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I have no problem with anyone presenting a correctly worked out
mathematical solution but my guess is that if a photo was prepared in this way
and exhibited at an enquiry or even published for public information arguments
and counter claims might be made about the validity of the photos.
As an alternative are there any buildings or vessels already on the lake
and using it that could be used for comparison. The coast of Britain has
many lighthouses maybe the Great Lakes have them too, or maybe there are grain
silos or similar on shore structures that could be photographed from a boat at
an appropriate distance from the object.
Even more fun might be to get someone in a light aircraft to overfly the
site whilst producing a trail of coloured exhaust gas at 400 feet above
the surface of the lake. The flypast could be viewed from vantage points at
various heights on the shore.
As an aside - without taking sides - maybe the tree huggers should also ask
if the electricity generated by the wind farm is to be carried to wherever it is
needed by the existing transmission cable system on shore. If the new facility
requires a new cable network to be set up to distribute its product this may
bring up a raft of other problems.
Off shore wind farms are very much on the agenda in the UK but trials are
also about to begin with wave energy being used to generate electricity.
Although such devices are navigational hazards the fact that they resemble semi
submerged mechanical caterpillars - on a n enormous scale, reduces their visual
impact.
Michael in Norwich
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