(NaturalNews) Large British wind farms will actually release as much
carbon dioxide as fossil-fuel power plants, according to a study
conducted by researchers from Aberdeen University and published in the journal Nature.
The source of the emissions is not the windmills themselves, but the land on which they are being constructed.
"Much
of the cheap land being targeted by developers desperate to cash in on
wind farm subsidies is peat land in remote wild land areas of the UK,"
said Helen McDade of the John Muir Trust.
"This [study] is a
timely reminder that we must have independent and scientific assessment
of the effects of policy and subsidies."
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