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People Are Okay With Wind & Solar Installations In Their Neighborhoods, Studies Say
(cleantechnica.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2023
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This means little. People always say they are okay with it, in the abstract. Then when it's time to get specific and build an actual wind or solar farm near them, suddenly it's a big nuisance, harmful to the local ecology, etc.
A solar farm tried to go up near my S/O's grandpa. I never realized how some people turn into such awful NIMBYs as soon as you try to do something near their property.
Exactly. Every time a new windmill goes up in a residential area around here, there are protests and complaints about the noise, the repetitive shadow, the view, etc.
Those sound like legitimate complaints. I’d be pissed if the house that I bought ended up a much, much less pleasant place to live because of a 3rd party.
Windmills don’t belong in residential areas, just as coal power plants don’t, and solar farms in residential areas just seems like a waste of space.
You do understand that huge swathes of 'residential' area aren't in cities, right? Like rural areas still exist...
Yes, and I still believe that if something is dense enough to be considered residential (be it suburbs or not) shouldn’t have wind turbines.
Truly rural areas are different and should be treated differently. But when referencing “residential” the default is still somewhat densely packed, even if it’s not fully urban.