Wind turbines could be "disguised" as giant flowers

[Dogmudgeon]

There seems to be a lot of News of the Very Weird in the Green world this week.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/3981745.Wind_turbines_could_be__disguised__as_giant_flowers/">Wind turbines could be "disguised" as giant flowers

Wind farms could be given a dramatic facelift to turn the turbines into works of modern art.

Artist Alec Finlay, who was appointed artist in residence at the New and Renewable Energy Centre in Northumberland, has designed some artistic additions to spruce up the appearance of wind turbines.

His plans, developed with the centre, include disguising the windmills as giant flowers, adding poetry to the blades, and building small sculptures around the masts.

He has already added his poetry to two turbines, at the Kielder Observatory in Black Fell, Northumberland, and the Science Learning Centre in Durham.

He said he hoped his designs would change the way people think about wind turbines.

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'Nuf said.

--p!

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Can you imagine what the aliens will think when they land here??

[parasim]

2. I can imagine aliens going, "that's cool, they use art to create energy."

Then they'd look at the Space Needle or the St. Louis Arch or the Washington Monument or Mount Rushmore and go, "I wonder what those do?"

[Posteritatis]

3. Assuming it doesn't affect how they work, why not?

Then again, I've lived in towns where lampposts and fire hydrants were turned into art displays. The world needs to be enweirdulated a little bit more anyway.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. And also assuming that it doesn't cost a fortune, like "The Gate..."

There are just so many of them, but the "flower" ones are quite pretty... :-)

[Tunkamerica]

4. That's Durham, England right?

It took me a second. Trying to figure out where the turbine was in town.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. I believe so. You can tell by the way they spell certain words...

:-)

[aquart]

7. LOL. Yeah, that'll look natural.

[lutherj]

8. Sounds like a giant Teletubby set. nt

[Nihil]

9. Either that or a flashback to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ... (n/t)

:hippie:

[stuntcat]

10. if it would help the bats & birds that get killed by the old fashioned ones

I like it! :headbang: