Yup know that but in most area require roads to each for construction & maintenance. No provision that the roads go away when towers are done so permanent damage. Birds big deal in places.

Being no one has brought it up. On a site I have lost track of a guy stated until we have uniform impact standards that keep all out of court then not much will happen. What he advocated was simple. A nation wide impact matrix that when alternate power ( or industry ) was sited numerical values be applied to each category of impacts. Stay below a certain level of impacts fast track. NO court challenges ( unless impact conditions were falsely identified ) but above your stopped and mitigation is not a method to avoid responsibility.

My first reaction was bull sh--, then I thought about it. Rough concept but if applied to say a coal fired plant bet many would have failed when you put land / air together. Interesting concept.

Oh yeah almost forgot. If you add the cost the US military maintaining sea lanes and other stuff and tacked this cost on to the price of a gallon gas so all could see what energy cost us, I think the price a gallon is about 6 bucks a gallon. ( could be off as it has been a while ). Not to even add in the billions that upend our balance of payments for all energy.

We are being sheltered and lied to every day by every politician from the Prez to whoever be it D or R as to the true cost of energy. No balls and a total lack of leadership.

Get rid of the whole damn bunch.