Hi jess . Are we disagreeing on this thread? If so, I hadn't noticed. I don't object to the harnessing of wind power. I think we should do it. I just don't think the technology is quite advanced enough yet. Wind turbines quite close to me had to be turned off during the coldest part of the winter because the grid couldn't cope with the overload of power. That's an argument for re-structuring the grid. The turbines also had to be turned off during our rather frequent storms last winter because they couldn't cope with the force of the wind — just when the demand for extra power was at its greatest. That's an argument for continuing to refine windmills, which I'm in favour of. We even investigated having our own windmill but, sadly, the air turbulence around our house on a hill is so great that it would have caused more wreckage than power.
Please, everyone reading my posts on the threads carboncareful started, don't think I'm opposed to sensible renewables and recycling. I'm not. My own carbon footprint is low, but I don't believe (because the science I have read is unconvincing and some cases just plain wrong) that CO2 is (a) a driver of climate change, or (b) a pollutant. This colours my interpretations, as you would expect. Scientific scepticism in the face of uncertainty is a good thing.