This: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Mystic_G...

This is the Mystic Generating Station in Everett, MA.

It is inside Boston Harbor, and receives liquified natural gas to generate electricity.

The arrival of gas ships in Everett is a big security event, and is greeted with a general closure of shipping lanes, chopper patrols over the harbor, and patrol cars at every point in the harbor that are close to the ship. Because each of those ships is a floating fuel-air bomb able to take out the whole city.

Every wind turbine, every solar panel, and every bicycle dynamo hooked to a hamster wheel in New England, lengthens to time between visits from these ships.

So yes, I do feel they are beautiful.

As I said, plopping them in front of your face, probably not a great idea. But let's be realistic here, the US has A TON of space, and a lot of smart people. I'm sure we can figure it out.

Of course. Hell, I'd pay extra for a view of Deer Island here in Boston. Yes it's a sewage treatment plant, but it is an exceedingly beautiful one.

First of all if I could get oceanfront property for $700K in this area (Block Island or Cape Cod) I'd think that was a bargain.

And anyway, yes, I would still feel that they're beautiful. There's something deeply satisfying for me when natural resources are harnessed in this sensible and attractive way.

Given that the Netherlands uses its windmills as a tourist icon to attract people and their dollars, it does seem weird that wind turbines are considered such an eyesore by some.

Yes, I look at them and see we're collecting power from our environment in such a simple and direct way in comparison to other fossil fuel paths.

The struggle is real.