{"id":415735,"date":"2025-12-02T17:57:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=415735"},"modified":"2025-12-26T02:43:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:43:49","slug":"time-to-take-down-industrial-wind-turbines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=415735","title":{"rendered":"Time to take down industrial wind turbines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"533\" data-attachment-id=\"415736\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=415736\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-02-175048.png?fit=1273%2C938&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1273,938\" 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=\"00Screenshot 2025-12-02 175048\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-02-175048.png?fit=723%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-02-175048.png?resize=723%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Silhouettes of wind turbines against a vibrant sunset over the ocean.\" class=\"wp-image-415736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-02-175048.png?resize=1024%2C755&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-02-175048.png?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-02-175048.png?resize=768%2C566&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-02-175048.png?resize=640%2C472&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-02-175048.png?resize=1200%2C884&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-02-175048.png?w=1273&amp;ssl=1 1273w\" 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2025\/12\/02\/time-to-take-down-industrial-wind-turbines\/\"> From CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/tom-harris\/\">Tom Harris<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wind turbines are environmentally destructive, causing serious problems to people and wildlife alike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for what? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A tiny amount of expensive power that only generates energy when the wind blows in a narrow range. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the climate scare finally dying, it is time to take down these useless machines! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AND, despite claims by activists, the real KWH cost is about 5X the cost of conventional electricity sources!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Money for nothing, indeed!<\/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\/tg0p_tzvPIw?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wind turbines are environmentally destructive, causing serious problems to people and wildlife alike. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":415736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9jbGltYXRlLXNjaWVuY2UucHJlc3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEyXC8wMFNjcmVlbnNob3QtMjAyNS0xMi0wMi0xNzUwNDgucG5nP2ZpdD03MjMlMkM1MzMmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJUaW1lIHRvIHRha2UgZG93biBpbmR1c3RyaWFsIHdpbmQgdHVyYmluZXMiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImhpZ2h3YXkiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTU1ODEyNDQ5fQ.SV_dv6DSsz-4fAE_5Oc0jtetQlg11vUVAkro72Z2xAQMQ"},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691839941,691831236,691839942,691839940,691839943,691818322],"class_list":["post-415735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-conventional-electricity-sources","tag-dead-birds-and-bats","tag-environmental-impacts","tag-expensive-power","tag-production-costs","tag-wind-turbines","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/00Screenshot-2025-12-02-175048.png?fit=1273%2C938&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1K9p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":243582,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=243582","url_meta":{"origin":415735,"position":0},"title":"Offshore Onslaught: Industrial Wind Turbines Are Destroying Our Precious Marine Environment","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/07\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2018Offshore\u2019 means out of sight and out of mind, when it comes to the environmental destruction these things cause.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-261.png?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-261.png?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-261.png?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-261.png?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-261.png?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":447859,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=447859","url_meta":{"origin":415735,"position":1},"title":"Debate Intensifies: Are Wind Turbines Costing Germany Its Forest Heritage?","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/01\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Josef Erhard, a retired forester from the Bavarian Forest (Bayerischer Wald), criticizes plans for wind turbines in a priority wind energy area in his former district. 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