Wouldn't be surprised if wind power turns out to be the most environmentally desasterous thing we could do.
There's all the deforestation, wildlife damage on birds, insects and marine life and the insane amount of unrecyclable waste.
There's also the "minor" issue of: the energy has to come from somewhere. They're extracting that energy from the wind. Thus slowing it down. There are studies that suggest this slowing down can lead to droughts because it's wind that transports water everywhere.
I doubt they will beat some of the hydro dams which have destroyed most of the world's great rivers, but yeah...
Pretty much any large-scale energy production causes significant environmental damage. Arguably nuclear and solar (and like, wave/tidal power) are the least destructive, if managed well, but for wind to be more destructive than hydro has (pretty much always) been, would take a lot...
Not that I'm some "turbine lover", but massive dams literally destroy entire ecosystems, which is slightly larger-scale than this...
LA is only green because of all the communities to the East of it that it starved of water, after all, lol... :-/
Germany recently passed a law that mandates 2% of the land surface area will have to be covered in wind turbines. The ink isn't dry yet and the Greens are already pushing for 4%.
Wouldn't be surprised if wind power turns out to be the most environmentally desasterous thing we could do.
There's all the deforestation, wildlife damage on birds, insects and marine life and the insane amount of unrecyclable waste.
There's also the "minor" issue of: the energy has to come from somewhere. They're extracting that energy from the wind. Thus slowing it down. There are studies that suggest this slowing down can lead to droughts because it's wind that transports water everywhere.
The blades also shed pounds of plastic over their lifespan, spreading it all over the countryside or ocean.
I doubt they will beat some of the hydro dams which have destroyed most of the world's great rivers, but yeah...
Pretty much any large-scale energy production causes significant environmental damage. Arguably nuclear and solar (and like, wave/tidal power) are the least destructive, if managed well, but for wind to be more destructive than hydro has (pretty much always) been, would take a lot...
Not that I'm some "turbine lover", but massive dams literally destroy entire ecosystems, which is slightly larger-scale than this...
LA is only green because of all the communities to the East of it that it starved of water, after all, lol... :-/
Are they really larger scale?
Germany recently passed a law that mandates 2% of the land surface area will have to be covered in wind turbines. The ink isn't dry yet and the Greens are already pushing for 4%.
2% of land surface seems like a lot already.