Massive towers all over the landscape are a huge step backward in reducing the human footprint on nature. With wind power, there’s been too much emphasis on carbon-reduction to the detriment of aesthetic values and wilderness preservation. The mere ability to see turbine installations from distant mountaintops (i.e. in National Parks) reduces the perception of a natural planet vs. one owned by Man.

Solar panels on existing man-made structures are far more frugal with acreage, and even when they’re installed as “farms” they disrupt the horizon far less. Wind turbines invariably wreck areas that once looked natural. I think they only belong far out at sea, or mostly out of sight in minimal configurations.