Beginning in the late 1990’s
and going into full swing around 2002, the province of Ontario has invested heavily into wind power. There are now nearly 7000 turbines. Roll that thought around in your head a bit- almost 7000 turbines. Let’s not talk about how much they cost, or the minimal return on investment they provide.
Tornadoes are formed, in the beginning, by spinning air masses, and most of them begin by wind shear caused by wind close to the ground going slowly while wind higher up goes more quickly. Here’s a very simple explanation of that process.
See, the plains of central Ontario are as flat as my ex wife’s chest was before I dropped several thousand dollars into implants. There is precious little to slow wind down, especially at ground level.
Until now. Now there are nearly seven thousand wind turbines, and as they collect power from the wind, they slow it down. There is no such thing as a free lunch. So what is the unintended consequence?
In the time since the turbines were installed the number of tornados in Ontario has skyrocketed. See for yourself
I’m not a meteorologist and I don’t play one on tv. This just seems far too convenient. These are the people who want to stop climate change? Creating disasters seems far from the most appropriate way to do so.
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Cause and effect is only important in telling why we need to piss money down this particular rat hole.
It is not important to tell us why this particular idea is bad.
I have often wondered on the effect of all the farm ponds on the lack of decent rain like the old guys remember. Sure, we don’t have as many floods, but the rain is scarcer as well.
Unintended consequences are a bitch.
For instance, look at all those folks who voted for Jugears who are now complaining because they’re getting it hard and fast just like the rest of us.
There are just some things with which man was not meant to meddle. I’m thinking gigantic chaotic systems like our planet’s atmosphere is one of them.
I’m dubious as hell that a mere 7,000 windmills over the entire province could do that.
(And that list is useless for this purpose, since it doesn’t break out by province – or more importantly, by in-province location.
Tornadoes caused by wind shear caused by a windmill should be formed very near the windmills, yes?
That should be easy enough to check.)
Wind power is a terrible idea for lots of other reasons, though.
Very near the windmills indeed. We drive by the storm caused damage, in the path of windmills, each year.
Like I said I’m no meteorologist but this is a powerful lot of coincidence.
We are getting a ton of them in the mid west and we already are on the map as tornado alley. Have to see if gods bowling ball knocks a few of them out.
Interesting and I’m wondering if anybody is actually breaking that out down to a low enough level to prove cause=effect…
So weird to see those huge blades crawling up I-75.
I think “So much money for so little return.”.
State of Michigan has a mandate that 10% of electricity comes from non fossil sources.
So we get charged for it by rate increases of course.
We are the source of return.
I just shook my head in awe at the stupidity of the human species when I drove up I-65 on the way to Michigan City yesterday. Do they think that, once installed, those things will last forever?
Stupidity and hubris.
Altamont Pass in southern Californicated, windmills all over the damned place. With a good half of them not working for whatever reasons, and Deity-knows how many dead birds to their credit..
Nathan, when you go back, notice that about a third to half of those turbines are moving much faster than the others in the wind farm. That is since they are free wheeling, as in not hooked to a gear and motor. A static display, a fancy way of saying statuary, generating as much electricity as you’d expect of a statue.
Yep, we noticed that.