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Wind farms dry the soil.

wattsupwiththat.com/2023/05/07/manmade-studies-suggest-that-wind-parks-cause-climate-change-even-regional-drought/

As a conclusion, it can be said that it is certain that wind farms change the local climate. Very large wind farms or many wind farms also have an effect on the global climate. The results are mostly based on simulation models, whereby the study by Zhou et al. (2013), which was able to draw on comparative data, confirms the results found in the simulation models. The new study by Wang et al. (2023), which we discussed today, confirms the model calculations using real data obtained from a Chinese wind farm and shows for the first time that soil moisture is reduced by wind farms not only downwind but also upwind.

Wind farms thus contribute significantly to the drying out of soils, and to drought.”

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news.slashdot.org: 'Mind-boggling' Methane Emissions From Turkmenistan Revealed

From the first comment:

Estimates of gas leaked from the Nord Stream pipeline is 100,000 to 350,000 tonnes of methane. That may indeed be the largest single-event leak in history, but the Turkmenistan leaks being discussed cumulatively are leaking 2.6 million tonnes of methane per year.