Climate Change May Mean Slower Winds

[Alpha Mare]

The wind power industry requires stiff gusts. Global warming may not deliver

Three decades’ worth of data seemed to point to a future where global warming lowers wind speeds enough to handicap the nascent wind industry.

Most of the locations that showed the most prominent decreases in wind speeds are strung along a corridor stretching from Texas to the Great Lakes that is home to 60 percent of the nation’s installed wind power.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=climate-change-may-mean-slower-winds

[Chris_]

...but we need wind power to save the planet, but if we save the planet, there won't be any wind...

It'll be fun to watch the dirt worshippin', tree huggin' liberals go 

[thundley4]

But the average temperature has been dropping since 1998, so wind speeds should have been increasing this past decade.