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When a development project causes damage to the landscape, disrupts habitat, causes financial, physical, or emotional distress to neighbors, etc., it is sometimes required to balance the [[Adverse impacts of wind energy|adverse impacts]] with more positive gestures. These might include setting aside some acreage to ''not'' be developed, buying off communities or interest groups in various ways, and so on. This is called “[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mitigation mitigation]”, but such actions do not in fact relieve or reduce the harm. | When a development project causes damage to the landscape, disrupts habitat, causes financial, physical, or emotional distress to neighbors, etc., it is sometimes required to balance the [[Adverse impacts of wind energy|adverse impacts]] with more positive gestures. These might include setting aside some acreage to ''not'' be developed, buying off communities or interest groups in various ways, and so on. This is called “[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mitigation mitigation]”, but such actions do not in fact relieve or reduce the harm. | ||
When a project must be “mitigated”, it has already been judged to provide benefits that justify the harm it causes. This is, however, | When a project must be “mitigated”, it has already been judged to provide benefits that justify the harm it causes. This is, however, [[Carbon emissions|assumed rather than proven]] in the case of wind energy projects. Therefore, the charade of mitigation adds only insult to injury, because the claim of benefits is also a charade. | ||