Wind farms co-exist with other land uses: debunking the myth of energy density
First published by Mike Barnard on Barnard on Wind, 11/03/2013.
Wind farms sit lightly on the land, taking up at most 1-2% of the area they cover, leaving the rest available for farming, hunting, snowmobiling, hiking, grazing or any number of other uses including tulip farming (see below). Yet anti-wind lobbyists and campaigners persist in making the claim that enormous swathes of land would be and are consumed solely by wind turbines. Continue reading “Wind farms co-exist with other land uses: debunking the myth of energy density”
When it comes to criticising wind energy, you don’t need to exert yourself too hard to pass off opinion as a hard-earned scientific truth. There’s a good chance your claims will go happily unchecked and gloriously unchallenged. Just relax, and let your creative juices flow.
On October 22nd, 1844, a man soared from the roof of a barn, with his eyes squeezed shut. William Miller, a Baptist preacher, had told him that Jesus would be returning to Earth on that specific day, and he leapt from his perch, expecting to be whisked upwards in a rapturous flurry of salvation. Jesus did not return, and the man was not saved.
On Sunday June 2nd, Yes 2 Renewables campaigners Lan and Simon headed to the Belmont Markets in Geelong in blustery conditions and set up a Y2R listening post. The aim: to gauge public opinion on local renewable energy developments.
On Tuesday June 18, Coalition MPs will take the stage outside Parliament House with radio personality Alan Jones to demand a halt to wind power development and to advocate for the scrapping of Australia’s Renewable Energy Target.
It’s time for another installment of Count the Whoppers. You may remember that we started this occasional feature a year ago with 
yes2renewables.org 