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To: DMaA who wrote (437716)7/28/2011 10:24:10 PM
From: ManyMoose6 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 793824
 
About 20 years ago I did a lot of aerial photo interpretation for the Columbia Gorge National Scenic area. The scenic area rules dictated that people could not build certain types of barns or do certain types of logging or vegetation modification in an effort to sustain the natural beauty of the Gorge.

Now I drive down the Gorge and before I get to the Scenic Area (which is no more scenic than the rest of the Gorge) I see hundreds of the wind generators. To me it looks unnatural, like a smallpox epidemic on the land. The alternative methods of electricity generation on the Columbia River do not look so ugly. That includes a coal fired generation plant and a number of hydroelectric dams. The nuclear plant (Trojan) has been shut down, but it wasn't as ugly as these windmills either.
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