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bamboozledlast Saturday at 1:53 PM4 repliesview on HN

People seem to love finding faults with wind farms, even if the contents of the article are purely factual, we need them ,we need to keep experimenting with them and developing better solutions.

We can't let wind turbines be like "nuclear"; the dirty word which could've saved our civilization.


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SlowTaolast Wednesday at 2:59 AM

Pretty much. For all the faults we can find with wind farms, they are still pretty dang useful.

pjc50last Wednesday at 8:20 AM

The problems with wind farms seem trivial in comparison to the wave of fallout which disrupted agriculture all across Europe.

chgslast Saturday at 2:31 PM

Wind has been common in the U.K. for decades, I remember driving past them as a kid in the 90s on holiday

It’s only recently that the right wing has become particularly against them

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GuB-42last Saturday at 2:32 PM

Here the victims of "wind theft" by wind farms are other wind farms. The point of this article is that by not accounting for the problem, the efficiency of wind power around the world may decrease and also discourage investors.