The trouble with Wind Turbines

[pjclarke]

Wind turbines are about as meaningful as the Paris COP21 "accord"

The deal in Paris says we all must reduce our emissions by 30% by the year 2050! The less developed world says the rich must do the lions share of this. So figure on at the very least ~1 day out of every 3 from now on must result in NO CO2 emissions. That means no transportation other than shanks mare or your bicycle, no cooking with gas, on the barbie, or with a wood stove, almost no electricity, and myriad other inconveniences. You are expected to give up more if you are one of the billion or so people living in a rich countries less if you are one of the other 6 billion people living in a poor countries.

No doubt it is all part of being a 'personality' however your link is to a document from the Migration Advisory Committee, not anything to do with Paris. I tracked down the words, though, to Russ George, illegal ocean polluter and self-styled planetary saviour.

He is wrong of course, decarbonising the energy and transport systems is a large scale challenge, but no more so than the change fromhorse drawn transport in 1915 to the nuclear age in 1950 ....

And his favoured solution, ocean fertilisation with iron, may have a part to play but is untested, and even on the most favourable assumptions, will remove about 8% of annual CO2 emissions. There are proven technologies - kelp farms, biochar, silicate rocks, that are far more efficient.

COP21: The global warming targets agreed in Paris will drive a carbon-capture revolution | Voices | The Independent

[WTFH]

Cool. So all we need is to flood half the country and we get 'renewable' energy!

<cough>Scotland </cough>

Great idea, somewhere with hills so we can flood it then set up hydro-electric power stations.