I just read a comment on a Linkedin post - in Wales, Great Britain - they are clearing trees on the sides of the mountains where they placed wind turbines at the top of the ridges. This is to even out the air flow for greater wind production - but what about all that carbon sequestration of the trees, and carbon release when they took them down - where is the carbon savings there - never mind the future runoff and land degradation.... NEVER was about saving on carbon just collecting the money - our money, taxpayer money!!
There is no such thing as "free energy", if you remove energy from a natural process, there is always a knock on effect. Tidal power effects the speed of the planets rotation. Solar removes energy for photosynthesis and top soil regeneration.
I’ve been diametrically opposed to wind and solar projects for many years and for the reasons most commonly mentioned and associated. Yet, I have not previously read the facts as you’ve presented them. The fact of the ground heating/drying from the turbines is occasionally mentioned but I’m blown away, pardon the unintended pun, by this new-to-me information. Thanks!
Mystery solved. Now we know. The reason 2023 had some record high temperatures wasn't just because of the immense amount of water vapor spewed into the atmosphere by Hunga Tonga eruption; part of the cause of the temp increase obviously was because of the increase of wind turbines. Ha.
There are growing number of literature reports and citations about the drying effect and destruction of flora underneath and surrounding the wind farms.
Ok - so I was answering your one comment of "rubbish".. and being sarcastic with it - I had not seen your long diatribe at that point.
I do not believe in consensus science - so we can agree on that! If you think you are right someone will prove you wrong!
so let me get this straight - you are saying - quite adamantly that the science you propose is correct and the science in this article is incorrect?
I am not in a position to yes to either side of the science, but to bring forward different opinions and let readers decide on what ever outcome they want to look into.
There has been so much information on "green" and "clean" with no backup science but pretty marketing tactics to fool everyone into thinking this might be good for them. But the bigger question is - is it really - and is it worth substituting something that we know as intermittent to replace reliable and what is the human cost - money wise and quality of life.
You seem to be quite angry about this report do you want to give us some counter reports to back up your position?
I just added a pdf of a seminal article from Nature that shows that land temperatures in Texas increased by 0.7 C over a period of 8 years:
"Impacts of wind farms on land surface temperature" - see addition in Newsletter
I just read a comment on a Linkedin post - in Wales, Great Britain - they are clearing trees on the sides of the mountains where they placed wind turbines at the top of the ridges. This is to even out the air flow for greater wind production - but what about all that carbon sequestration of the trees, and carbon release when they took them down - where is the carbon savings there - never mind the future runoff and land degradation.... NEVER was about saving on carbon just collecting the money - our money, taxpayer money!!
WOW 😳😣
Thank you for this information. Keep bringing facts to reality. Someday this fantasy of the left will die
There is no such thing as "free energy", if you remove energy from a natural process, there is always a knock on effect. Tidal power effects the speed of the planets rotation. Solar removes energy for photosynthesis and top soil regeneration.
Great points, good ol fashioned 101.
Good stuff, TC!
I’ve been diametrically opposed to wind and solar projects for many years and for the reasons most commonly mentioned and associated. Yet, I have not previously read the facts as you’ve presented them. The fact of the ground heating/drying from the turbines is occasionally mentioned but I’m blown away, pardon the unintended pun, by this new-to-me information. Thanks!
Thanks for stopping by and great pun 😃.
Mystery solved. Now we know. The reason 2023 had some record high temperatures wasn't just because of the immense amount of water vapor spewed into the atmosphere by Hunga Tonga eruption; part of the cause of the temp increase obviously was because of the increase of wind turbines. Ha.
Thanks for the comment, very true.
There are growing number of literature reports and citations about the drying effect and destruction of flora underneath and surrounding the wind farms.
But it is THE science - at least a dozen or more peer reviewed scientific papers. Are we to question the science?
Ok - so I was answering your one comment of "rubbish".. and being sarcastic with it - I had not seen your long diatribe at that point.
I do not believe in consensus science - so we can agree on that! If you think you are right someone will prove you wrong!
so let me get this straight - you are saying - quite adamantly that the science you propose is correct and the science in this article is incorrect?
I am not in a position to yes to either side of the science, but to bring forward different opinions and let readers decide on what ever outcome they want to look into.
There has been so much information on "green" and "clean" with no backup science but pretty marketing tactics to fool everyone into thinking this might be good for them. But the bigger question is - is it really - and is it worth substituting something that we know as intermittent to replace reliable and what is the human cost - money wise and quality of life.
You seem to be quite angry about this report do you want to give us some counter reports to back up your position?
Uncle Nicky
You are focusing on the attention grabbing title.
We agree.
TC