• Moz@fosstodon.org
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    3 months ago

    @mattblaze it’s interesting to compare that to the pollution footprint from fossil plants as well. Especially where fracking is used you often get a disturbingly large plume of unhealthy air and groundwater. But just the “soot zone” (now hopefully metaphorical rather than literal) around and downwind of generators surprises many people by its size and impact.

    • Asbestos@pnw.zone
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      3 months ago

      @moz

      @mattblaze
      Around Palm Springs CA there are a lot of turbines. They do dominate the landscape but then again so does the interstate and all the buildings.

        • Asbestos@pnw.zone
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          3 months ago

          @mattblaze@federate.social

          @moz@fosstodon.org
          I wasn’t trying them and didn’t think your post was attacking them. Just sort of a general observation. But I see your point

        • Moz@fosstodon.org
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          3 months ago

          @mattblaze It’s often challenging to distinguish dogwhistling from “just making a comment”.

          I was reacting to the commentary more than the photo. And from Australia, where we get a lot of “look at this ghastly blight” discussion of wind farms. Hence the reminder that visual pollution might be annoying but air pollution kills and maims.

          I suspect your mental context was “this is a cool photo” but “conquering the landscape” isn’t a positive or even neutral framing.

          • Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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            3 months ago

            @moz@fosstodon.org I wish you luck in your future efforts to save yourself from the embarrassment of making completely unwarranted assumptions.

            • Moz@fosstodon.org
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              3 months ago

              @mattblaze@federate.social I obviously misunderstood your comment as a request for explanation. I didn’t mean to upset you. I’m sorry for doing that…