If that was the case, I think there’d be a lot less oil and coal power plants belching fumes into the air and polluting waterways, and nuclear power would be unlikely to be popular either. Wind, solar, wave, tide, hydro and geothermal energy would suddenly appear much more attractive, regardless of whether they cost more.

One of the big problems in today’s society is that cause is so separate from consequence. We choose the cheapest energy source and don’t care that the coal power plant is messing up somebody else’s neighbourhood. We choose the cheap imported shoes, without regard for the workers’ mistreatment because we don’t know them (and they don’t even look like us!). We buy battery eggs and factory-farmed chickens because they’re cheap, and we don’t have to see how they’re raised.

The more things can be re-localised, the more I think we’ll do things the right way.

A commercial with some footage of turbines came on TV today and made me realize that I think turbines are beautiful! They look so beautiful to me! They have such an unusual shape, but since they’re white I guess they sort of look nice standing on the plains, and they move so gracefully. It may be weird, but I think I would love to see a row of turbines out my window every morning!

Whatever sound and light they produce though might be disruptive to the environment the nearby community has sought out.. If it were possible for the turbines to be moved closer to the city-folk, I think that would be the ideal situation =)