474
edits
Carbon emissions: Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Directives to reduce emissions of [[CO₂]] from burning carbon-based fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) are used to push forward [[wind energy]], despite its being a diffuse, intermittent, and highly variable source of energy – and therefore necessarily expensive, inefficient, and land intensive. The ability of wind turbines to reduce CO₂ emissions in the power sector (never mind transportation, heating, animal agriculture, deforestation, and ocean pollution, and let alone population growth and urbanization) is only assumed and never tested. | Directives to reduce emissions of [[CO₂]] from burning carbon-based fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) are used to push forward [[wind energy]], despite its being a diffuse, intermittent, and highly variable source of energy – and therefore necessarily expensive, inefficient, and land and resource intensive. The ability of wind turbines to reduce CO₂ emissions in the power sector (never mind transportation, heating, animal agriculture, deforestation, and ocean pollution, and let alone population growth and urbanization) is only assumed and never tested. | ||
Wind energy is erroneously credited with reducing CO₂ in a one-to-one substitution from the average mix of other electricity generators on a grid. The assumption is that 1 kWh of wind energy prevents the CO₂ emissions of 1 kWh produced by other sources. But that ignores many variables. | Wind energy is erroneously credited with reducing CO₂ in a one-to-one substitution from the average mix of other electricity generators on a grid. The assumption is that 1 kWh of wind energy prevents the CO₂ emissions of 1 kWh produced by other sources. But that ignores many variables. | ||