How Viable Is Large Scale Wind Energy?

New submitter notscientific writes "Renewable sources of energy are obviously a hit but they have as yet failed to live up to the hype. A new study in Nature Climate Change shows however that there is more than enough power to be harnessed from the wind to sustain Earth's entire population... x200! To generate energy from the wind, we may however need to set up wind farms at altitudes of 200-20,000 metres. To be fair, the study is purely theoretical and does not look at the feasibility of such potential wind farms. Regardless, the paper does provide a major boost to backers of wind-generated energy. Science has confirmed that the sky's the limit."

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Re:Ah yes, the anti-wind shills are here

[Anonymous Coward]

You arrogant jerk.

If it is a well-known fact, then probably because some people have concerned themselves with answering the questions.
You provide an excellent and informative answer, then, based on the work of shills, trolls, or idiots.

Merely asking the question "How would this affect the local weather?" is curiosity, not concern. Your comment could have said "In a good way", instead it said "In a good way, you stupid fuck".

If something isn't a problem, the question whether it is or isn't shouldn't be an issue.