But while it is impossible to deny that impact of these huge machines, is it the case that the visual effect, which seems to be the cause of most contention, is an indisputably bad one?
After all, was not impact of the original windmills on our landscape inevitably an enormous one also - and one whose virtual disappeance we now bemoan?
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