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jmc@Steam.stanford.edu (John McCarthy) wrote:
>
> I am no fan of windmills as a way of generating electricity, but I
> don't find present windmill farms ugly.  The one in Altamont Pass
> looks much better than it did ten years ago, now that the windmills
> are of a few types and are arranged in an orderly array.
> 
> I think that if appearance were the only issue, I would prefer
> windmills to nuclear energy.

The trend today is toward fewer, larger wind turbines spread more
widely on the available acreage.  But it will take some time before
this becomes widespread.

I hesitate to ask, but why do you see it as an either-or sort of
thing, John?  Nuclear is generally baseload and wind is not.  Both
types of power are useful--that's why utilities typically depend on
a mix of generating systems.

Tom Gray
Northeast Representative
American Wind Energy Association
http://www.igc.apc.org/awea/