The ecological damage isn't confined to bird strike. Wind farms need access roads and these also need drainage. Putting in new roads and drains on moorland is disruptive (proof: a local estate was prosecuted by the EA and heavily fined for putting in new moorland roads for shooting purposes).

Most of the people who profess a liking for large wind turbines sound like suburbanites who want to keep the heating on and feel good at the same time. Their idea of environment is the small shrubbery at the entrance to their local Tesco. Those of us who live and work in the hill country are daily affronted by the steady encroachment of these unsightly and usustainable contraptions.

Is it a coincidence that a windmill was a big part of the plot in Animal Farm?

As someone said earlier here, why don't people look at water? There's lots of it in our hills and it drove the first industrial revolution. Nottingham Trent Uni has done some great work with re-used and modified AC motors to create small cheap and truly sustainable power generators.