{"id":253139,"date":"2023-04-16T12:30:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T10:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=253139"},"modified":"2023-04-16T12:30:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T10:30:57","slug":"zero-sum-game-industrial-wind-solar-destroying-the-environment-to-save-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=253139","title":{"rendered":"Zero Sum Game: Industrial Wind &#038; Solar Destroying the Environment to \u2018Save the Planet\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"406\" data-attachment-id=\"253147\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=253147\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00347b82339c0561412f692798c280f6fb.jpg?fit=1200%2C674&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,674\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00347b82339c0561412f692798c280f6fb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00347b82339c0561412f692798c280f6fb.jpg?fit=723%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00347b82339c0561412f692798c280f6fb.jpg?resize=723%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00347b82339c0561412f692798c280f6fb.jpg?resize=1024%2C575&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00347b82339c0561412f692798c280f6fb.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00347b82339c0561412f692798c280f6fb.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00347b82339c0561412f692798c280f6fb.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/STOP THESE THINGS\">STOP THESE THINGS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"410\" data-attachment-id=\"253142\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=253142\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00new-turbines-north-queensland.png?fit=1145%2C648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1145,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00new-turbines-north-queensland\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00new-turbines-north-queensland.png?fit=723%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00new-turbines-north-queensland.png?resize=723%2C410&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00new-turbines-north-queensland.png?resize=1024%2C580&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00new-turbines-north-queensland.png?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00new-turbines-north-queensland.png?resize=768%2C435&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00new-turbines-north-queensland.png?w=1145&amp;ssl=1 1145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Environmentalists were once known as \u2018tree huggers\u2019. Now, a new \u2018green\u2019 cult clear-fells them to make way for hundreds of wind turbines or seas of solar panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stopthesethings.com\/2021\/05\/01\/black-forests-bleak-future-german-wilderness-wiped-out-to-make-way-for-1000-wind-turbines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Black Forest has been overrun, with chainsaws, bulldozers and blazing torches<\/a>&nbsp;paving the way for our so-called \u2018green\u2019 energy transition.&nbsp;And hundreds of ancient oaks in its thousand-year-old Fairytale Forest, the Reinhardswald,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stopthesethings.com\/2022\/06\/03\/greens-destroying-germanys-ancient-forests-to-make-way-for-industrial-wind-turbines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">are under threat of being felled and shredded<\/a>, for the same reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, Scotland\u2019s wind industry has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stopthesethings.com\/2020\/02\/22\/scotlands-wind-industry-clear-fells-17283-acres-wipes-out-14000000-trees-to-save-planet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wiped out over 14 million trees<\/a>, spread over more than 17,000 acres of the Highlands to clear the way for thousands of these industrial monstrosities; and, no, they don\u2019t replant them \u2013 any sizeable tree is an impediment to \u2018productivity\u2019, as it interferes with airflow and reduces wind speeds, and therefore wind power output. So, once they\u2019re gone, they\u2019re gone for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Precisely the same slash-and-burn techniques are being employed in northern Queensland\u2019s dryland tropical forests, in order to make way for thousands of these things.\u00a0As\u00a0Federal MP, Nationals Leader David Littleproud\u00a0points out in this interview with Chris Kenny on Sky News,\u00a0if the modern environmentalists was serious about saving the environment, she would be promoting nuclear power, like there was no tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"253145\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=253145\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00roads-kaban-2.jpg?fit=940%2C627&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,627\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00roads-kaban-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00roads-kaban-2.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00roads-kaban-2.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00roads-kaban-2.jpg?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00roads-kaban-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00roads-kaban-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018Reckless race\u2019 toward wind renewables is \u2018degrading\u2019 the environment<\/strong><br>Chris Kenny and David Littleproud<br>Sky News<br>20 March 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those destroying the Queensland bushland for wind farms in the \u201creckless race\u201d toward renewables are \u201cforgetting the first principle of what they\u2019re trying to do\u201d which is improve the environment, says Nationals Leader David Littleproud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat they\u2019re doing is actually degrading the environment,\u201d Mr Littleproud told Sky News host Chris Kenny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis isn\u2019t common sense at all when you\u2019re going to have land clearing to the scale that they\u2019re talking about and that\u2019s before you even get to the transmission lines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D9R4JdWj2K0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chris Kenny:&nbsp;<\/strong>Let\u2019s go to Canberra now and catch up with the Nationals leader, David Littleproud of course, who is a senator from Queensland. Thanks for joining us, David. I appreciate your time. Firstly on that, it\u2019s such a paradox to be inflicting environmental damage in the interest of saving the planet supposedly, but is Steven right there? Are their planning controls completely inadequate in Queensland and elsewhere in the country?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>David Littleproud:&nbsp;<\/strong>Oh, totally. In this senseless and reckless race towards renewables and about reducing emissions is forgotten the first principle, but what they\u2019re trying to do it is to improve the environment and what they\u2019re doing is actually degrading the environment. This isn\u2019t common sense at all when you\u2019re going to have land clearing to the scale that they\u2019re talking about, and that\u2019s before you even get to the transmission lines. And that\u2019s not just in Queensland, there\u2019s 28,000 kilometres of transmission lines, new transmission lines that have to come in for these renewable energy projects. And, you have to wonder about the social conscience also of these corporates that are undertaking this. Is it more about profit or is it more about what they say it is, about trying to reduce emissions and improve the environment? Because they\u2019re not, you don\u2019t have to go too far south of there also to Yongala where the state government\u2019s going to spend $12 billion in the biggest hydro project in our nation\u2019s history and take out 770 hectares of pristine landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, you haven\u2019t heard boo from the Greens about the fact that, again, this is probably ecologically, but also engineeringly one of the most challenging projects they\u2019ll ever do and the only thing I\u2019ll have to disagree with Steven on is that it\u2019s not just our natural environments, also our agricultural landscape. I was in Wagga Wagga last week and we are going to see outside the New South Wales government renewable energy zone 1,000 acre\u2026 This is a 1,000 acre solar farm that\u2019s going over productive landscape. That\u2019s going to take away food security for Australians and the world by us putting it in place, these solar farms on productive landscape. Now, there is a solution to this. I\u2019m not against us reducing emissions. The Nationals have long held the view that we can use this thing called small scale modular nuclear. We only have to peak over the Pacific. The technology is emerging. We can put in place the small scale modular nuclear technology, particularly where existing coal-fired power stations are and may shut down and we can plug them in without transmission lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chris Kenny:&nbsp;<\/strong>Absolutely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>David Littleproud:&nbsp;<\/strong>And, that\u2019s just common sense and we can protect the environment and keep a productive landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chris Kenny:&nbsp;<\/strong>It\u2019s a tiny environmental footprint compared to wind and solar as we\u2019re seeing. Apologies, I think when I introduced you, I inadvertently demoted you to a Senator there, David<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>David Littleproud:&nbsp;<\/strong>Might go there to retire, mate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chris Kenny:&nbsp;<\/strong>Exactly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/opinion\/chris-kenny\/reckless-race-toward-wind-renewables-is-degrading-the-environment\/video\/5cde5566c40e4054a5d1b49865a58000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><strong>Sky News<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"253144\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=253144\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00trees-felled-kaban-1.webp?fit=940%2C627&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,627\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00trees-felled-kaban-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00trees-felled-kaban-1.webp?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00trees-felled-kaban-1.webp?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00trees-felled-kaban-1.webp?w=940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00trees-felled-kaban-1.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00trees-felled-kaban-1.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmentalists were once known as \u2018tree huggers\u2019. 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