Bell Labs gave up its roof to patch the Statue of Liberty

Post by kevin_thibedeau » Wed, Apr 05, 2023, 12:14 AM UTC

Latty wrote: post #9

nicoburns wrote: post #7

I feel like it might look quite cool if it was patched with new copper (at least if it was done well). A bit like kintsugi pottery.

Often the kind of thing people hate for a while, and then with enough time becomes iconic and you'd probably end up with an article about how they were debating whether to preserve it or not as it aged. I think about this a lot when it comes to "eyesores", particularly wind turbines. When you think of how windmills are considered picturesque, it always makes me a little surprised when people moan about modern wind ge…

Post by runarb » Wed, Apr 05, 2023, 12:44 AM UTC

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #42

Latty wrote: post #9

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Often the kind of thing people hate for a while, and then with enough time becomes iconic and you'd probably end up with an article about how they were debating whether to preserve it or not as it aged. I think about this a lot when it comes to "eyesores", particularly wind turbines. When you think of how windmills are considered picturesque, it always makes me a little surprised when people moan about modern wind ge…

They are obnoxious at night when a large cluster of them are all flashing their warning lights.

Post by werdnapk » Wed, Apr 05, 2023, 1:16 AM UTC

thrashh wrote: post #36

wkat4242 wrote: post #24

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Yeah I don't understand why people hate them so much either. I think they look nice too. Better than old-fashioned windmills. Where I'm from in the Netherlands there's is much less resistance to them anyway because we know the alternative is for our country to be under the sea ;)

People just hate change source: am people Not a blanket statement to say all change is good tho

Post by melagonster » Wed, Apr 05, 2023, 1:30 AM UTC

nine_k wrote: post #38

paganel wrote: post #27

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Some of them kill a lot of birds and bats. On top of that, they of course need access roads for maintenance crews to come do their thing once in a while, if located in a former pristine environment that isn't ideal. To say nothing of when the construction actually takes place, again, if it all happens in a pristine location then it's not ok.

House cats kill an order of magnitude more birds and bats than windmills. Practically no one calls domestic cats ugly, or suggests to ban them. Access roads required for wind generator maintenance are neither large nor busy: there's no fuel to bring, and no ash to take away.

Post by samplatt » Wed, Apr 05, 2023, 2:39 AM UTC

paganel wrote: post #27

wkat4242 wrote: post #24

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Yeah I don't understand why people hate them so much either. I think they look nice too. Better than old-fashioned windmills. Where I'm from in the Netherlands there's is much less resistance to them anyway because we know the alternative is for our country to be under the sea ;)

Some of them kill a lot of birds and bats. On top of that, they of course need access roads for maintenance crews to come do their thing once in a while, if located in a former pristine environment that isn't ideal. To say nothing of when the construction actually takes place, again, if it all happens in a pristine location then it's not ok.