Here is a trivial point. I disagree that wind energy changes climate. Rather it influences weather locally. If one turns off the wind turbines presumably the weather is quickly restored to its normal state. Moreover the objective was to produce energy; and not to influence weather or climate. I think to call wind energy generation geoengineering is stretching more than a bit and only confuses the objective.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of hiroshi mizutani Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 8:28 PM To: [email protected] Cc: David Keith; Juergen Michele; Daniel Kirk-Davidoff; globalchange@mi t; [email protected] Subject: [geo] Re: The great experiment is started Hi Michele: I found your contribution extremely interesting. A similar, though small in scale and not well documented, incident ocurred in Japan. After wind turbines were set up near the top of a mountain in Wakayama Prefecture, rainfall at the foot of the mountain decreased; thus reducing the harvest of mandarin oranges from neighborhood farms. I heartily agree with your view that the wind energy generation changes climate and is certainly one form of geoengineering. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/geoengineering/-/LLVEDjql_0YJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
