Except, in the grand scheme of things thats very clean. Compared to Gas or Coal power plants that are much more difficult to build and are also often located in

Except, in the grand scheme of things thats very clean. Compared to Gas or Coal power plants that are much more difficult to build and are also often located in relatively remote locations. We need some kind of power to pick up the slack but not necessarily fossil fuel based. There are all sorts of ways to store energy created at times of high wind for later use, from simple batteries to things like Dinorwig in Wales. The reason half of them aren't turning is often because it takes so long to stop a fossil fuel based power station and the wind turbines would only be generating excess power and affecting the grid, so they have to stop them. With more investment in storing energy they can keep them running far longer and decrease the use of fossil fuels even further. I'm not saying they are 100% clean, just that realistically nothing ever will be. We can offset that, and we can work to minimise it. For the moment Wind turbines are one of the cleanest ways we have.