Paul’s Green Tip For Attractive Wind Generation
Posted by carrie_roll
A member of the GreenJoyment community, Paul from Scotland, sent us an email with this suggestion. We liked it, so we’re sharing it here.
Hi Carrie and Jonathan,
Here’s an idea for wind power.
You know I live in Scotland, and as you may know my particular country has the potential to be right at the forefront of wind power. But it causes me dismay when I hear people complain that the wind generators are ugly and will destroy the highland communities.
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"What if the wind generators weren’t boring white pillars as they seem to be. Wouldn’t it be cool if they were integrated into sculptures or just made to be more interesting in general?" |
(I thought that happened years ago with the highland clearances).
Anyway, an idea I had (being that I’m into art and stuff). What If the wind generators weren’t boring white pillars as they seem to be. Wouldn’t it be cool if they were integrated into sculptures or just made to be more interesting in general? What would be so wrong with having small but plentiful ones on every house, on every street, in every city and town?
All could be fed into a grid system and whoever needed extra power could buy it back.
Walking by the monstrous warehouse supermarket that has plonked itself right in the middle of my town recently,(Like some alien craft out of V.)
I thought, why hasn’t this company put up even one single solar panel on top of its roof. Shouldn’t companies and businesses be the leaders in this as they like to promote themselves that way in everything else they do?
The profits these companies make could easily pay for the cost of this in every new build. And, as we know, you save money in the long run this way.
Just some thoughts.
Thanks for the tips you gave me. I particulalrly enjoyed learning about how to make a solar cell out of copper and a plastic drinks bottle.
Impractical to do large scale but very enjoyable and informative and I like that very much.
Yours,
Paul
I like the idea of integrating wind generation into art. This is a brilliant concept. I had heard before about working it into architecture, but that involves a new building. where as art is something that could be an ‘add on.’ I will have to explore this possibility here in Ventura, CA.