Environment & Energy

Before joining this forum, I was warned that any critique of technologies that require vast amounts of land (and ocean) space to produce intermittent power, are not allowed and may result in immediate banning. This strikes me as un-democratic at the very least.

The apparent assumption is that anyone who upholds the original tenets of environmentalism (e.g. tread lightly and do no harm) must have hidden motives if they criticize a particular form of energy sprawl, which happens to be its most highly visible form. See The Nature Conservancy's articles on "energy sprawl" as a primer. I assume that organization is respected here?

Reading this site's terms of service, I see no mention of such limits to discussion, unless one is assumed to be "right-wing" for wanting to protect open space and wildlife from all forms of man-made development, and not just seeking to coddle the endless growth of civilization with new energy sources.

I'm asking the moderators to clarify whether one can argue for saving landscapes, seascapes and wildlife from industrial wind turbines in this forum without being banned. I think it's a critically important topic from a pro-environment point of view.

Look up the word "windschmerz" for my general positions. My opinions of actual right-wingers can be found on that same blog under "anti-nature."

I think the Democratic Party has forsaken old environmental protections due to an extreme focus on AGW, and needs to re-balance itself.