Yesterday, as we headed home from the California house, we passed the wind turbines of San Gorgonio Pass. (a.k.a Banning Pass). The turbines extend from Beaumont all the way to Palm Springs, a distance of about 20 miles along I-10. The sight of all of these is overwhelming, considering that there are over 4000 turbines in this area.
On our trip to California last week, we passed two semis going eastbound, each with a generator hub on a flatbed trailer. Seeing the hubs up close like that makes you realize that they are actually quite huge. They don’t look that large when they are on the tower.
Yep – they are an eyesore, a danger to flying wildlife and dollar for dollar they produce far less energy than a good nuclear plant. Go figure. Image courtesy of the Damsel. Click to enlarge.
Green Energy. Pretty, isn’t it?
One of these trips, I’m going to stop and make a panoramic image of the pass showing just how ugly and overwhelming this wind farm is.