Windfarms cause climate change.

Wind-farms clearly cause climate change in two ways.

1) They slow the winds whcih allow hot air to rise, this cases warming.

2) They slow the winds effecting makor weather features such as hurricanes and the jet stream.

Currently we take about 2 hurricane of wind out of the weather system (we have the installed capacity to take more, 7 I believe), so expect thing to change, as there is less energy in the system.

The precise changes are difficult to predict but a slowing of the jet stream is to be expected, obviously overall less powerful winds.


Weather systems may persist longer, more flooding and droughts likely, less hurricanes, the equivalent of 2 hurricanes should go missing every year.