Great News For Wind Power: Global Warming Might Be Cutting Back On Wind Speeds
Here's a weird one. Preliminary research coming out of Iowa State University is showing that peak wind speeds have been slowing since 1973 across the East and the Midwest.
The slow down in wind speeds is bad news for anyone hoping to get more electricity from wind turbines. According Jonathan Miles, of James Madison University (who didn't write the study), a 10% drop in wind speed is equal to a 30% drop in how much energy can be gained.
Strangely enough, there might be a relationship between the rising temperature of the planet and dip in wind speed. Wind races across ice much quicker than it does across water. On the Great Lakes, there is less ice now, which could be part of the reason for a slowing in wind speeds.
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"Strangely enough"? I do not see anything strange. Anything and everything that has happened, is happening or will ever happen, can be shown to have a "relationship" with "the rising temperature of the planet".
That for me is the most clear sign that there is something very wrong with contemporary AGW as a science.
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