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Originally Posted by Chris
As for wind power ruining our landscapes ... I invite you to take a trip up the valleys in South Wales if you want to see what coal mining does to landscapes. Or anywhere there used to be large-scale mining, for that matter. Massive artificial mountains of slag, I think we can do without.
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Chris, with the upmost respect to you, each and every slagheap is a monument to the forefathers of a large section of our population.
I've never worked down a pit but I know how important they were to our nation. I know how our nation has benefited from the mining industry. I know how dangerous the conditions were. I know the long hours working men spent underground. I know what their reward was for that labour.
Think of the human cost that produced that slagheap and it may not seem so offensive to your eyes.
I actually find wind farms quite aesthetic.... to view from a distance, I wouldn't want one in moby.