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Besides a minuscule effect on fossil fuel emissions<ref>[[Carbon emissions]]</ref> and the high expense of extracting any meaningful energy from such a diffuse, intermittent, and variable source (particularly as other sources must still be maintained and built to balance the highly fluctuating wind infeed as well as to supply 100% backup for when the wind doesn't blow),<ref>[[Electrical grid]]</ref> wind turbines have many other adverse impacts. | Besides a minuscule effect on fossil fuel emissions<ref>[[Carbon emissions]]</ref> and the high expense of extracting any meaningful energy from such a diffuse, intermittent, and variable source (particularly as other sources must still be maintained and built to balance the highly fluctuating wind infeed as well as to supply 100% backup for when the wind doesn't blow),<ref>[[Electrical grid]]</ref> wind turbines have many other adverse impacts. | ||
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Revision as of 17:07, 12 August 2017
Besides a minuscule effect on fossil fuel emissions[1] and the high expense of extracting any meaningful energy from such a diffuse, intermittent, and variable source (particularly as other sources must still be maintained and built to balance the highly fluctuating wind infeed as well as to supply 100% backup for when the wind doesn't blow),[2] wind turbines have many other adverse impacts.
Aesthetics
Environment
Noise
- See also: Wind Watch documents concerning noise
Health
- See: Health Effects of Noise from Large Wind Turbines
- See also: Wind Watch documents concerning health
Property values
Farming
Tourism
- See also: Wind Watch documents concerning tourism
Wildlife
- See also: Wind Watch documents concerning wildlife
Bats
- See also: Wind Watch documents tagged for bats
Birds
- See also: Wind Watch documents tagged for birds