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Saving The Environment VS Horizon Pollution
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Uploaded: 07/24/08 6:50 AM GMT
Saving The Environment VS Horizon Pollution
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This post is dedicated to my friend Pat (Icedancer), as she posted recently an image of a similar windmill under construction in Canada. This image was capured at the peninsula North Beveland, Zeeland, The Netherlands. Didn't clone out the tractor in order to give you an idea about the size of the modern windmills (125 metres high). Are those huge and modern windmills good for the environment or is it just horizon pollution? Think it isn't that easy to give a proper answer. To me they are, on the one hand, helpful to save the environment indeed, but, on the other hand, it's horizon pollution as well as there were, for instance, hundreds of those windmills built in the very small Province of Zeeland, poisoning the wide and beautiful landscape to a certain extend. Hope you'll enjoy this post and thank you in advance for any comment/opinion.
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.Ramad
07/24/08 1:21 PM GMT
A nice capture of the Giant propellers against the sky, Cornelius. There are very many of these in North Germany and I agree with you that they ruin the beauty of the landscape. Now in Germany there is a plan to build hundreds of them at the coast, off shore. The cost is so high that it takes more than 20 years before the money spent can be realized.
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If practice makes perfect and nobody is perfect, then why practice?
Like you said once before C, they probably thought the original windmills were too many and spoiling the view. I think we learn to look past these things and don't notice them after a while--that is until we take a photo. Tractors are too expensive to clone out. I like the post and info.
Tick
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I'll meet you at the edge of the sunlight, just behind the shadows. The Ghost
Mr. C. Very well said and good image. Kind of a catch 22. We're dammed if we do and if we don't. :) sandi♥
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life.
I think a few of them here and there is OK, but hundreds of them in one area would be a bit too much. I like the older windmills better. They are much better to photograph, and to look at. Nice shot, Cornelius.
Jimbob
Jimbob
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ARF
provocative. this shows the problem and hopefully an answer. no one seems to want them where they live but everyone wants relief from gasoline prices. hmmmmmmmmm
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sorry if i don't comment on each of your pictures. to those of you who comment so often, i can't imagine how you get it done!
Please Visit My Gallery
once i saw a documentary about mounting the hands on such a thing.
that was an amazing experience.
i already thought about posting some shots of those because we also have them here.
i think it's a very well composed image and worth a second look :o)
that was an amazing experience.
i already thought about posting some shots of those because we also have them here.
i think it's a very well composed image and worth a second look :o)
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Take Nothing But Pictures - Leave Nothing but Footprints - Kill Nothing But Time<br>
© Patrick Di Fruscia
Helaas, Cornelius, ons landje wordt volgebouwd met deze
horizon vervuilers, en niet te vergeten het aantal
decibels aan geluids overlast wat ze produceren!
Raj heeft het over Duitsland, dat aan de kust een windmolen
park wil bouwen, maar vergeet te zeggen dat er al een enorm
aantal geplaatst zijn, en nog worden, aan de grens van de provicie Groningen met Duitsland !!!
Vooruitgang & Alternatieve energie, maar we moeten er wel
een hoge prijs voor betalen!
P.S
Photo is priceless!
John
horizon vervuilers, en niet te vergeten het aantal
decibels aan geluids overlast wat ze produceren!
Raj heeft het over Duitsland, dat aan de kust een windmolen
park wil bouwen, maar vergeet te zeggen dat er al een enorm
aantal geplaatst zijn, en nog worden, aan de grens van de provicie Groningen met Duitsland !!!
Vooruitgang & Alternatieve energie, maar we moeten er wel
een hoge prijs voor betalen!
P.S
Photo is priceless!
John
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MY PHOTOGRAFIC VISION...
I am not an artist, I only let you see with my eyes...!
Great shot Cornelius. I'm sorry but I'm in the "I Love Windfarms" camp. I think they look fantastic and add an air of grandeur to a landscape. I really like the angle you've taken this from.
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" A citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter."
G. K. Chesterton.
You are neither taxed nor fined if you look at My Gallery.
Good shot Cornelius. We have some "wind power" farms around here too. Good to see them.
Stan
Stan
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“Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you”
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Met pijn in het hart zie ik deze lelijke mastodonten overal opduiken.Vooruitgang heeft zijn prijs maar we zullen er duur voor betalen.Ik vrees dat een ongerepte horizon heel binnekort voltooid verleden tijd zal zijn.
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
Very nice view of the windmills and blue sky,we also have windmills here,it is a very good photo.
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WOW, Cornelius. Your so sweet. I fab'd this one right away. You capture has fabulous colours and detail. I'd forgotten how flat your country is. Thanks again for taking this and posting it. At least ours are in the lower mountain areas & you don't see them so clear. Needless to say I LOVE IT
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Now thats a big old windmill m8, excellent capture indeed.
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No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
A great capture of the pinwheels in the field, I like the older windmills better, They don't seem to make the landscape so ugly.
Well done
Ed
Well done
Ed
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With the proper camera and software anything can be beautiful
Great shot and question. Some parts o the world get less than 40% of the capacity of these bird killers. A almost a billion dollars a pop for some of the latest version, nukes are starting to look attractive in terms of reliability of output.
No one wants to live next to the noisy things, either, so much of their output is lost in transmission line drop.
These look better on posters than their numbers on the accountants books, but were are being sold a bill of goods by the well-heeled promoters of these boondoggles who don't seem to be able to build them without digging into taxpayers pockets. The most green that coome from them seem to be from the public's pockets.
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Ask your Congressmen and Senators why our existing wells aren't pumping more than 3 days a month? There a lot of unused capacity in existing wells.
I have, myself, some images, with modern windmills from Denmark..I like very much your capture..so clear ,so nice composed and coloured..for me,they look great in the landscape..
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Adriana....:)
Even I like your classic windmills more, I enjoy looking at this image, since it is perfect in colors and angle.
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i like the shadows and light on the windmills here, im in the i like windfarms camp too, seeing them does not really bother me that much, we have a few here, but not hundreds, if i had seen 100's in one place then maybe i would change my mind.
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I love it and I'd love to see more of these. The image is so clear and tells a story that all should listen to, especially our leaders. Nicely done, Cornelius. Thanks for bringing this to our attention in this lovely shot.
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"Take it upon yourselves to be more forthright in your comments"*
*Les (&purmusic)
A grand capture. Your description and assessment are right on. These windmills do rather interrupt the landscape but perhaps they will decrease the need for petroleum?
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Good capture Cornelius...and you are right in leaving tractor in picture to add perspective...personally i do not find these poluting the landscape...no more than any other modern technology in last 50 to 100 years...these are just our attempt to undue what we have done to the planet...gerry
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"The more we come in contact with animals, and observe their behaviour, the more we love them, for we see how great is their care for their young." - philosopher Immanuel Kant
According to Ramad it takes 20 years to recoup the monetary cost. I would like to hear something definitive about the environmental cost to build one of these - how much energy does it take - how about pollution and other costs to the environment?
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