Reply #46: Well, maybe on a very, very clear day. [View All]

[Filius Nullius]

It would also require an unobstructed view. Here in the southeast we have lots of trees, and I imagine they would be screened from view by the landscape a large percentage of the time if you are more than five or ten miles away. I'm not sure NIMBY will be a big problem out around Odessa and Midland, Texas where the first US Solar Tower may be built. They are already pretty used to oil rigs, pipelines and that kind of blight. Of course, you wouldn't want to see them pop up in truly scenic locales, but there really aren't that many places in America that one can truthfully describe as pristine, except for national and state parks, monuments, wilderness areas, seashores, etc. Nevertheless, I am sure there will be significant opposition in some areas from people living nearby. Personally, knowing that they are helping to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, reduce pollution from fossil fuels and reduce the threat from global warming, I wouldn't have a problem with them being in view anywhere I go.