Study Finds Wind Speeds Are Increasing, Which Could Boost Wind Energy

Re:Study Finds Wind Speeds Are Increasing, Which Could Boost... by arnoooooo on Sunday December 01, 2019 @03:20AM (#21674528)

I understand the need for a study to quantify it, but I don't understand how the increase itself can even be called a finding ?

I thought it completely obvious that there is more energy in the global "climate system", so everything is amplified. When the sun heat is increased on two surfaces with different heat capacities and albedos, the temperature difference between them is increased, thus the pressure difference, thus the wind.

What am I missing ?

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Re:Study Finds Wind Speeds Are Increasing, Which Could Boost... by pjc50 on Sunday December 01, 2019 @03:24AM (#21674537)

If you declared something this complex to be obvious, but you've not actually measured it, then it's not a "finding" but a hypothesis.

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Re:Study Finds Wind Speeds Are Increasing, Which Could Boost... by lukastr0 on Sunday December 01, 2019 @03:37AM (#21674566)

There have been studies predicting the opposite. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/11/global-w...

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Re:Study Finds Wind Speeds Are Increasing, Which Could Boost... by konschubert on Sunday December 01, 2019 @04:21AM (#21674665)

You could also think that with stronger insulation, temperatures will be more even across the globe and this in turn will reduce wind speeds.

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