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In reply to the discussion: It's scary that anyone would believe this bullshit.. Even scarier that people voted for this idiot.. [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,900 posts)Post #40 says wind speed may be reduced in the locality of wind turbines but that doesn't mean wind is a finite resource, nor does it mean that any resulting small, local temperature change has anything to do with global climate change. There would have to be wind turbines on every square mile of the earth for them to make any significant difference in overall wind speeds and tempertures. He seems to be interpreting this information as meaning you should not use wind turbines to "harness the wind." Wind is not a finite resource; it's a complex phenomenon caused by variations in temperature across large areas. If anything, it's becoming windier lately because of rapid and unusual temperature variations. This knucklehead, a devout climate change denier, just doesn't want to use alternate energy sources (because, I don't know, maybe God?), and so has concluded wind turbines are bad because they will make the wind go away. He's the second stupidest guy in Congress after Louie Gohmert.