"All over the world, rural people are reacting with fury at the encroachment of large wind and solar projects on their homes and neighborhoods," writes energy author Robert Bryce.
Last month, "Thousands of Druze residents in the Golan Heights," says Bryce, "Rioted to stop the installation of a large wind project on their traditional lands." Before that, a wind project in Colombia was "Canceled after it met fierce opposition from the indigenous Wayuu communities."
Bryce noted last week that over the last 10 days in the U.S., "Local governments in Illinois, Ohio, and Iowa have rejected or restricted wind and solar projects." According to his database, that makes 574 rejections or restrictions of solar and wind projects in less than a decade.
Bryce pointed out in a paper he wrote for the American Experiment that it would take the land equal to two entire Californias "To meet America's current electricity needs with wind energy." Due to rising costs and logistical headaches, "Developers and would-be buyers of wind power are scrapping contracts, putting off projects and postponing investment decisions," the Wall Street Journal reports.
It's "An industry in crisis." Wind turbines, writes energy consultant Ronald Stein, "Are now becoming an eyesore, a hazard, and a significant environmental threat" in a policy piece that asks if wind farms generate more waste than they do electricity.
The late physicist David MacKay, who said "You know I love wind turbines," believed that building wind farms is "Actually a waste of money." Even the government is an obstacle.
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