Misleading
No, wind turbines are not likely to fall on your head, and there is no evidence that wind is more dangerous than other energy sources
Claim:
Falling blades from failing wind farms could be launched your way at any moment.
Articles tagged with
Wind turbines
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Source: New York Post, Daniel Turner, 2024-07-24 -
Lacks contextMost used wind turbine blades go to waste, but their footprint is still relatively small
Claim:
Wind turbine disposal has a large environmental footprint. Turbine blades are made of fiberglass, which does not decompose and cannot be burned.
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2022-11-03 -
UnsupportedNo convincing evidence that offshore wind activities explain the increase in whale deaths off the U.S. East Coast despite claims of a proven link by offshore wind energy opponents
Claim:
New documentary proves building offshore wind farms is responsible for the increase in whale deaths off the U.S. East Coast since 2016
Source: New York Post, Michael Shellenberger, 2023-08-23 -
Wind turbines can kill birds, but not as many as fossil fuels and other anthropogenic impacts
“It is true that renewable energy developments like solar and wind farms (along with the power lines to connect them to the grid) can impact negatively on birds and other wildlife, but compared to other human driven causes of bird mortality the impact remains small,” noted Aldina Franco, an avian ecologist at the University of East Anglia.
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InaccurateThe energy costs of manufacturing wind turbines are recouped in one to six months; turbines are financially profitable over their lifetimes
Claim:
Wind turbines in the US are made of toxic materials that pollute the environment, are mostly built in Germany, and will not pay off their manufacturing costs within their lifetimes.
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-03-17 -
InaccurateViral photo of a helicopter de-icing a wind turbine is from Sweden, not Texas; current power outages in Texas are due to multiple fuel types going offline
Claim:
Helicopters are using chemicals made from fossil fuels to defrost wind turbines; frosted wind turbines are responsible for blackouts in Texas; “the reason your power is/was out is wind energy's fault.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-02-16 -
InaccurateFalse claim that wind turbines generate more global warming than fossil fuels misrepresents study it relies on
Claim:
Harvard study finds that wind turbines create MORE global warming than the fossil fuels they eliminate
Source: Ecology.news, Natural News, Ethan Huff, 2019-08-26 -
InaccurateMeme image falsely claims wind turbines produce less energy that is used to build them
Claim:
A windmill could spin until it falls apart and never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.
Source: Facebook, Internet users, 2019-05-13
