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Fundamentally, yes, right? For some definition of “enough.” Actually, after some quick googling (so, maybe someone actually knows better) it seems like this is
by bee_rider 2y ago
Fundamentally, yes, right? For some definition of “enough.”
Actually, after some quick googling (so, maybe someone actually knows better) it seems like this is an issue where there’s an active discussion? Maybe somebody actually involved in the field knows more.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2004JD005462 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2004JD00...
https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/3/79/2012/esd-3-79-2012.html https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/3/79/2012/esd-3-79-2012....
But that came out in 2012. I bet you could find some other article citing it, as rebuttals.
It seems a bit implausible to think we could somehow pull enough energy from the wind to really matter, but then again carbon based climate change also seemed a bit implausible so, I guess, who knows?