I see this question all the time: Don’t wind turbines cost more carbon production than they will save?
Hint: there’s a whole industry out there that wants you to think they do. And they spend a LOT of money to promote that idea.
It isn’t that fossil fuel industries didn’t know about global warming; it’s just that they don’t care. So they spread half-truths and actual lies to protect their profits.
But there’s a whole field of analysis that studies exactly that question, in detail, and here is the answer, from Yale University Climate Connection: What’s the carbon footprint of a wind turbine?
Briefly, wind turbines are a great deal for energy, and their life cycle is hugely better than fossil fuel sources. The carbon payoff on their construction can be as little as seven months. Click the illustration to get the details.
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