Took this pic of a wind farm when we were on the Tablelands behind Cairns. The turbines are huge and make an eerie whistling sound, but the cows didn't seem to mind, so neither did we. There is talk of wind farms being harmful to human health (people falling sick who live near them), but I don't know how much of that is true and how much is sour grapes because they don't want them in their neighbourhood. Wind power seems like a fantastic alternative to what we've got now anyway. I'm sure the residents of Fukushima where the recent meltdown occurred would rather have had a few big fans whirring away on their hilltops than the lethal cocktail they were served with. More power to the wind I say.
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