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that we need to account for the full lifecycle cost and externalities in any power generating system? yeah, of course. that article does not, however, support the notion that tailhookah got from a meme.
it does make an interesting point that turbine size must be matched to the project’s particulars, something we as a society are learning just like we have with many technologies.
The article cautions that the hype of ‘cheap’ energy from wind is not really all that cheap. People want to look at ROI as what it cost to build vs how much power it produces. ‘The rest of the story’ as Paul Harvey used to say is a little more complex … and expensive.