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  • My impression is that the construction of wind turbines is opposed only in the sorts of place where no one would even consider strip mining - e.g. places where wealthy people live. Aesthetic sensibility is a luxury.

    Edit: I’m not saying this to imply that people are wrong to develop aesthetic sensibility once they can afford to. I’m not so wealthy that I can afford to do anything about, say, a building being built that ruins my view, but as a member of the middle class I can participate in collective opposition to something like a nearby strip mine, whereas I wouldn’t if I were so poor that I would welcome working as a miner.