Turbine Sprawl
A small calculation riffing off a piece by Planet Gore's Drew Thornley:
According to numbers reported and calculations made by Mr. Thornley, wind turbines able to power one fifth of Texas would take up 2005 square miles. If Wikipedia is correct that Texas takes up 268,820 square miles, that means that these turbines would take up approximately 0.75% of Texas's land. Is there another industry in the nation that takes up almost 1% of the country's landmass? or even 0.5% of it? Does even suburbia take up that much land? (Probably.) Can you say Turbine Sprawl?
According to numbers reported and calculations made by Mr. Thornley, wind turbines able to power one fifth of Texas would take up 2005 square miles. If Wikipedia is correct that Texas takes up 268,820 square miles, that means that these turbines would take up approximately 0.75% of Texas's land. Is there another industry in the nation that takes up almost 1% of the country's landmass? or even 0.5% of it? Does even suburbia take up that much land? (Probably.) Can you say Turbine Sprawl?
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