asdfasdf wrote:
They cause localized surface warming at night by mixing layers of air. They aren't causing the earth to warm. Someone in the chain reporting this story is illiterate.
Yep. And given that wind farms are located in the middle of nowhere, I'm not sure why this mixing is an issue.
It's a pretty miniscule temp change as well, so even if they were creating heat, the pales in comparison to a lot of other activities. How much of a temp change results from all of the grills, flat-tops, broilers, ovens, and deep friers that run all day in a downtown area's restaurants? A .72 degree temp change (or whatever they said the change was) in the middle of a field doesn't really seem all that significant compared to the heat that is actually created by activity in populated areas. |