Nature

Is it acceptable to build renewable energy farms in natural habitats?

For

Clean energy helps fight climate change overall.

Against

It still destroys land and wildlife where it is built.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • when you put that environmental damage/cost up against what is routinely happening with fossil fuels and corporate farming.... it just pales in comparison.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Wind farms make a lot of sense; putting turbines in home gardens makes much less sense.
    RedditTranslated from Italian

Against

  • sprawling solar projects and towering wind turbines tear up wildlife habitat and destroy treasured landscapes.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • The land and materials required to produce renewable energy are about two orders of magnitude greater.
    RedditTranslated from Italian
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