On the wind turbines, I think the result was more limited. At least in my read, they said surface temperatures rise due to mixing of layers of air. That’s quite a bit different than talking about global warming or global climate changes; this appeared to be a more isolated effect.
Thanks for pointing to these though. I hadn’t seen this or the Facebook result (which also seems more limited, though still interesting it is possible at all).
As far as I can tell, the concerns regarding global warming have mostly to do with surface temperature. From the paper : “We find that generating today’s US electricity demand with wind power would warm Continental US surface temperatures by 0.24°C.”
Maybe your argument is that it won’t warm the stratosphere… ?
“Wind’s overall environmental impacts are surely less than fossil energy. Yet, as the energy system is decarbonized, decisions between wind and solar should be informed by estimates of their climate impacts.”
On the wind turbines, I think the result was more limited. At least in my read, they said surface temperatures rise due to mixing of layers of air. That’s quite a bit different than talking about global warming or global climate changes; this appeared to be a more isolated effect.
Thanks for pointing to these though. I hadn’t seen this or the Facebook result (which also seems more limited, though still interesting it is possible at all).
@Greg
As far as I can tell, the concerns regarding global warming have mostly to do with surface temperature. From the paper : “We find that generating today’s US electricity demand with wind power would warm Continental US surface temperatures by 0.24°C.”
Maybe your argument is that it won’t warm the stratosphere… ?
From the paper itself:
“Wind’s overall environmental impacts are surely less than fossil energy. Yet, as the energy system is decarbonized, decisions between wind and solar should be informed by estimates of their climate impacts.”