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Although many people view small wind turbines as things of great beauty, others contend that they detract from natural beauty. Ironically, those who find wind turbines to be unsightly often ignore the great many forms of visual blight in the landscape, among them cell phone towers, water towers, electric transmission lines, radio towers and billboards. To be fair, there are differences between a wind tower and common sources of visual pollution. For one, a wind turbine’s spinning blades call attention to these machines. Another is that we’ve grown used to the ubiquitous electric lines and radio towers. As a result, people often fail to see them anymore. Given the opportunity to oppose a structure in their “viewshed” (for example, at a public hearing that may be required for permission to install a residential wind system) neighbors will often speak up in opposition. If you need to apply for permission to install a turbine on a tall tower, you may encounter this problem. We’ll talk about ways to address this in the last chapter.