Regardless of whether you can appreciate the fact that wind
turbines provide a valuable source of renewable resource
electricity or you simply hate the look of them because they
destroy your idea of what a landscape should look like, the fact
is that wind power plants are popping up all over the country.
Some people may have been wondering why there are red flashing
lights mounted on top of the wind turbines that they see
powering wind farms around the country. The reason is because
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements state
that all structures that are more than 200 feet tall must have
aircraft warning lights. Due to the fact that a wind farm can
comprise more than 200 wind turbines, lighting every single one
of them is not only impractical it can also present a distinct
annoyance to neighbours in the area. For this reason the FAA has
considered an alternative to placing a light on every single
wind turbine tower. The compromise is to place lights on the
perimeter wind turbines at a distanc