made famous by Peter, Paul and Mary.
Closer to home we have the Lowell Mountain wind project in the planning stages: official web site, recent news article. We saw a number of "Save the Lowell Mountain Range" signs driving through Lowell on our way to and from Sugarloaf.
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Interesting post! I read the article, it's useful to know what's going on at home in terms of renewable energy when I'm learning so much about it in another country!
xkcd isn't the only one to think that wind turbines look creepy. Today's Wall Street Journal has a letter to the editor about wind power from landscape artist Susu Meyer who objects to "the effect that they [wind farms] are having on our open spaces."
"Witnessing firsthand the vistas destroyed by these enormous, humming cyclops made me feel as though we'd all been invaded by giants from another planet."
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