| Re: Wind turbines
Rob_D,
I believe you are correct in your assertion that wind turbines are being favoured for their "high profile" rather than for their efficiency. (And not only from the government quarter).
As for your question - "Is visual impact really a more important environmental factor than climate change?" - Whilst I would say that visual impact alone, might be considered less important, visual impact is only relevant due to the fact that so many wind turbines will be required. (At the expense of the loss of vast tracts of wilderness landscape/habitat for their construction, and to the detriment of local ecosystems - be that on land or in the sea).
Regards
Mike. |