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Re:The world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, genera... by jlarocco on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @12:20PM (#29727006)
I really have no idea if this is possible, but is there any possibility that with enough wind turbines, we might discover a down side to them?

Each wind turbine essentially transfers power out of the wind and into our electric grid, right? Is it possible we could build enough turbines for that to be a problem?

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Re:The world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, genera... by nootropicat on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @02:48PM (#29729157)
Yes, there are significant downsides: https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/10/2053/2010/acp-10-2053...

The short of it is that since wind exists because of temperature differentials, each wind farm increases them.

>Using wind turbines to meet 10% or more of global energy demand in 2100, could cause surface warming exceeding 1 °C over land installations

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