Having turbines on land, for the most part they have to be as high as possible. the tops of hills or mountains, where wind speeds are averagely higher.
Other places of high windspeed include along the coastline, where winds from the sea are unimpeded.
So people moan about turbines impact on the natural beauty of the countryside. And purchasing these locations is expensive, as is ground rent.
So having turbines at sea, is generally more cost-effective for supplying electricity to the coast. The potential is very large for off-shore turbines.

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (25 Jul 2024 9.19pm)

I disengage, I turn the page.

I think the obsession with wind turbines is misguided in that they will neither save the planet nor lead to cheaper energy (the latter being what Labour keep saying). However I've no objection to them on aesthetic grounds. I'm in France at the moment where there are hundreds of them and they do t offend me at all. The most offensive sight at the seaside is fat people showing off acres of horrible flesh.

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You hit the nail on the head. I don't mind them, as I'm going to (hopefully) be around a while. We have to move to renewable resources for the future of glaciers, some species, etc. It isn't all pretty (solar panels on roofs are ugly too), but the alternative is much more ugly.

And it's not about saving money on electricity.

So let's start building hundreds of skyscrapers all over the countryside to house people like that lot kicking off in Manchester airport yesterday. It will obliterate our green and pleasant lands, find a solution to house our planned further immigrant invasion and remove many nasty behaving types from our city centres. Hadrians wall can be lined either side with literally thousands. So can our parks. Smother them.
I dont think so Wisbech. If as a world we can't control human growth, nature will for sure sort us out. Guaranteed those sea wind turbines will be lying on the seabed polluting the seas with dangerous metals etc. in years to come. It is the worst thought out plan for a long time made by desperate short term wokes.

If you like Ugly stuff, take a trip to Brighton and see how they have decimated the coastal views. So Daddyorc destroy countryside views and build all over everywhere.It will be the biggest mistake of the planet and Nature will destroy billions of the fast growing unsustainable human race.

There is no need to build skyscrapers all over the countryside. That’s a silly comparison. We need food and recreation as well as power and wasn’t the point being made anyway.

What is ugly to one is beauty to another. It’s all questions of personal taste and experience. Yours being different to those who follow. I don’t mind wind farms at all, provided their design adds interest to an environment.

At one time people hated tall buildings. Great ugly oblong shapes dominating the skyline. Nowadays architects design shapes of interest that add to a view. It’s happened in London and even more so elsewhere. The future for living space is upwards, not spreading further out. Places are now being built with green spaces on top of them, inside their walkways and on the outside. Good design can add to our lives. Not subtract. Go visit Hong Kong or Singapore to see it.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.