comments from AntiBlight:

This is a good article and we need to see far more exposure of this hypocrisy before it gets truly out of hand (though it really already has). Wind turbines keep getting depicted as quaint sculptures on cereal boxes, masking the reality of their size and industrial scale. It annoys me that so many "environmentalists" are willing to throw wild and rural landscapes under the blades.

Noise issues and avian/bat deaths are another big topic but there are plenty of rationalizations about those problems, typically ignoring that renewable projects are growing, not static. You can't point to existing damage and claim that's the extent of the harm. The ultimate goal is hundred-fold increases, which could leave the Earth looking like a face full of ugly tattoos.

Studying wind blight has made me realize that many "environmentalists" are more about power-generation than protecting the total environment from the growing human population. I never really understood their values until renewable energy sprawl became widespread. True defenders of wilderness (like the late Edward Abbey) would be depressed by what's happening. Energy sprawl is just business-as-usual wrapped in green paper.