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Re:Britain today generating 90%+ of electricity from renewables by CalRobert on Saturday March 28, 2026 @10:59AM (#47555190)
:-( I'm sitting here looking at huge wind turbines out my front window and I absolutely LOVE them. I get to live in a solarpunk future where I can get where I need to without a car, my kids run out the door and play without getting run over, and I can see clean energy being made for my home (and that of my neighbours).

I'm sure a lot of the cranky old people near me don't like them, but they hate everything and go out of their way to find things to complain about, to be honest.

Re:Britain today generating 90%+ of electricity from renewables by appstorelottery on Saturday March 28, 2026 @01:31PM (#47556658)
Frankly I feel the same as you. I saw my first wind turbine in Newcastle Australia and was completely blown away & wanted to work in wind energy. I've been to Denmark and seen the Vestas V-164 offshore turbine at the on-shore test facility. The rotor area on the V-164 seems as big as a football field - it's the largest rotating object I've ever seen and my mind could barely understand the scale of it. For me, wind turbines are beautiful. I was called crazy a lot in the Netherlands ;-)
Re:Britain today generating 90%+ of electricity from renewables by CalRobert on Saturday March 28, 2026 @01:45PM (#47556785)
Ah, they’re grumpy by nature, I wouldn’t worry about it too much :-)

With the bike lanes, public transport, solar panels, and wind turbines, it even beats that problematic yogurt commercial…