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We still do not have official information on what caused the blackout, but we can say that blaming solar or wind is likely overly simplistic and misleading.
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Solar panels can heat up their surroundings and have unknown consequences on the surrounding environment.
Adding more solar and wind can increase the price that homes pay for electricity. But energy type is only one piece of the puzzle, and simply because a grid has more solar or wind does not mean it is more expensive.
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Farmers have lost their crops and livelihood due to microplastics and fiberglass from eroding wind turbine blades.
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A staggering quantity of CO2 emissions are required to erect a single wind turbine. A significant proportion of retired turbine blades end up in landfill sites, unable to be recycled.
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Windmills are a threat to eagles’ population.
Even if solar capacity continues to grow at unprecedented rates in the next several years, data suggests that the land used for solar panels will account for a small portion of the land used for agriculture.
Offshore wind developers have faced fierce backlash from politicians and anti-wind campaigners, funded by or linked to the fossil fuel industry. Offshore wind turbines aren’t quiet, but it’s misleading to label their noise as a danger to whales while ignoring other noise sources.
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Wind turbines emit infrasound that is harmful to human health.
Scientific evidence leaves no doubt that solar panels and wind turbines are far less emissions-intensive than their fossil fuel counterparts. Even the highest-end estimates for emissions from solar panels and wind turbines are lower than the lowest-end estimates of emissions from fossil fuel power plants like coal and gas.