November 22, 2013

Questions and Answers: What's wrong with wind energy?

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1. The National Wind Watch home page says, “because of the wind’s low density, intermittency, and high variability, [large-scale wind turbi...
November 21, 2013

How much does wind energy reduce carbon emissions?

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Claims of wind energy reducing carbon emissions and water use are like my taking a walk and then claiming I prevented the emissions of drivi...
November 16, 2013

Wind displaces …

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Here are a couple of pictures of the generation mix on the electric grids from two very different locations. These times were not chosen for...

6 Problems with Wind Turbine Syndrome by Skeptoid Brian Dunning

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( Skeptoid episode #4388 — Most of the following is by courtesy of commenter El Rucio.) Problem #1: There is no consensus on what it does...
November 15, 2013

Reviews of wind turbines’ effects on human health

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Elsewhere on this blog, there is an inclusive list of reviews of the literature concerning human health and the noise from industrial wind ...
November 14, 2013

Two-thirds of dementia cases have unknown causes

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“Much of late life cognitive decline is not due to common neurodegenerative pathologies”. Patricia A. Boyle, PhD, Robert S. Wilson, PhD, Le...
October 30, 2013

U.S. CO₂ emissions for electricity from coal have risen over past 10 years

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A report from Spain and a news release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have recently touted a decline in CO₂ emissions from el...