Wind farms: Britain is running out of wind

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Source: Daily Telegraph

Typical eco-lunacy. Let's ignore the facts and rather waste millions of pounds of taxpayers money so we can feel good about ourselves :erm:

I wonder how the greenies are going to 'spin' this story!

According to government figures, 13 of the past 16 months have been calmer than normal - while 2010 was the “stillest” year of the past decade.

Meteorologists believe that changes to the Atlantic jet stream could alter the pattern of winds over the next 40 years and leave much of the nation’s growing army of power-generating turbines becalmed.

The Coalition has drawn up plans to open more wind farms in an effort to meet Britain’s European Union target of providing 15 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.More than 3,600 turbines are expected to be installed in offshore wind farms over the next nine years.

But statistics suggest that the winds that sweep across the British Isles may be weakening. Last year, wind speeds over the UK averaged 7.8 knots (8.9mph), a fall of 20 per cent on 2008, and well below the mean for this century, which stands at 9.1 knots (10.5mph).

Usually Britain has warm, wet and windy winters, thanks to Caribbean air carried here by the Atlantic jet stream, a fast-flowing current of air.

 

[Pooky]

I want to go to Britain.

 

[Alan]

Global warming is a bitch. Put up these eyesores to slow it down but the wind stops because of it.

lol

 

[Nerfherder]

Global warming is a bitch. Put up these eyesores to slow it down but the wind stops because of it.

lol

Whut ?

The wind stops because of the wind farms ? LOL ok

 

[Alan]

*facepalm*

 

[Saajid]

Whut ?

The wind stops because of the wind farms ? LOL ok

*facepalm*

Lol. @Nerfherder: We are trying to stop global warming, by investing in renewable energy and cutting down on fossil fuels, and one such form of renewable energy is wind energy, but the wind turbines that need to be erected are eye-sores.

Kapish? Monday morning blues?

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

One recording of a Malema speech should solve this problem once and for all.

 

[Creag]

One recording of a Malema speech should solve this problem once and for all.

No greater amount of hot air

 

[HavocXphere]

Meteorologists believe that changes to the Atlantic jet stream could alter the pattern of winds

Hmm I wonder what caused the changes in the jet stream patterns...

 

[Nerfherder]

Lol. @Nerfherder: We are trying to stop global warming, by investing in renewable energy and cutting down on fossil fuels, and one such form of renewable energy is wind energy, but the wind turbines that need to be erected are eye-sores.

Kapish? Monday morning blues?

Duh...


That is not what Alan is implying though

 

[HavocXphere]

Kapish? Monday morning blues?

Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday and you're not feeling real well, does anyone ever say to you, "Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays?"
Lawrence: No. No, man. ****, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.

/jk

 

[Alan]

Duh...

That is not what Alan is implying though

Want I am implying is the winds have now stopped thanks to global warming. Remember every change in weather is the result of global warming sorry climate change. So these expensive turbines have gone up to prevent more climate change yet now can't work because of current climate change lol.