Time to patent the idea of putting LEDs on them that light up at specific times in their rotation ...

Do they spin at a high enough rate for that? If not, you could have some kind of person or service that records elapsed footage and speeds it up, although I don't know how that itself could become a viable service.

> the only thing that could make them even less pleasant to have around

Do you actually live near an installation of wind turbines? I don't, but I drive past many wind farms fairly regularly. I just can't wrap my head around this "they're so unpleasant" argument. They are aesthetically neutral at worst.

Seems to be the outcome of existing bias that is entirely unrelated to the aesthetic "pleasantness" of the wind farms. Trotted out by politicians that have a vested interest in subsidising fossil fuels, whose extent of suffering through the unpleasantness of wind farms is looking down at them from 30,000 ft.

If you're within a few hundred meters of one, the noise as well as the constant flickering shadows at certain points of the day can be maddening - but, very, very few people live that close to a wind turbine.

I drove past some rather large fields of them- perhaps it was the angle of approach, but seeing many large rotating blades just over the horizon while driving actually made me a bit nauseous. Similar to seasickness / motion sickness, I suppose.

I also have a strong dislike for the aesthetic, though my wife doesn't mind it much, so I guess it's a purely subjective take. Assuming that everyone who disagrees with you is blindly shilling for politicians and oil companies is a bit extreme, though.

Of course. The blades should have LEDs mounted on them, programmed to flicker so they can play short video ads. Maybe ads about how various ecologically-conscious companies sponsored construction of the turbines so you should buy their jeans with the leaf logo. Or their hydrating bottle, which comes in a tastefully uncolored recycled cardboard box.

Serious question: what do you find so “unpleasant” about wind turbines?

I find them extremely unnatural and spoiling any natural landscape. I live in a beautiful place on earth with very little human activities (nearly no agriculture or buildings) and would never accept if some were installed there.

Are you living off the power grid? If not, someone is seeing the infrastructure that powers your stuff. Even if you are, someone is seeing the infrastructure that makes your off-grid stuff.

I have never seen wind turbines installed in a "natural landscape", just in the middle of farmland.

They're often installed on ridges in mountainous/hilly areas.

Especially in white it has the aesthetics of a stackable plastic garden chair, it just makes the surrounding nature look like a trashy trailer park back yard.