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Originally Posted by Ohio
If Renewables Are So Great for the Environment, Why Do They Keep Destroying It?
"Michael Shellenberger, the founder and president of Environmental Progress, presented an argument that would appear nearly blasphemous for anyone fighting on the front lines of the green energy movement. Shellenberger made the case that renewable energy is not beneficial, but actually damaging, to the environment in a Thursday Forbes article. He added that if renewables take up a larger share of electricity generation — something environmentalists have ardently campaigned for — the ecological impact would be even more devastating."
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Far too generic to be meaningful.
Wind turbines kill birds. As a result they are studying different techniques to warn and keep the birds away. The real killer seems to be with bats, but again that would not apply to off shore where the best wind is.
Solar power can take up a lot of real estate, that could be an issue. But if we use it for roofs and roads that is a non issue. China is experimenting with floating solar farms, that would have serious ecologic impact to the lake.
We are also experimenting with making fuel from Algae. I don't see why that would have a negative environmental impact.