A lot of generator-phobic folks would probably not have such a big issue with them if SOME generator owners thought about their neighbors a little more and of themselves a little less. I'm in the desert now, rigs in the area dispersed anywhere from a hundred yards to a quarter mile from each other. One of the best things about the desert is how it can be dead silent. This place never ceases to amaze me in that the majority of the time folks with generators seem to use them when they need them, then turn them off. Half hour tops. There's none of this "turn it on at 6am and off at midnight" going on out here. It's so refreshing, and hearing the occasional generator isn't so bad knowing it's serving a purpose that isn't going to last all day and into the night. In places that are so hot that people need to run a/c all day, I really don't care because I won't camp there.
Consideration for others. It might be endangered, but it's good to know it's not totally dead yet.